An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Wigan GP Alliance team to support the services in the Wigan Borough completing sessions for vaccinations, MMR, cytology, and long-term condition reviews.
Your role would involve practice nurse roles and responsibilities, long term condition reviews, immunisations, health checks, investigations & follow up.
Main duties of the job
Work independently and contribute to audits, implementing and evaluating local quality standards, policies, guidelines, and care pathways. Conducting clinical patient consultations at surgeries or health centres. Undertaking clinical examinations and diagnostics investigations including venepuncture, BMs, and urinalysis. Supportive advice regarding contraception. Treating wounds and providing emergency first aid. The application and removal of dressings and undertaking C&S specimens if required of the wound site. Providing advice, education, and information regarding chronic health conditions and disease, smoking cessation, weight management, including BMI assessment, supportive referrals to other agencies including Drug & Alcohol team, Mental Health team, and other agencies who can support patients' care and lifestyle choices. Undertaking observations, pulse, temperature, B/P, SpO2, skin, and foot assessment. Administering immunisations. Undertaking well woman and man clinics and specialist clinics for diabetes and asthma. Delegating tasks to healthcare assistants. Completing accurate records of patients' consultations during the clinical session. Assisting GPs with minor procedures if required. The working patterns are sessions based at our practice, from pm up to 10 pm Monday to Friday, Weekend sessions 10am-4 pm, & the opportunity for other ad hoc sessions. About us
We are a Primary Care provider within the Borough of Wigan supporting general Practice delivering Enhanced and Extended Access services during evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays. The sessions could be LTC reviews, immunisations, cytology, diagnostics for those patients that need to access Primary Care but cannot do so during regular core hours. To be accepted onto our Bank Nurses need not be proficient in all elements as mixed and single skill set sessions can be offered. Qualifications
Essential
NMC registered Degree level Currently practicing in a Primary Care setting Full UK Driving Licence Desirable
Cytology trained Diagnostic testing trained - ie phlebotomy LTC review trained
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Work independently and contribute to audits, implementing and evaluating local quality standards, policies, guidelines, and care pathways. Conducting clinical patient consultations at surgeries or health centres. Undertaking clinical examinations and diagnostics investigations including venepuncture, BMs, and urinalysis. Supportive advice regarding contraception. Treating wounds and providing emergency first aid. The application and removal of dressings and undertaking C&S specimens if required of the wound site. Providing advice, education, and information regarding chronic health conditions and disease, smoking cessation, weight management, including BMI assessment, supportive referrals to other agencies including Drug & Alcohol team, Mental Health team, and other agencies who can support patients' care and lifestyle choices. Undertaking observations, pulse, temperature, B/P, SpO2, skin, and foot assessment. Administering immunisations. Undertaking well woman and man clinics and specialist clinics for diabetes and asthma. Delegating tasks to healthcare assistants. Completing accurate records of patients' consultations during the clinical session. Assisting GPs with minor procedures if required. The working patterns are sessions based at our practice, from pm up to 10 pm Monday to Friday, Weekend sessions 10am-4 pm, & the opportunity for other ad hoc sessions. About us
We are a Primary Care provider within the Borough of Wigan supporting general Practice delivering Enhanced and Extended Access services during evenings, weekends, and Bank Holidays. The sessions could be LTC reviews, immunisations, cytology, diagnostics for those patients that need to access Primary Care but cannot do so during regular core hours. To be accepted onto our Bank Nurses need not be proficient in all elements as mixed and single skill set sessions can be offered. Qualifications
Essential
NMC registered Degree level Currently practicing in a Primary Care setting Full UK Driving Licence Desirable
Cytology trained Diagnostic testing trained - ie phlebotomy LTC review trained
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