Job Description

See attached job profile for full details. Primary responsibilities include: Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence (e.g. NICE) Provide vaccination and travel medicine services Provide wound care (ulcer, compression bandaging, Doppler etc.) to patients Phlebotomy Request pathology services as necessary Process pathology results as required Provide long-term condition clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required Maintain accurate clinical records Ensure read codes are used effectively Maintain long-term condition registers Assess and treat minor illness Provide and implement well woman clinics and well man clinics Provide and implement vaccination programmes Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice) Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate Maintain baby immunisation records Maintain smears results logs Act as the Practices Infection Prevention and Control Lead Manage emergency drug kit and resuscitation kit Supporting the Practice to achieve its annual performance targets (e.g., QOF) through the recall, review, and assessment of patients