Practice Nurse - Primary Care

Salary: Negotiable

Baddeley Green Surgery is looking for a Practice Nurse experienced in Primary Care, which is essential to the role, to be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working
as part of the practices multidisciplinary team who provide care within their
scope of practice to the patient population. The Practice Nurse will be
responsible for a number of clinical areas such as Infection Control, Immunisation
Lead, Health Promotion, Chronic Disease Management, Health Prevention, Well Woman
and Well Man clinics, leading on QoF and QiF as well as supporting the management team in the
reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Develop, implement and embed health promotion
and well-being programmes Implement and evaluate individual treatment
plans for chronic disease patients Identify, manage and support patients at risk
of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients
health Provide routine nursing care to patients as
required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE, NSF and other
legislative frameworks and guidelines Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to
patients Provide travel vaccination and advisory
services Request pathology services as necessary Process pathology results as required Urinalysis Provide chronic disease management, delivering
patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as
required INR Star -Anti Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction
with extant legislation Ensure read codes are used effectively Maintain chronic disease registers Chaperone patients where necessary

Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes