General Nurse (Mid Furness)

We are looking to recruit cheerful, enthusiastic experienced Registered General Nurse to join our dynamic, experienced team. We would like you to provide general nursing services including treatment, screening and advice according to policy and protocols and within the professional competence of the post holder. The post holder will always work within the Code of Conduct as set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. You must have experience of managing long term medical conditions, leading and working with multidisciplinary teams within the wider health and social care community and have a good understanding of the needs of the local population. You will be actively involved and lead local health promotion campaigns and quality improvement initiatives in line with Primary Care Networks and General Practice. You will work closely with wider teams to support improved patient outcomes.Main duties of the job

• Long term conditions management -assess, plan and evaluate individual treatment plans
• Assessing care and nursing needs for patients in their own homes
• Management of frail patients
• Assess and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health and wellbeing
• Support anticipatory care planning and advanced care planning discussions
• Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long term conditions, including holistic and non drug based treatment methods
• Wound management including compression therapy
• Phlebotomy
• Health promotion
• Health screening
• Undertaking planned and opportunistic tests and investigations at the request of other members of the clinical team
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed.
• Hypertension management.
• Weight monitoring and support.
• Health promotion.
• First aid and management of emergencies e.g. cardiac arrest, shock, haemorrhage.
  
  Mid Furness Primary Care Network consists of 4 practices serving a population of approximately 30,000 patients. We are a forward thinking and dynamic Primary Care Network, which seeks to deliver clinical excellence and patient care to its patient population. Our aim is to provide exemplary care; find innovative solutions in general practice, deliver the best care we can to our patients, and seek like-minded individuals to join our excellent team.