Practice Nurse

Tudor Lodge Health Centre is seeking a dedicated and experienced Practice Nurse to join its multidisciplinary team and provide high quality nursing care to the practice population.

The successful candidate will deliver a range of nursing services within their scope of practice, including health promotion, chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical screening, travel health and wound care, alongside other routine practice nursing duties.

The role will also involve working closely with the wider clinical and management teams to support the review and development of clinical policies and procedures, ensuring safe, effective and patient centred care for all patients.

• Assist with patient assessments and monitor vital signs.
• Administer vaccinations and carry out routine health screenings.
• Support the management of chronic conditions, including diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
• Provide health promotion advice on healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, weight management and sexual health.
• Undertake cervical screening and travel health services, where appropriately trained.
• Provide wound care, dressing changes, suture removal and post operative care.
• Monitor patient progress and provide advice on managing ongoing health conditions.
• Assist GPs during consultations and prepare patients for examinations.
• Maintain accurate patient records and complete clinical documentation.
• Support the delivery of safe, effective and patient centred nursing care within the practice.

Tudor Lodge Health Centre is an established NHS GP practice based in Wimbledon, South West London, providing a comprehensive range of primary care services to its local community.

The practice offers general medical services alongside specialist clinics and services supporting children, pregnant women and patients living with long term conditions, including diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Its multidisciplinary team is committed to providing high quality, responsive and patient centred care, with a strong focus on health promotion, disease prevention and supporting the ongoing health and wellbeing of its patient population.

Tudor Lodge Health Centre aims to deliver care in a courteous, ethical and supportive environment, ensuring patients receive appropriate care and support to meet their individual needs.

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 on factors such as workload and staffing levels:

a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes

b. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients

c. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health

d. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF

e. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients

g. Request pathology services as necessary

h. Process pathology results as required

i. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

j. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

k. Ensure read codes are used effectively

l. Maintain chronic disease registers

m. Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics

n. Develop, implement and embed well man clinics

o. Chaperone patients where necessary

p. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required

q. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

r. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

s. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

t. Implement…