Lead Nurse GP Group Practice

Job description

Job responsibilities

Deliver specialist primary care service, including chronic disease management including for all areas of QOF, in line with agreed protocols and reference to the General Practitioner, where necessary.

Make professionally autonomous decisions, for which they are accountable and provide safe, evidence-based patient care.

Responsible for managing clinics, carrying out associated tasks including: Cytology, wound care, removal of sutures, peak flow readings, venepuncture, management of long-term conditions. Administering child and adult immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national and local programmes. Chaperoning patients being examined by another clinician, urine testing, dietary advice, anaphylaxis and CPR.

Make appropriate referrals to other members of primary, community and secondary care.

Promote health and wellbeing, giving general education advice on diet, contraception, smoking, chronic disease management, exercise etc

Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs, including stock control.

Where the post holder is an independent prescriber: to ensure safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.

Maintain accurate records according to NMC rules.

Ensure all data protection requirements are met when gathering, recording and storing patient data.

Liaise and maintain good working relationships with all members of the practice team.

Be flexible and provide clinical cover for sessions in extended hours and contribute towards meeting the extended access requirements.Professional Role

Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings as required including practice clinical meetings, nurse team meetings and clinical supervision meetings.

Promote evidence-based practice through use of the latest research based guidelines.

Work collaboratively with colleagues both internally and externally.

Participate in audits and inspections as required.

Provides clinical educational advice to support development of the team and range of services provided.

Partake in clinical supervision for own development purposes to develop the nursing staff.

Demonstrate due regard for the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.

Ensure that health updates, alerts, policies, and relevant newsletters are accessed and acted on, where necessary.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Person Specification Essential
• Qualified to degree level - RGN
• Chronic Disease Management
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Phlebotomy
• Cytology
• Immunisations including Tavel Vaccines
• Good IT Skills
• Driver with own car

Desirable

• Experience of teaching or mentoring
• Experience of writing/updating policies and protocols
• Experience using SystmOne
• Experience using Ardens.

Experience

Essential

• Primary Care Experience
• Respiratory reviews
• Cytology
• Child Immunisations
• Covid and flu vaccinations
• Shingles and all other adult vaccinations.
• Travel vaccination requirements and administering
• CVD reviews

Desirable

• Diabetes
• Mentorship
• System 1 experience.
• Use of Ardens templates
• Team leader / trainer

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Caritas Group Practice

Address

Woodside Surgery

Woodside Road

Halifax

West Yorkshire

HX3 6EL

Employer's website

https://www.caritashealth.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)