Nurse Practitioner

Location

Farnborough, Hampshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Voyager Family Health is a GP surgery that is committed to preserve and enhance its good reputation for being caring and innovative by providing high quality medical services in a friendly, happy, and healthy environment. The following are the core responsibilities of the Nurse Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels. Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health Provide specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception, etc. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens Provide travel medicine services Request pathology services as necessary Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively Maintain chronic disease registers Develop, implement and embed an effective call/recall system Chaperone patients where necessary Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs Prescribe medication in accordance own scope of practice Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)

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