Practice Nurse

• Deliver chronic disease management clinics (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD and hypertension).
• Undertake cervical screening in line with the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.
• Administer childhood and adult immunisations and vaccinations under PGDs/PSDs.
• Provide wound care, dressings, venepuncture, NHS Health Checks, and other agreed clinical procedures.
• Promote health and wellbeing through patient education and preventative care.
• Maintain accurate patient records using EMIS Web and ensure high standards of clinical documentation.
• Support the achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and other contractual requirements.
• Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and infection prevention and control activities.
• Work collaboratively with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, referring patients appropriately and contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Maintain professional competence through continuing professional development and mandatory training, practising in accordance with the NMC Code, NICE guidance and CQC standards.
• providing advice about contraception
• providing emergency first aid and treatment
• giving advice, education and information about health conditions and ailments, stopping smoking and losing weight
• taking patient samples, swabs and specimens, and checking pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• writing records and keeping patients notes up to date
• Running and completing clinical audits

Essential

• Experience working as a Registered Nurse within a primary care or community healthcare setting.
• Experience delivering a range of practice nursing services, including health reviews, vaccinations, cervical screening and wound care.
• Experience managing patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular disease.
• Experience undertaking clinical assessments and recognising when escalation or referral is required.
• Experience maintaining accurate clinical records and using electronic clinical systems (e.g. EMIS Web).
• Experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Experience supporting quality improvement, clinical audits and meeting NHS contractual requirements.
• Experience promoting health education, prevention and self-management with patients.

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Adult Nursing).
• Recognised Practice Nurse qualification or relevant primary care nursing experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
• Cervical Cytology qualification.
• Immunisation and Vaccination training.