Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such, health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well women/ well man clinics, as well as routine practice nurse duties. Supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

• Vaccinations - Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions (essential)
• Long Term Conditions Management Asthma, Diabetes, COPD, CVD, Learning Disabilities, Anticoagulation monitoring (essential)
• Travel Health - Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Health Promotion & Screening Cervical Smears, Sexual Health & Family Planning, Contraception pill checks/coil checks.
• Well Person Clinics To provide a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake & exercise.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery and coil clinics
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Provision and promotion of evidence-based practice.
• Deliver and maintain primary nurse led services including long term conditions in line with disease registers.
• Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration and emergency equipment.
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

Job description

To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such, health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well women/ well man clinics, as well as routine practice nurse duties. Supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

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 upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Vaccinations - Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions (essential)
• Long Term Conditions Management Asthma, Diabetes, COPD, CVD, Learning Disabilities, Anticoagulation monitoring (essential)
• Travel Health - Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, food hygiene, sun protection.
• Health Promotion & Screening Cervical Smears, Sexual Health & Family Planning, Contraception pill checks/coil checks.
• Well Person Clinics To provide a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake & exercise.
• Perform venepuncture according to local guidelines.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery and coil clinics
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.

About us

We are a large, dynamic, friendly practice consisting of 4 Partners, 13 Salaried GPs, 4 Clinical Pharmacists, 1 Pharmacy Technician, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Nursing Associate, 1 Health Care Assistant & 1 Social Prescriber. We serve 24,000 patients with a focus on clinical excellence and engagement with the modern NHS. Being located adjacent to the University of Leicester we do have a large student population.

We have a very strong team ethos and are looking for a committed and enthusiastic Practice Nurse who can bring their own valuable knowledge and skills to our Practice. We are a teaching Practice with a regular allocation of trainees, we also demonstrate strong performance in QOF, CQC and we play a lead role within our PCN.