Practice Nurse: Health Promotion & Immunisations Lead

Lancaster Medical Practice; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancaster Medical Practice is seeking a capable Practice Nurse to deliver comprehensive general practice nursing to around 68,000 patients across eight locations in Lancaster. You will assess patient needs, plan care, and work with the team to provide high-quality, evidence-based care.

You will be involved in health promotion, chronic disease management, vaccinations, minor injury care, family planning support, and vaccination programmes for adults and children, contributing to patient-centred

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well being and prevent adverse effects on health and well being
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
• Identify and manage as appropriate treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations including initiation of effective emergency care
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or OTC meds on medication regimens side effects and interactions
• Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
• Assess and care for patients presenting with minor injuries
• Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cytology
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
• Advise, support and where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad
• Promote use of PGDs
• Promote and deliver evidence based care for patients presenting with aural conditions
• Dressing and wound management
• Venepuncture
• ECG
• 24 Hour BP/ECG
• Removal of clips and sutures

Job description

Lancaster Medical Practice is seeking a capable Practice Nurse to deliver comprehensive general practice nursing to around 68,000 patients across eight locations in Lancaster. You will assess patient needs, plan care, and work with the team to provide high-quality, evidence-based care.

You will be involved in health promotion, chronic disease management, vaccinations, minor injury care, family planning support, and vaccination programmes for adults and children, contributing to patient-centred