Practice Nurse - Highbridge Medical Centre
£31,579.10 - £40,241.36 a year - Fixed term contract
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Pay
£31,579.10 - £40,241.36 a year
Job type
Fixed term contract
Location
Highbridge TA9 3YA
Full job description
Assist the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs. Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required.
Contribute to the development of policies/protocols/guidelines within the practice. Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services. Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice-based teams and multidisciplinary working. Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition. Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions.
Clinical skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
1. Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
2. Urinalysis
3. Spirometry
4. Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
5. Cytology
6. Warfarin (INR) monitoring
7. Assist with Coil removal
8. Maintaining Thyroxine register
9. Ear Syringing
10. ECG BT, BP and Weight
11. Diet and Lifestyle advice
12. Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
13. Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
14. Travel Vaccinations
15. Stock checking and ordering of vaccines
Chronic Disease Management skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):
1. Hypertension
2. Mental Health
3. Diabetes
4. Asthma/COPD
5. CHD
The post holder will be expected to train and develop further in some or all of the above. #J-18808-Ljbffr