Practice Nurse

Job responsibilities Our nursing team offers a range of clinical services including health promotion and long-term condition management, NHS Health Checks, hypertension management, contraception and sexual health advice, cervical screening, wound management, travel advice, administration of national childhood and adult vaccinations and phlebotomy. Main duties Provide care to the practice's patients as per the areas listed above. Management of long-term conditions: involvement, implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments Support patients with diabetes Support patients with asthma Support/Lead Infection Prevention Control (IPC) within the practice Deliver Vaccinations and Immunisations (childhood and adult) Assist with the reviewing and the delivery of clinical policies and procedures Ability to monitor, audit, manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, single use equipment and general treatment room equipment Support the practice's fulfilment of the Quality Outcomes Framework and local Quality Improvement Schemes. Undertake clinical audits To take responsibility for own professional development and undertaking training for specific clinical tasks Attend mandatory training courses and updates and any study days as appropriate to post Participate in yearly appraisal, personal development plan and revalidation You may be requested to undertake other duties/tasks that have not been identified in this job description and these will be discussed prior to undertaking them.