Overview
The post holder will provide practice nursing services to the practice population as part of the nursing team. The Practice Nurse will deliver care within the boundaries of their scope and in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. As autonomous practitioners the nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision making. They will focus upon supporting patients to be healthy by assessing their needs, providing nursing care, health education advice, screening activities, monitoring of long term conditions, implementing care in the community or other settings, maintaining clinically accurate records and running clinics.,
Responsibilities
* Delivery of specialist clinics, evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions, management and preventative nursing interventions to all patients.
* Referrals to community based services where needed.
* Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations.
* Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations within agreed protocol.
* Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
* Advise, support and where appropriate administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad in conjunction with appropriate travel health advice.
* Review patient data to work with the nursing team, to achieve focused patient healthcare.
* Active participation in achieving QOF, UO and Enhanced Services targets and recall demands.
* Liaise with Operations team regarding new services that Practice Nurses can be involved with (depending on scope) and how this may be implemented.
* To support and develop Junior staff and student nurses on placement.
* Utilise skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision making to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
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