Practice Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Practice Nurse to join the Nursing Team at Donnington Medical Practice, Telford, Shropshire. We arecommitted to the development of a happy, hardworking and highly effective,health care team.

The successful applicant will join team enthusiastic nurses andHCAs and help to deliver excellent nursing care to our local population providing a range of Practice Nurse Duties including:
Chronic Disease Management (Diabetes/COPD/Asthma), Experience of QOF, Childhood & Travel Immunisations, Cervical Smear Screening, Dressing & Wound Care,Contraception, ECG's, Health Promotion/ Advice and where necessary, signposting to other appropriate services.

Your Duties and Responsibilities will include:

• Comprehensive understanding of Chronic disease management
• Monitoring the health of patients with chronic disease and co-morbidities
• Giving advice and support to patients to promote good self-management in line with practice protocol and local formulary.
• Contributing to the development of practice protocols and audits.
• Ensuring knowledge and skills are kept up-to-date in line with current guidelines.
• Participating in the provision of general practice nursing including Smears/Cytology, child immunisations, travel immunisations, wound care/ulcer, venepuncture.
• Assist and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.
• Contributing to a happy, healthy work environment

We are an established Practice with 4 GP partners, 5 salaried GPs and aNursing team which includes an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 2 Practice Nursesand 2 HCA's. All of us are supported by an excellent team of administrators,secretaries and care navigators. Locatedin the beautiful county of Shropshire, we are in close proximity to both countryside and excellent links to a comprehensive travel network.

We feel privileged to work with a group of kind and generous health care professionals, who are knowledgeable and supportive.

We hold regular Practice meetings where we discuss current issues andshare best practice.

If you enjoy contributing to a team effort, are experienced inCOPD/Asthma or Diabetes, have comprehensive nursing knowledge and would like tojoin us, please apply.

The post holder will assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education, and will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential experience knowledge and skills

(Respiratory OR Diabetes knowledge is acceptable)

Respiratory Management

• Have an understanding of asthma and/or COPD care and ensure knowledge and skills are kept up-to-date in line with current guidelines.
• Maintain up-to-date register of asthmatic and COPD patients by ensuring these are correctly coded on the computer.
• Monitor the health of patients with respiratory disease as per practice protocol.
• Give advice and support to patients to promote good self-management in line with practice protocol and local formulary.
• Contribute to the development of practice protocols and audits.

Diabetes Management.

• Have an understanding of Diabetes and ensure knowledge and skills base are kept up-to-date in line with current protocol.
• Maintain up-to-date register of diabetic patients by ensuring these are correctly coded electronically.
• Monitor the health of diabetic patients against key indicators of diabetic control as per practice protocol and record using diabetes template.
• Give advice and support to patients to promote good self-management and diabetic control in line with practice protocol and local formulary.
• In collaboration with the Clinical Administration and Reception Team, arrange the recall of patients for diabetic annual review, and monitor attendance.
• Liaise with other health professionals involved in the delivery of diabetic care, both inside and outside the practice.
• Contribute to the development of practice diabetes protocols and audit.
• Ensure equipment and…