PRACTICE NURSE Role Summary: 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 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 women and well man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure. Primary Responsibilities: Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF Provide vaccination and travel medicine services Provide wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients Request pathology services as necessary Process pathology results as required Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation Ensure read codes are used effectively Maintain chronic disease registers Develop, implement, and embed well woman clinics Develop, implement, and embed well man clinics Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice) Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate Maintain baby immunisation results logs Maintain smears results logs Manage emergency drug kit FRAILTY NURSE (EPN) Role Summary: The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of specialist practice nursing to patients who require additional care which falls outside the remit of the practice nurse. The focus of the role is to ensure patients, predominantly in their own home, are assessed swiftly and their urgent, and long term nursing needs are met.The EPN will work collaboratively with other medical professionals in the community to meet the needs of patients. Key responsibilitiesHome visiting for chronic disease patients who would benefit from more formal case management approach. Focussing on diabetes, COPD and asthma. Aiming to support patients in their own home and to reduce hospital admissions through regular review and early detection of deterioration Post hospital discharge review quick turnaround response for patients needing dressings or nursing care when discharged who may find it difficult to get to the surgery aiming to reduce risk of re admission