Practice Nurse

Clinical Treatment Room Duties

• Wound Care: Cleans and dresses wounds, including leg ulcers, assesses healing progress, and removes sutures.
• Blood and Samples: Collects blood samples (venepuncture) and gathers laboratory specimens.
• General Treatments: Administers authorised injections, and monitors blood pressure, ECGs and conducts Health Assessments.

Screening and Immunisations

• Immunisations: Delivers adult, child, and travel vaccinations.
• Preventive Tests: Performs cervical screening (cytology), family planning and Sexual Health Testing. General health checks like height, weight, and urinalysis are also expected.

Long-Term Condition Support

• Chronic Disease Monitoring: Assists in clinics for conditions like asthma, diabetes, and COPD by taking vital measurements and noting symptoms.
• Health Promotion: Gives lifestyle advice on smoking, diet, and exercise.

Professional and Administrative Tasks

• Record Keeping: Updates patient notes accurately on practice computer systems.
• Stock and Safety: Keeps the treatment room clean, restocks medical supplies, and follows infection control rules.
• Standards and Training: Takes part in clinical audits, attends training days, and follows the NMC Code.

Courthouse Medical Centre is a 4 Partner General Practice located in Caerphilly. We have approximately 10,600 patients and our practice boundary covers the Caerphilly area. We have a Team of motivated, experienced and enthusiastic Doctors who meet informally daily for a general chat and catch up. We have an active Primary Health Care Team including two Prescribing Nurse Practitioner, 3 Practice Nurses, one Health Care Assistant and a Phlebotomist. We have an excellent and experienced Administration Team of 16. We are also an accredited training practice.

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