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    Practice Nurse - London, United Kingdom - Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd

    Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd
    Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd London, United Kingdom

    5 days ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well woman and well man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

    Main duties of the job

    The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing level

    About us

    Our Practice offers clinical services to NHS patients who need to be sure of the very highest standards. But it's how we do what we do that makes the difference. We aim to deliver a genuinely caring and thoughtful patientcentred services. From first referral through diagnosis to effective treatment we promise true professionalism. No patient will be discriminated against on the grounds of race, gender, social class, age, religion, sexual orientation, appearance, disability or medical condition. At the practice, patients come first.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:

    a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

    b. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

    c. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health

    d. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF

    e. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

    f. Provide travel medicine services

    g. Request pathology services as necessary

    h. Process pathology results as required

    i. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

    j. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

    k. Ensure read codes are used effectively

    l. Maintain chronic disease registers

    m. Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics

    n. Develop, implement and embed well man clinics

    o. Chaperone patients where necessary

    p. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required

    q. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

    r. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

    s. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

    t. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

    u. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)

    v. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

    w. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

    x. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies

    y. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

    z. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

    Secondary responsibilities

    In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:

    a. Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle

    b. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments

    c. Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary

    d. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

    e. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice

    f.Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

    g.Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, root cause analysis (RCA).

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Registered Nurse

    • Desirable

  • Postgraduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)

    • Experience

    Essential

  • Wound care/removal of sutures and staples; ECGs; Venepuncture; New patient medicals; Chaperone procedure; Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly; Travel medicine; Diabetes; Hypertension; Asthma; Spirometry; CHD; Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel); Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.); Understands the importance of evidence-based practice; Broad knowledge of clinical governance; Ability to record accurate clinical notes; Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs; Knowledge of health promotion strategies; Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy;

    • Desirable

  • Knowledge of public health issues in the local area; Awareness of issues within the wider health arena;
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