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Job role: Practice Nurse
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: A0206-25-0003
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About the Job:
- Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and work to the IPC Policy Consult with patients and their families to undertake assessments of patient need
- Support in the long-term condition management within the organisation, including being involved with quality improvement and assurance initiatives
- Support the effective care management programme for the frail and housebound patients registered within the organisation
- Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screening and also provide opportunistic health promotion advice
- Embed population health management approaches within general practice, targeting health inequalities and improving access
- As required, provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE etc
- Support other healthcare professionals within the organisation
- Teach and advise patients and their families on how to manage their condition
- Participate in clinical audits and research projects and implements changes as required, including supporting with with the development, and updating of practice protocols/guidelines and procedures locally
- Work within national and local protocols where these exist
- Recognise the boundaries of their practice and know when and to whom patients should be referred
- Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements
- Be aware of duties and responsibilities regrading current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
- Participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events
- Undertaken all mandatory training and induction programmes
- Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance
- Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation
- Attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
- Provide public health health campaigns
- Provide travel advice services
- Provide wound care (ulcer/doppler etc) to patients
- Maintain accurate clinical records ensuring that SNOMED CT Codes are used effectively
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc) Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working area at all times
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc)
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