Job Description
Job summary
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care, assisting with clinical procedures, and ensuring the smooth operation of the practice. This position requires excellent communication skills, a strong commitment to patient welfare, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. We are welcoming applicants from newly qualified nurses.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
- Deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence based and person-centred nursing care to patients
- Provide health education and advice to patients regarding lifestyle changes and disease prevention.
- Provide long term condition reviews
- Administer medication for patients in accordance with patient group directives (PGDs)
- Request pathology services and process pathology results as required
- Deliver women's health services (e.g. cervical smears)
- Support other members of the practice clinical team with nursing services including supporting clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess and refer/signpost patients to other members of the practice clinical team and/or external partner agencies as required
- Support the practice in offering student nurse placement mentoring, coaching and teaching
- Liaise with external services/agencies where necessary to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
- Safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that concerns are escalated appropriately in accordance with local and national policies.
- Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and the implementation of the IPC policy taking part in audits, training and support
- Participate in supervision, peer support and professional development arrangements
- Participate in continuous professional development activities to enhance nursing skills.
Job description
- Deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence based and person-centred nursing care to patients
- Provide health education and advice to patients regarding lifestyle changes and disease prevention.
- Provide long term condition reviews
- Administer medication for patients in accordance with patient group directives (PGDs)
- Request pathology services and process pathology results as required
- Deliver women's health services (e.g. cervical smears)
- Support other members of the practice clinical team with nursing services including supporting clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess and refer/signpost patients to other members of the practice clinical team and/or external partner agencies as required
- Support the practice in offering student nurse placement mentoring, coaching and teaching
- Liaise with external services/agencies where necessary to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
- Safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that concerns are escalated appropriately in accordance with local and national policies.
- Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and the implementation of the IPC policy taking part in audits, training and support
- Participate in supervision, peer support and professional development arrangements
- Participate in continuous professional development activities to enhance nursing skills.