Practice NurseNHS
Job summary
To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all task normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and any additional roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regards to current training.
Main duties of the job
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Contribute from a nursing perspective to the practice development plan.
- Manage and organise individual patients consultations.
- Support the practice in providing services contributed to contracts & QOF
- Support the practices Clinical governance agenda
- Maintain patients yearly reviews as required.
- Participate in Clininal and staff meetings.
- Work alongside the team in supporting the practice running effiently and effectiviely.
- Identify changes to clinical practice that are required.
- Participate in clinical supervison
- Be proactive in working alongside the Clinical Team
Job description
- Providing accurate and efficient consultations to patients
- Support in the long-term condition management within the surgery (QoF)
- Applying dressings and treating wounds
- Providing health advice to their patients regarding their health conditions, as well as advice about fitness or diet according to government guidelines;
- Support public health and screening programmes including immunisations, vaccinations and cervical screening
- Review travel forms and administer travel vaccines and give travel advice to patients
- Keeping patient records up to date;
- Undertake all mandotaory training
- Working alongside and communicating regularly with practice GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals.
About us
Alderwood Medical Practice are a friendly and efficient GP practice who strive to provide the best care to our patients. We are a supportive and professional team, with all staff working well together to provide a high standard of patient care. We have a range of clinicians including GPs, ACPs, Nurse Prescriber, HCA Pharmacists, as well as GP registrars and medical students that we train. The clincians are supported by our efficient and helpful admin team.