Practice Nurse
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 13 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Chester le Street, DH3 3SL |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A2962-25-0005 |
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Working under supervision of the Lead Nurse, the Practice Nurse will work as part of the Nursing team providing General Medical Services to all our patients Responsibilities Implement and evaluate treatment plans for patients with a known long term condition Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long term condition Advising patients with respect to their continuing nursing and medical needs. Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on heath and well-being Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations tot eh team so that referrals can be appropriate Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds Perform routine procedures like ear syringing, treating wounds, and applying or removing dressings Taking urine and blood samples, other swabs and specimens Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children Keeping own work areas and general/patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards/risk in relation to other work areas within the business. Undertake periodic infection control training Training and personal development Training requirements will be monitored by appraisal initially after 6 months and then yearly and will be in accordance with Practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the practice, where appropriate. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up-to-date with recent developments Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development ensuring requirements are met. Liaison As well as the nursing team there is a need to work closely with reception, admin and clinical staff to ensure smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person and ensuring everyone is aware of the different roles within the nursing team Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health & Safety The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safe and security as defined in the Practice Health and safety policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management Reporting potential risks identified Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Person/Professional Development In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.