Practice Nurse
| Posting date: | 10 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £19.88 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £19.88 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS9 4HT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0775-24-0006 |
Summary
Practice Nurse Job Description JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE REPORTS TO: LEAD NURSE / THE PARTNERS (Clinically) PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively) HOURS: 20-30 per week Job summary: To provide an efficient, but high, standard of professional nursing care for patients. By working alongside other clinicians, to ensure patients are accessing the most appropriate level of care. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training. Job Responsibilities: Management of chronic diseases, particularly diabetes, to encourage patients to achieve a good quality of life and to meet QoF requirements. Provide family planning Provide routine injections and vaccinations, from baby clinics through life to pneumovax for the elderly Treatment room procedures ranging from suture removal to urgent ECGs Requesting path tests, processing samples and reviewing results Other tasks will include: Maintaining infection control standards and general tidiness / cleanliness of treatment rooms Managing stocks of meds, vaccines and dressings Maintaining contemporaneous, accurate records Maintain own training to meet professional and practice standards and personal development Participation in administrative systems in the practice Undertake home visits as required This list is not exhaustive and may include other reasonable tasks within your skill base.