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Skills and Experience
Essential
Applicants must be a fully qualified Registered General Nurse RGN and have a valid NMC number
Preferrable
Practice Nurse Experience
Experience in chronic disease management & minor illness clinics
Flexible working approach to cover leave when required
Main duties of the job
Role Description
Job Responsibilities will include (according to experience or training will be given):
To assist in and perform the following tasks related to patient care as directed Nurse Manager and GPs.
Long term condition reviews and management, encouraging Patient self- management in Diabetes, Asthma & COPD,
Wound care, including Compression Bandaging
Doppler recordings
Travel Assessment, advice and vaccinations
Cervical Smears and promoting health
Contraception reviews
Routine immunisations including childhood vaccinations under PGDs
Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
Urinalysis
ECGs
Venepuncture
Vaccinations including Flu and Covid
Blood pressure measurements/hypertension management
Requesting basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to Nurse Manager or GPs as appropriate
Supporting practice research activity e.g. patient recruitment, data collection
Other Tasks
Assist the Infection Control Lead for the Saltash Health Centre Surgery in alerting appropriate team members to any actions required and ensuring appropriate responses are achieved. This includes running audits and recording the surgerys compliance with regulatory requirements including those supervised though the Care Quality Commission.
Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
Ordering of stock
Following of CSSD procedures according to practice policy
In absence of Healthcare Assistants, maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
Sharing in responsibility for the general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
Participation in administrative systems in the practice
At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
A duty to advise the Nurse Manager of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required.
Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post.
Our Mission The Medical Team at Saltash Health Centre aims to provide all our patients with access to quality personalised care in a friendly and caring environment. We believe that prevention of illness is better than cure and actively educate and encourage our patients to make healthy choices and share responsibility for improving their wellbeing.