Practice Nurse - Parkgate Medical Practice

Clinical Practice • Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being • Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition • Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition • Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care • Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols • Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care • Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals • Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-care • Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds • Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs • Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health • Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children • Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad • Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with long term conditions Job description Job responsibilities Clinical Practice • Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being • Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition • Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition • Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care • Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols • Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care • Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals • Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions • Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-care • Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds • Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs • Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health • Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children • Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad • Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with long term conditions