We are looking for a Practice Nurse with a special interestin Diabetes
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendlyteam serving 21,300 patients from our GP practice in Stratford upon Avon. We are an excellent forward thinking practicethat have a large and well supportedclinical team
You will be supporting the GP's and Nurse Partner in thedelivery of nursing care, including diabetes, to our patient population.
Ideally, you will have previous experience of diabetes careas part of chronic disease management within Primary Care. Alternatively, youmay have a special interest in diabetes and be looking to quickly develop yourskills in this area. We will consider applicants with special interest in other areas of nursing
Experience in managing the type of minor illnesses thatpresent in Primary Care would also be advantageous in your application.
Main duties of the job
To work within our current nursing team to deliver a highstandard of clinical care to patients. To assist with our Chronic DiseaseClinics. The ideal candidate will have a special interest in Diabetes
About us
We are a hardworking, friendly and supportive Practice thatputs patient care first. Working within a highly motivated nursing team we aimto deliver high quality patient care meeting the needs of our practicepopulation and will support the applicant with further relevant andprofessional development where required.
Job responsibilities
PrimaryDuties
Your main role will be to implement andevaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients, particularlythose with diabetes
To develop, implement and embed healthpromotion and well-being programmes
To identify, manage and support patients at riskof developing long term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patientshealth
To provide routine nursing care to patients asrequired in accordance with clinical based evidence
Experience with COPD / Asthma or an interest in developing skills
To request pathology services as necessary
To process pathology results as required
To provide chronic disease clinics, deliveringpatient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care asrequired
To maintain accurate clinical records inconjunction with extant legislation
To ensure read codes are used effectively
To carry out routine treatment room duties i.e.cervical smears, childhood immunisations, travel vaccines
To maintain chronic disease registers
To chaperone patients where necessary
To prioritise health issues and interveneappropriately
To support the team in dealing with clinicalemergencies
To delegate clinical responsibilitiesappropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope ofpractice of the individual)
To support the clinical team with allsafeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
To deliver opportunistic health promotion whereappropriate
Secondaryresponsibilities
Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotationand disposal of medicaments
Participate in local initiatives, QOF andenhanced services to support servicedelivery and patient care
Support and participate in shared learningwithin the practice
Continually review clinical practices, respondingto national policies and initiatives where appropriate
Participate in the review of significant andnear-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA)
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Practice Nurse with a special interest in Diabetes
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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