Practice Nurse

Requirements

• Pneumococcal vaccination
• HPV vaccination and associated administrative functions.
• Flu Vaccination
• Adult Screening: Phlebotomy
• Menopause
• General Vaccination: Primary Childhood Immunisation Programme
• Heartwatch: Ongoing surveillance of patients with known heart disease as per the Heartwatch Programme protocols. Heartwatch returns for payme
• Heart Disease prevention.
• Travel Advice
• Management of Childhood illness
• Asthma
• Patient Education: Women¿s/Men¿s Health
• Smoking Cessation
• Stock control and ordering of Primary Childhood Vacci
• Practice Protocols
• Maintenance of Emergency Equipment
• HPV vaccine. Sterilization of instruments
• pneumococcal vaccine
• flu vaccine
• travel vaccines
• Childhood vaccines
• Administrative: Stock control
• infant & toddler feeding advice
• diabetes
• Urinalysis
• Smear Tests and associated administrative functions
• Obstetrics: Pregnancy Testing
• Breast Feeding advice.
• E.C.G.
• 24 Hour ABPM
• Lifestyle Advice
• S.T.I. Screening
• Geriatric Screening

Skills

Whooping Cough (Pertussis)