Practice Nurse with Specialist interest in Respiratory listing

NHS Jobs; Lydney; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Practice Nurse with a Specialist interest in Respiratory to join a primary care team. The role involves conducting face-to-face and virtual consultations, providing care for acute and chronic respiratory conditions, and supporting vaccinations and screening programs.

The nurse will maintain clinical notes, contribute to quality improvement and safety, and ensure adherence to NMC standards and local/national guidelines.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with valid NMC registration.
• Specialist qualification at degree level in a long-term condition (respiratory).

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care nursing duties including face-to-face, video, telephone, and e-consultations.
• Deliver care for acute and long-term conditions and contribute to QOF and enhanced services.
• Support health promotion, vaccinations, screening, and self-management strategies for respiratory care.

Job description

Practice Nurse with Specialist interest in Respiratory listing

Duties Specific to Role Primary care nurse duties including (but not limited to) face to face consultations, video consultations, telephone consultations, e-consultations and queries. Clinical administration, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion. Provision of care for acute and long-term conditions (physical and mental), and contributing to the delivery of QOF and enhanced services. Provision of preventative care, including health promotion advice, vaccinations and screening, alongside a specialist qualification at degree level in a long term condition. Support of patients in the developing self-management strategies and in fostering patient engagement with the Practice in the specific long term condition. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation. Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards; Collecting data for audit purposes as per Practice protocols. Reviewing patients in the interests of quality improvement and safety. i.e. MRHA safety alerts and dementia reviews. Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines. Cover for other practice nurses will be provided by reciprocal sharing of correspondence, results and other administration. Contributing to patient safety by maintaining good infection control thorough monitoring and maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilising equipment and emergency equipment. Complying with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code and professional standards for nurses. Complying with CQC requirements for primary care. Complying with the training requirements of G DOC and of the NMC Complying with requirements for revalidation Working conditions Frequent, prolonged VDU use Time-pressured environment High levels of accuracy and attention to detail essential at all times Exposure to distressing situations and written material Contact with body fluids, i.e. wound exudates; urine etc. while in clinical practice. Uniform to be worn Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.