Lead Practice Nurse (Lydney Practice)

Job responsibilities

Practice nurse team leadership. Lead, support and manage other members of the nursing team, including trainees.

Ensure skills of practice nurse team are appropriately and effectively used to deliver care. Support the nursing team in developing their skills and expertise.

Ensure an effective nurse appointment system, in collaboration with practice manager. Ensure adequate and appropriate practice nurse cover is available within practice.

Provide professional advice on Practice/G DOC developments, recommending changes to working practices in line with evidence-based knowledge. Lead and monitor thedevelopment and implementation of policies, standards and guidelines across the practice nursing team.

In collaboration with the Practice Manager and the Recruitment Team, manage the recruitment, onboarding, induction and ongoing employment of the nursing team, including nurses, phlebotomists and healthcare assistants.

Working with the Chief Nursing Officer, and Lead GP, develop and monitor key quality markers, thereby promoting clinical effectiveness.

Monitor and advise on the effective use of physical and financial resources by the practice nursing team, including ordering.

Ensure a robust system for nurse appraisal and revalidation

Enable the practice nursing team to apply and improve clinical governance and risk management systems.

Primary care nurse duties including (but not limited to) face to face consultations, video consultations, telephone consultations, e-consultations and queries. Clinical administration, and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.

Provide clinical care to registered patients, within your skills and competence, to include normal general practice nursing (immunisations, wound management, minor ailments, aural toilet, health checks, therapeutic monitoring etc) and any areas of clinical expertise, for example long-term condition management.

Provision of care for acute and long-term conditions (physical and mental), and contributing to the delivery of QOF and enhanced services.

Provision of preventative care, including health promotion advice, vaccinations and screening.

Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate new health promotion and long-term condition care.

Support of patients in the developing self-management strategies and in fostering patient engagement with the Practice.

Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation.

Recording clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards;

Collecting data for audit purposes as per Practice protocols.

Reviewing patients in the interests of quality improvement and safety. i.e. MRHA safety alerts and dementia reviews.

Prescribing in accordance with locally agreed or national guidelines.

Cover for other practice nurses will be provided by reciprocal sharing of correspondence, results and other administration.

Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate new health promotion and long-term condition care.

Contributing to patient safety by maintaining good infection control thorough monitoring and maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, sterilising equipment and emergency equipment.

Complying with the Nursing and Midwifery Councils Code and professional standards for nurses.

Complying with CQC requirements for primary care.

Complying with the training requirements of G DOC and of the NMC

Complying with requirements for revalidation.

Working conditions

Frequent, prolonged VDU use

Time-pressured environment

High levels of accuracy and attention to detail essential at all times

Exposure to distressing situations and written material

Contact with body fluids, i.e. wound exudates; urine etc. while in clinical practice.

Uniform to be worn

For full Job Description see attached : supporting information Job description

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Other

Essential

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) enhanced check satisfactory
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse/Registered General Nurse or other qualification recognised by the NMC as equivalent
• Current registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council

Desirable

• Independent prescriber or working towards it
• Post-graduate training in a relevant subject for example long-term condition management (e.g., respiratory medicine), minor illness or urgent care

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 2 years post-registration experience

Desirable

• Experience of General Practice
• Experience of managing a team, including direct reports
• Experience of delivering contractual requirements e.g. KPIs, QOF

Personal qualities

Essential

• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Able to use own initiative but also know when to seek assistance
• Ability to work under pressure

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Knowledge of national standards that inform practices e.g. NICE guidelines
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and clinical governance
• Knowledge of clinical and information governance as appropriate to practice nursing
• Willing to become competent in use of SystmOne if not already
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Ability to follow policy and procedure
• Able to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy or protocol
• Ability to assess, implement and evaluate a programme of care
• Effective time management
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
• Able to manage, monitor and review long term conditions
• Knowledge of QoF and other KPIs for primary care
• Strong IT skills
• Competent in use of SystmOne
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).