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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:-

• Support the implementation of evidence-based guidelines in conjunction with the practice nursing team.
• Promote your own continuing professional development.
• Participate in an annual appraisal,
• Ensure your documentation and evidence for revalidation is submitted in a timely manner.
• Participate in nursing team meetings.
• Familiarize yourself with the practice’s policies, protocols and patient group directions.

CLINICAL:-

• Support the practice in achieving quality indicators and targets.
• Perform wound care using assessment, planning of care, putting the care in to practice and evaluation of the care whilst following local and national guidance, policy and wound care formulary.
• In conjunction with this, to undertake relevant training in leg ulcer management, doppler testing and compression bandaging/hosiery.
• To administer intramuscular and subcutaneous injectable therapies such as hormone injections, vitamin injections, flu, pneumonia, shingles and covid vaccinations.
• To undertake venepuncture in our practice population.
• To undertake relevant observations/measurements that are required such as blood pressures, weight, height, BMI, ECGs and act on results.
• This may lead to undertaking ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and 24hr ECG monitoring.
• Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence, vulnerable adults, substance misuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies and be aware of the practice’s safeguarding policy and who the safeguarding leads are.
• Ensure current evidence-based approaches to patients are standard practice.
• Apply infection control measures when collecting and handling laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with blood and bodily fluids spillages and reporting and treating sharps injuries.
• To be competent in dealing with an emergency such as in the event of a patient collapse, hypo/hyperglycaemic event or asthma attack.
• Demonstrates competency in anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques.
• Contributes to research and development programmes where required to improve clinical practice.
• Advises the practice population on the concepts of health promotion and education.
• Provide an adult and childhood immunisation service working to patient group directions, following appropriate training if required.
• Deliver travel health care, including vaccinations following appropriate training if required.
• Administer adult and paediatric injections under a PSD/PGD, ensuring safe storage rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
• Provide and perform cervical screening following appropriate training if required.
• Perform health checks to eligible cohorts within the practice population, following appropriate training if required.
• Perform learning disability checks to eligible cohorts within the practice population following appropriate training if required.
• Provide general treatment room duties if required, such as, wound care, injections etc.
• Perform INR checks for our warfarin patients following appropriate training if required.
• Provide a sexual health service, performing pill checks, discussions on long term contraception, assisting in coil/implant clinics following appropriate training if required.
• Provide a minor injury service.
• Assist the GP in minor surgery.

Main duties of the job
Essential;

Minimum 1 year GPN experience

Womens Health

Respiratory/Diabetes/LTC experience

Desirable;

Treatment Room including Catheter care, Dopplers, Baby Imms, Travel Health

Learning Disabilities