Nurse Practitioner

apartmentNHS Jobs placeSouth Shields calendar_month 
The following are the core responsibilities of a 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: Receive and review patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their healthcare needs.
This can be face-2-face, by telephone or remote digital triage (eConsult). Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, by assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and referrals. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health.
Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the BNF guidelines. Request, process and interpret tests as necessary. Proactively administer vaccinations opportunistically, for example flu vaccination.

Act as clinical governance lead for the Practice in areas of special interest and ensure significant events are reported using Practice procedures. To maintain accurate patient records and enter onto the computer using agreed SNOMED codes. To collect data and participate in regular Practice audit and research projects.

apartmentNHS JobsplaceSunderland, 7 mi from South Shields
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE: The successful candidate will be joining a team of over 70 experienced nurse practitioners, qualified nurses and health care assistants who see and treat in excess of 40,000...
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Clinical Nurse Practitioner

apartmentSouth Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustplaceMiddlesbrough, 31 mi from South Shields
of the Community Clinical Nurse Practitioner you will be a key member of the unplanned Urgent Community Response Service providing an in depth assessment of nursing care and treatment for patients in their own home to prevent unnecessary admissions...
apartmentNHS JobsplaceSunderland, 7 mi from South Shields
PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE. To coordinate the delivery and development of the specialist service through the use of effective evidence based practice in line with agreed national standards for patient...