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. The following are the core responsibilities of this role: a. To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes b. To implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients c. To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health d. To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, eg NICE e. To provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients f. To provide travel medicine services g. To request pathology services as necessary h. To process pathology results as required i. To provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required eg diabetes j. To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation k. To ensure read codes are used effectively l. To maintain chronic disease registers m. To chaperone patients where necessary n. To assist GPs with minor surgery when required ensuring consent received o. To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately p. To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies q. To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs r. To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children s. To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice) t. To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.) u. To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual) v. To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies w. To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately x. To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate y. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by NMC z. 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 Maintain professional registration and practice in accordance with NMC requirements.