Practice Nurse

To undertake the duties of a practice nurse within primary care setting and to ensure that all nursing care delivered to the practice population is relevant, of a high standard and is effective and maintains responsibility for the nursing components of care.

Responsibilities

Clinical Nursing Practice

• Provide wound care management using the appropriate referral guidelines.


• Vaccinations and Immunisations and Travel Health Advice.


• Monitor blood pressures


• Care and Programme Management


Respiratory Care

• Manages newly diagnosed patients with asthma and COPD


• Maintains a disease register


• Work within agreed local/national guidelines and patient group directions to manage patients with asthma, aiding diagnosis, reviewing inhaler technique and advising on treatment changes.


• Family Planning and Woman's Health


• Have a knowledge of family planning service and able to advise on methods of contraception, including LARC. To consult according to practice protocols with the support of GPs.



• To provide a sexual health screening service to female asymptomatic patients according to national guidelines and local protocols.


• Undertake cervical cytology and promoting breast awareness according to local and national guidelines.


Cardiovascular diseaseClinical Practice LeadershipClinical Practice DevelopmentJob Type: Part-time - hours negotiable

• Develop and maintain practice register for secondary prevention of CHD


• Works with patients to set action plans for changes of lifestyle


• Works within agreed protocols when managing risk factors to enable patients to manage their own disease.


• Provides support by discussing interventions and treatments.


• Maintain the consistency of professional standards set and take appropriate action if standards are not being met


• Recognise the development needs of others and take appropriate action


• Work within a team towards common objectives.


• Support other members of the team.


• Be aware of current evidence based approaches to patient care and demonstrate this in practice.


• Demonstrate clinical expertise in practice.


• Undertake administrative tasks related to the role


• Participate in Audits
  
  We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Practice Nurse to join our team at Poplars Medical Practice.