Practice Nurse
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 01 Hydref 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Negotiable |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 12 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | London, WC1B 3BA |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | A1801-25-0002 |
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Key responsibilities To provide care for minor injuries, dressings, including pressure bandaging and higher level wound care, liaising directly, where appropriate with community and secondary care counter-parts, escalating to a GP as necessary. To undertake cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who are in need of such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients. To provide support to GPs in the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension etc. by providing specifically defined clinical sessions, working closely with the GPs to manage patients overall care. To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance. To act as a chaperone or similar support for other colleagues as needed. To conduct and supervise other colleagues in anthropometric measurements, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, peak flow and other practice-based tests as needed in the course of the care of patients. Desirable experience: ABPM and ECG To carry out health checks in conjunction with national, local and practice initiatives, setting up and maintaining a system for identifying patients in the target group for such checks. To provide education to patients on practice and local health services, identifying patients at risk of adverse health behaviours such as physical inactivity, smoking alcohol and other substance use referring appropriately to others if needed using protocols and standard that you help to establish. To eventually manage and maintain chronic disease registers and work with admin staff to construct and maintain robust call and recall systems for chronic disease, cervical cytology, mammography, immunisation and other populations based health promotion and disease prevention care programmes, escalating where necessary patients who need intervention from a GP to ensure a review as appropriate, constructing and maintain care pathways where patients receive appropriate investigations and reviews by an appropriate clinician at the appropriate time interval. To promote the health and wellbeing of patients by counselling patients on the nature of their conditions, the use of their medications, diet, exercise and other health behaviours. To eventually establish and participate in a robust system of clinical audit in partnership with other clinical and administrative colleagues, leading in areas appropriate, such as infection control, to a nursing skill set and supporting in other areas such as medicines management. Stay updated with the latest developments in nursing practice, attending training sessions, workshops, and conferences to enhance professional knowledge and skills.