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Practice Nurse
| Posting date: | 04 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2024 |
| Location: | Kingsbridge, TQ7 2LB |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3170-24-0000 |
Summary
To work as part of the primary healthcare/nursing team with responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. The focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long term conditions and management and preventative nursing interventions and delivering this care to patients. Your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Undertake cytology Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes Routine acute wound care Care of chronic wounds, pressure and leg ulcers Travel advice and immunisation following patient groups directions Family planning contraception Hormone Replacement Treatment monitoring ECGs both acute and routine as required Peak Flow Readings Phlebotomy, as and when needed Chronic Disease Management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, AF, CKD) Hypertension Management Routine adult and child immunisations following patient group directions Doppler testing and stocking fitting Chaperoning or assisting another clinician as requested Assisting clinicians with minor procedures if required Occasionally may be required to perform in absence of HCAs Prepare and send samples for lab testing Removal of Sutures/Staples Urinalysis for both acute and chronic conditions Action cytology results as appropriate