To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice, the NMC code of conduct and professional boundaries to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management and health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.
Core Responsibilities:
1. To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
2. To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
3. To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients' health
4. To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, e.g., NICE
5. To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
6. To provide travel medicine services
7. To request pathology services as necessary
8. To process pathology results as required
9. To provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required, e.g., diabetes
10. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
11. To ensure read codes are used effectively
12. To maintain chronic disease registers
13. To chaperone patients where necessary
14. To assist GPs with minor surgery when required ensuring consent received
15. To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
16. To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
17. To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
18. To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
19. To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
20. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
21. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
22. To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
23. To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
24. To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
25. To recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by NMC
26. To participate in clinical audit and the implementation of changes to ways of working and/or clinical practice as a result of findings, recommendations and action plans
27. To maintain professional registration and practice in accordance with NMC requirements.
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