Table 1 Practice nurse responsibilities

Clinical care – responsibility for clinical based procedures and activities Specific clinical activities as part of the care team such as assessment of risk factors, lifestyle screening, brief interventions, counselling and education, vaccination, wound care, cervical screening

Patient follow-up and recall – both arranging and undertaking follow-up tasks, especially in context of chronic disease management and prevention

Care planning – setting up care planning meetings, completing care plans

Treatment rooms tasks

Clinical organization – activities that require management, coordination and higher level administration of clinical activities, particularly a systems approach

Practice administration – activities that provide administrative support to the general practice as a business enterprise

Integration – development of effective communication channels within the practice and between the practice and outside organizations and individuals.