Practice Nurse

Grey Gable Surgery is recruiting a Part Time Practice Nurse, to work between 25 and 30 hours per week. Experience of managing Asthma/COPD is desirable.

The following are the core responsibilities:

• Assist in chronic disease management of Asthma & COPD patients, including referral to secondary/specialist care.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients that promote health and well‑being.
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long‑term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patient health.
• Contribute to the overall effort of the Practice nurse team including services such as cytology, ECG, routine immunisations and vaccinations, dressings, etc.
• Request and process pathology services as necessary.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure patients are supported appropriately.
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters.

Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care and assist doctors and other primary healthcare team members. Duties include tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and additional roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors.

Professional Responsibilities

• Monitor long‑term conditions such as Asthma/COPD.
• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel, including vaccinations and medicines, family planning, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Provide advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
• Run well‑person clinics and health promotion programmes, providing holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise.
• Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness.
• Document consultations according to NMC guidelines.
• Be aware of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for ear irrigation, cervical cytology smear tests.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines.
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence‑based guidelines.
• Remove sutures.
• Take ECGs.
• Recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
• Perform cardio‑pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
• Obtain and document informed consent (verbal or written).
• Maintain infection control guidelines.
• Monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment, including refrigeration, steriliser and emergency equipment.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Contribute a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Know identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
• Identify changes to clinical practice required to implement evidence‑based guidelines.

Educational Responsibilities

• Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Support others with their training and development needs.
• Participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.

Personnel Responsibilities

• Maintain good industrial relations.
• Take reasonable care of own safety and that of others affected by own actions.
• Co‑operate with the practice to ensure all team members adhere to statutory regulations, policies, codes of practice and departmental safety rules.
• Offer innovative ways of working and facilitate learning opportunities.
• Facilitate a learning environment within the team.
• Maintain a caring environment through support of colleagues.

Confidentiality

• Respect patient confidentiality and privacy in all interactions.
• Keep all patient and practice information strictly confidential.
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