Practice Nurse

• Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection. • Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions. • Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change. • Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness. • Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines • Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse. • Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for 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. • Perform contraceptive reviews • Suture removal. • Take ECGs • Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines. • Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines. • Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written). • Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained. • Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment. • Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times. • Provide management of chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD and Asthma • Spirometry • 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. • Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards. • To attend staff meetings. • Ensure effective relationships and communications with the PHCT and other agencies. • Support the Practice clinical governance agenda. • Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines. • Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager. • Participate in clinical supervision. • Support others with their training and development needs. • To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills. • Maintain good industrial relations. • Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission. • Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules. • Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning. • Facilitates a learning environment within the team. • Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues. Job description Job responsibilities • Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection. • Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions. • Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change. • Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor illness. • Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines • Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse. • Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for 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. • Perform contraceptive reviews • Suture removal. • Take ECGs • Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines. • Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines. • Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written). • Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained. • Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilizer and emergency equipment. • Confidentially of information gained at work must be preserved at all times. • Provide management of chronic diseases such as Diabetes, COPD and Asthma • Spirometry • 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. • Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards. • To attend staff meetings. • Ensure effective relationships and communications with the PHCT and other agencies. • Support the Practice clinical governance agenda. • Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines. • Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager. • Participate in clinical supervision. • Support others with their training and development needs. • To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills. • Maintain good industrial relations. • Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission. • Co-operation with the practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules. • Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning. • Facilitates a learning environment within the team. • Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.