Assess/examine patients, diagnose, plan, treat and review/evaluate. Assessment may be face-to-face by appointment or by telephone as part of a triage/unscheduled care team and will include patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis. Manage the surgeries Learning Disabilities population. Carry out home visits for acute presentations for the surgerys housebound population. Diagnose and manage patients presenting with both acute and chronic conditions based on a management plan which includes a medication plan and other interventions. Identify health priorities and make timely and appropriate interventions to support patients presenting in an emergency and/or with complex/urgent needs. Assess and manage patients physiological and psychological needs, including patients with complex needs, multiple diagnoses and polypharmacy. Identify patients at risk of developing a chronic illness and develop a plan for minimising risk of worsening. Advise and educate patients, promoting understanding, self-management, healthy lifestyle choices and sources of support and compliance with treatment plan and medication. In line with competence and agreed protocols, prescribe medication, review its effectiveness, and make appropriate adjustments to treatment, ensuring patient understanding of medication side-effects and interactions, including over-the-counter medication. Ensure the health needs of all patients presenting to the nursing team are met in a clinically appropriate way and by the team member best qualified to meet their needs. Ensure the nursing team meets the clinical needs of patients presenting with routine and emergency needs and conditions or who require advice and support including chronic disease management, family planning, vaccination and immunisations, health promotion/lifestyle advice, wound care, venepuncture etc. Ensure that all patients who may be vulnerable or who have mental health needs are appropriately managed and protected by the nursing team.