Nurses

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) are highly trained senior nurses who have completed extensive academic and clinical training beyond their general nursing qualification. They are able to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage a wide range of health conditions, often taking on responsibilities traditionally carried out by doctors. During your consultation, the ANP will take a detailed history, perform an examination, and provide advice, treatment, or prescriptions as needed. If your condition requires further input, they may refer you to a GP or specialist services for additional care.

Helen Hall

Helen Hall is an Advance Nurse Practitioner who has joined St Clements surgery in 2023, I studied at Winchester and Southampton university and qualified in 1998. She works within the duty team delivering same day urgent care Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Helen has worked in a mixture of Primary Care and A & E and has been an Advanced Nurse practitioner for 18 years. She is experienced in dealing with patients of all age’s presenting with acute and chronic illnesses, along with minor injuries and musculoskeletal problems. She has undertaken additional medical training and education provide this level of advanced nursing. She is a registered Independent Nurse Prescriber, so she is able to prescribe any medication that is required and can order investigations including bloods and x-rays, and make referrals to specialities and community teams as appropriate.

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse Practitioners are senior nurses with general nursing training who have then undergone further academic and clinical training to develop their skills and knowledge. They provide a nursing service that incorporates some of the aspects of care that was previously provided by a doctor. During the consultation the nurse practitioner will ask about your problem, perform an examination and offer advice and information and, if necessary give a prescription. On some occasions they may ask you refer you to either a GP or secondary care for further assessment or treatment.

Jane Dilloway

Practice Nurses

Practice Nurses are fully trained in a wide range of skills including immunisations, health promotion, contraception and management of long-term conditions e.g. advice on diet and lifestyle choices, coronary heart disease, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, smoking cessation and obesity. Practice Nurses can extend their skills at Diploma Level and see many patients who previously would have seen the Doctor.

The Nursing Team run various Nurse-led clinics for diabetes, asthma, coronary heart disease and COPD as well as providing general nursing services, dressings, removal of sutures and blood tests.

Healthcare Assistants (including Phlebotomy)

Healthcare Assistants are non-registered Nursing staff who assist in patient care and Practice related duties, as directed by and under the supervision of a Registered Healthcare Professional (including Lead Practice Nurse, Practice Manager and GPs). Healthcare Assistants work collaboratively with the General Practice Team to meet the needs of patients, and provide essential task-orientated services like taking blood samples (phlebotomy), processing specimens, sometimes performing ECGs (to measure heart function) and spirometry (to measure lung function). They play a crucial role in supporting the Clinical Team.