About this role
Job summary
Tudor Lodge Health Centre is seeking a dedicated and experienced Practice Nurse to join its multidisciplinary team and provide high quality nursing care to the practice population.
The successful candidate will deliver a range of nursing services within their scope of practice, including health promotion, chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical screening, travel health and wound care, alongside other routine practice nursing duties.
The role will also involve working closely with the wider clinical and management teams to support the review and development of clinical policies and procedures, ensuring safe, effective and patient centred care for all patients.
Main duties of the job
- Assist with patient assessments and monitor vital signs.
- Administer vaccinations and carry out routine health screenings.
- Support the management of chronic conditions, including diabetes, asthma and hypertension.
- Provide health promotion advice on healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, weight management and sexual health.
- Undertake cervical screening and travel health services, where appropriately trained.
- Provide wound care, dressing changes, suture removal and post operative care.
- Monitor patient progress and provide advice on managing ongoing health conditions.
- Assist GPs during consultations and prepare patients for examinations.
- Maintain accurate patient records and complete clinical documentation.
- Support the delivery of safe, effective and patient centred nursing care within the practice.
About us
Tudor Lodge Health Centre is an established NHS GP practice based in Wimbledon, South West London, providing a comprehensive range of primary care services to its local community.
The practice offers general medical services alongside specialist clinics and services supporting children, pregnant women and patients living with long term conditions, including diabetes, asthma and heart disease. Its multidisciplinary team is committed to providing high quality, responsive and patient centred care, with a strong focus on health promotion, disease prevention and supporting the ongoing health and wellbeing of its patient population.
Tudor Lodge Health Centre aims to deliver care in a courteous, ethical and supportive environment, ensuring patients receive appropriate care and support to meet their individual needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
b. Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
c. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patients health
d. Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE and the NSF
e. Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.) to patients
f. Provide travel medicine services
g. Request pathology services as necessary
h. Process pathology results as required
i. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
j. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
k. Ensure read codes are used effectively
l. Maintain chronic disease registers
m. Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics
n. Develop, implement and embed well man clinics
o. Chaperone patients where necessary
p. Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
q. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
r. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
s. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
t. Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
u. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
v. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
w. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
x. Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
y. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
z. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Secondary responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested to:
a. Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
b. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
c. Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
d. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
e. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
f.Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
g.Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA).
Person Specification
Clinical knowledge
Essential
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples; ECGs; Venepuncture; New patient medicals; Chaperone procedure; Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly; Travel medicine; Diabetes; Hypertension; Asthma; Spirometry; CHD; Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel); Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception etc.); Understands the importance of evidence-based practice; Broad knowledge of clinical governance; Ability to record accurate clinical notes; Ability to work within own scope of practice and to understand when to refer to GPs; Knowledge of health promotion strategies; Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy;
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area; Awareness of issues within the wider health arena;
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
Desirable
- Postgraduate diploma or degree ( Care)
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a primary care environment; Experience chronic disease management.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Management Solutions Ltd
Address
Tudor Lodge Health Centre
8C Victoria Drive
LONDON
SW19 6AE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.pcmsolutions.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)