Practice Nurse

Job Description Practice

nurse

Practice

In this

post you will be expected to perform and be competent in the following tasks as

part of your daily duties.

Providing

patient care through face to face and telephone consultations

assessment, diagnosis and treatment for minor ailments

Maintaining

indemnity and professional registrations

New

patient registration appointments and checks

Taking

cervical smear samples and keeping updated with skills and training

Carrying

out spirometry

Administration

of childhood immunisations

of seasonal influenza and other vaccines

Chronic

disease patients reviews and follow-ups

Fitting

of 24hr ABPM for patients where needed

Procedures

such as IM/SC injections

Contraception

checks and follow-ups

Chlamydia

screening

Awareness

and adherence to all infection control policies

Actioning

patient enquiries and patient notes on EMISWeb

Attendance

at compulsory training eg Basic Life Support training, Safeguarding training

(adult and childrens)

Awareness

of terrorism risks, PREVENT training will be provided in post.

Attendance

and compliance with Domestic Violence and IRIS guidelines. (Training will be

provided)

Participation

in appraisal and professional development

Using

the Docman system actioning correspondence

Actioning

DNAs as per the practice policy

Responsibility

for contacting patients for reviews and chronic disease recall registers

GDPR

competence

Child

and Adult safeguarding awareness and compliance

Duty

to report any Safeguarding concerns

Completion

of Bridge referrals or Adult Safeguarding form where necessary

Training

will be provided in the use of these computerised clinical systems where

required.

Cherry Medical Practice is a General Practice Partnership open to all patients living within our Practice boundary with a M28 or M38 postcode. We work in partnership with our patients and our Patient Participation Group to provide medical care for our patients. We are an active member of the Walkden and Little Hulton Primary Care Network. We work as part of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

We are a team comprised of two female GPs, a practice nurse , one healthcare assistant, one practice manager, one reception manager, four receptionists and one care coordinatoor. We also currently have two pharmacists and a phamcacist technician working with the practice who review patient medications.

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of working in a busy healthcare setting and knowledge of clinical systems, e.g. EMIS Web and Docman.