Lead Practice Nurse

Job summary

The lead practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients of the practice, as part of a shift system operated between 0830-2000 daily, potentially including weekends and bank holidays. To be a point of contact and support to the practice nurse team and to ensure the clinical management team is kept up to date and informed of all relevant information.

Main duties of the job

General Practice Nursing duties including but not limited to Cervical cytology, wound care, chronic disease management, routine childhood and adult immunisations, and assist in and performing routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs

To support the Clinical Management team with developing, implementing, and embedding health promotion and wellbeing programmes.

Develop and review audit protocols and process for the practice, effectively utilising the audit cycle

Support all members of the practice nurse team, providing guidance when necessary, conducting appraisals and training needs analyses as required.

Liaise with the Infection Control Lead regularly to ensure all current standards are being met

Support the clinical management team with reviewing clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

Lead the planning and implementation of changes within the nursing team, enhancing the provision of services to patients

Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation of practice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation

To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

Play an active role in the delivery and achievement of target and contract-based activities e.g. QOF, DES, IFF etc

About us

Beechfield Medical Centre is a 21,500 patient GMS practice operating from purpose built premises in the heart of the beautiful market town of Spalding in South Lincolnshire.

We are high QOF achievers, score very well in patient and trainee feedback and work in an inclusive, supportive way in ensuring that we deliver the high standards that have come to be expected of us by our patients and of which we are very proud. We are a Veteran Friendly and Learning Disability Friendly Practice and have been approved for Training Foundation Doctors.

We are proud to say we are a Menopause friendly workplace.

We are assessed as Good in all domains by the Care Quality Commission and are fully engaged in the developmental and clinical work of our local Clinical Commissioning Group and GP Federation, with membership of the Governing Body of the CCG and Board of Directors of the Federation.

The practice hosts an in-house physiotherapy service, an employed Clinical Pharmacist and a range of roles as part of our commitment to a Primary Care Network. We are an accredited provider of AQP services for minor surgical procedures. We utilise the EMIS (Web) Clinical System, and operate an on the day triage system between the Duty Doctor and our Nurse Practitioners.

We are part-dispensing, and a highly regarded training practice (with normally 2 trainees in situ) and have an active and supportive Patient Participation Group helping to ensure that we are listening to the needs of our large patient base.