Senior Nurse
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Croydon, CR0 6SD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0433-25-0009 |
Summary
Duties and Responsibilities The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels: Conducting health assessments, screening, and triage services, and providing appropriate follow-up care. Undertaking a range of clinical procedures, including wound care, immunisations, cervical screening, and phlebotomy. Supporting patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, asthma, and COPD. Providing health education and promoting preventative care to patients. Maintaining accurate and up-to-date patient records and documentation. Supporting the clinical team with administrative tasks and participating in the development and implementation of clinical protocols and guidelines. Ensuring that all clinical activities are conducted in line with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines. To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice. To review patient medications to enhance compliance To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children To support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the counter medicines (within own scope of practice) Immunisations: Weekly ordering of vaccines Vaccine stocktake and rotation of stock Review of QOF targets and working with care coordinator for recalls Ensure data loggers and fridge temperature records on teamnet Coding weekly SCID results Ensure care coordinators receiving and actioned weekly imms lists Flu order Organise flu clinics from June Update Vaccine cold chain policy annual Infection Control: 3 monthly audit Annual audit and update of infection control policy. Regular infection control updates for staff Diabetes: Working with DWG 6 weekly meetings Organise group consultations for patients Organise Health promotion sessions for diabetes Review Eclipse data and target achievements Report back to Sana and partners re achievements Ensure annual update training for staff Organise diabetes consultant sessions and DSN sessions Ensure monthly DESP spreadsheet completed Asthma: Work closely with asthma group Plan and support implementation of robust call/recall system with care coordinators Ensure annual update training for staff Review QOF targets and achievements 3 monthly 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. 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. This job description is not exhaustive and may be adjusted periodically after review and consultation. You will also be expected to carry out any reasonable duties which may be requested from time-to-time.