Job Description

o   GENERAL: The Practice Nurse will generally be based in the treatment room and manage their own workload. They will report to The Manager. The Practice Nurse will delegate tasks to other medical and non-medical staff where required. Assist with other practice duties as required. <br>**_ _**<br>o   CLINICAL: Perform clinical duties within required level of clinical competency, according to best available evidence. Explain procedures to patients, providing them with support and reassurance. Duties include triage, immunisations and other injections; wound management, chronic disease management, ECG’s and collection of pathology samples. Assist doctors with clinical procedures. Maintain clinical documentation.<br>PATIENT SERVICES: Assist with triage, data management, diagnostic services, networking with other providers, planning & management of patient care and patient advocacy. Telephone patients with test results as directed by medical staff. Contact & follow up for patients with urgent results as requested by GP's. Follow the practice recall and reminder systems for clinically significant results as well as preventative health reminders<br>

Essential selection criteria

AHPRA registered, General Practice Experience. <br>

Desirable selection criteria

Health Assessments and care plans, wound management etc<br>

About the practice

General Practice consisting of 10 GPs and part time EN. Nurse is required to assist GP with things like Immunisation, Iron Infusions, IUD/Implanon procedures, Skin Biopsies, dressings etc.

Benefits