Long Term Conditions Management Providing specialist input to assess and manage diabetes patients, including injectable GLP initiation, insulin starts and insulin dose changes. Conducting patient reviews, for long term conditions e.g. asthma, COPD, heart failure, learning disabilities. Adjusting, updating and putting management plans into place.
Offering lifestyle advice. Supporting patients to self-manage their conditions. Vaccinations/Injections Childhood and routine immunisations administered in-line with the national schedules, the green book and patient group directives. Injections e.g.
prostap, depo, inclisiran, administered in line with practice policies, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland guidelines. Storage all vaccines and injections are stored and handled according in-line with cold chain and manufacturer instructions. Other Areas Cytology performing cervical screening. Diagnostics requesting clinically appropriate tests e.g.
FENO, spirometry, urine cultures, swabs and undertaking venepuncture Travel health reviewing requests from patients who will be travelling, advising them on what they require and vaccinating them. Wound care assessing and dressing wounds inline with Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland formulary/guidelines, creating and amending management plans for patients and removing sutures/clips. Meetings/Training Meetings attend and participate in relevant practice meetings, e.g. treatment room meeting, all staff training.
Training take part in mandatory training and job related continued professional development. Procedural Anaphylaxis to recognise and manage this, in line with UK Resuscitation Council guidelines. Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation be able to perform this and the correct use of a defibrillator. Infection protection and control maintain effect infection control measures in-line with the practices policy.
Significant events raise any items you feel the practice needs to learn form. Stock maintain adequate stock within the treatment room and assist with keeping this re-stocked. This list is not exhaustive but intended as a guide and the post-holder will be expected to be flexible and undertake any additional tasks requested

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