BIGGAR MEDICAL PRACTICE - Key Persons
The Business Manager is responsible for all financial, contractual and strategic management of the practice.
Job Titles:
- Nurse
- Trainee Practice Nurse
Practice Nurses are fully trained in a wide range of skills including immunisations, health promotion, contraception and management of long-term conditions e.g. advise 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.
Job Titles:
- Patient Advisor
- Team Leader
Job Titles:
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Job Titles:
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Advanced Nurse Practitioners are experienced and highly educated registered nurses who manage the complete clinical care of their patients. ANP's are educated to Masters Level in Advanced Practice and assessed as competent in practice using expert knowledge and skills. They are clinical leaders with the freedom and authority to act and make their own decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of those in their care and are capable of independent practice in a variety of settings. Advanced Practice is characterised by high-level autonomous decision making, including assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with complex multidimensional problems. They have the authority to refer, admit, and discharge within defined clinical areas.
The Practice Manager is responsible for the day to day running of the patient services including supervision of the Reception/Admin Team.
Both managers support the GPs and staff by ensuring the correct equipment and systems are in place to provide high quality patient care.
Job Titles:
- Our Practice Administrator Provides Administrative and Secretarial Support to the Practice Team. to Assist in the Smooth Running of the Practice
Our Practice Administrator provides administrative and secretarial support to the Practice team. To assist in the smooth running of the Practice.