Job summary
We are looking for a Practice Nurse with a respiratory experience within Primary Care. Main duties will be asthma/COPD reviews. The candidate does not need to be a prescriber but they need to understand and follow treatment pathways and make recommendations. Ideally they are accredited to carry out/interpret spirometry tests.
You will be the only respiratory nurse working in the Practice. Therefore, the appropriate experience is important.
Main duties of the job
Dealing with respiratory issues is the main skill but there are other basic procedures that the candidate will be able to carry out smears, child imms, wound care.
About us
About us:
1. 6 GPs, 2 Practice Nurses and other healthcare/administrative support team.
2. Our medium sized Practice allows a speedy communication amongst the team.
3. We are located in a nice, leafy North Kingston with an easy access to Kingston town centre, river Thames and Richmond Park.
Job description
Job responsibilities
A list can be long but main duties are asthma/COPD reviews.
General
Work with other members of the nursing andhealthcare team to organise and provide nursing services for the practice population
Provide nursing treatments to patients inparticipation with General Practitioners(GPs) or independently, following agreed protocols
Provide general and specific healthscreenings to the practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral toGPs as necessary
Advise patients on general healthcare andminor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
4. NMC Registered Nurse
Experience
Essential
5. Asthma/COPD reviews within Primary Care
Desirable
6. Spirometry