Vine House Health Centre located in Abbots Langley, are please to be recruiting for a practice nurse to join their well-established team on a full-time basis for 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Duties will include;
- Undertake a range of nursing assessments and provide appropriate care/treatment in conjunction with GPs according to practice policy, protocols etc.
- Perform venepuncture and electrocardiography.
- Undertake wound care/management/dressing techniques.
- Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness.
- Administer adult and paediatric injections under an individualised prescription or Patient Group Direction, ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.
- Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assist and support patients in changing their unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately.
- Participate in the smoking cessation service.
- Strive to improve standards of care and be involved in identifying practice population needs.
- Chronic disease management.
- Mentor health care assistants.
Please see the attached job description for further details.