PCN Lead Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Job Summary

The remit of the PCN Lead Nurse role is to work with Clinical Directors to bring practices and a range of stakeholders together, to collaborate at scale for the development and delivery of services to the local population. The role will support the sharing of skills, knowledge, good practice and communication across all the member practices within the PCNs. The vision of the PCN Lead Nurse role is to engage nurses in the work of the PCNs, and to represent the voice of nursing at PCN level. The PCN Lead Nurse will empower nurses in General Practice and the wider health community (eg. community nursing, care home nurses) in their crucial role in delivering the PCNs objectives of collaborating at scale for the development and delivery of services within the PCNs.

2. Key Duties

Leadership

• Provide guidance and leadership across the 6 South Nottinghamshire PCNs; helping to set standards and pathways and share good learning and practice.
• Share ideas across the 6 PCNs; provide cohesion, vision and direction.
• Act as a sounding board for individual PCN lead nurses.
• Support the Clinical Directors in terms of nursing workforce, job development, maximise capacity and service development.
• Audit/QI work and take up the challenges if provision or outcomes are poor.
• Career strategy, development and leadership. (GPN 10 point plan).
• Contribute ideas regarding national working, strategy, and planning.
• Work with Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme staffing in PCNs to build a solid structure across the whole of South Nottinghamshire (ie. nurse associates/paramedics/first contact physiotherapists/pharmacists).
• Represent primary care nurses at clinical decision-making forums in the PCNs/ICP/ICS, giving primary care nursing a voice and an influence on decision making.
• Nursing revalidation support.
• To develop two-way communication between nurses working in general practice and the work of the ICP / ICS

Networking

• Promote excellent network and communication across the whole area. Develop a model of career progression and service development within the PCNs and wider.
• Act as a link between the nurses in primary care (ANP/Practice Nurses/Nurse Associates and Health Care assistants) and the PCNs/locality/CCG/ICS so that primary care nurses have a greater understanding and involvement in strategic direction of these bodies.
• Host forum meetings where nurses can share ideas and good practice.
• Foster links between primary care nurses/community nursing/care home nurses.
• Networking face to face or remotely.

Education

• Create and identify learning opportunities, linking with NATH.
• Primary care nursing courses development.
• Create competency packages/policies for wider use.
• Protective Learning Time planning.
• Recruitment lead on programmes to prepare nurses to work in primary care/up-skill nurses ready for primary care
• Training/organisation/provision of speakers for PCNs as required.

Clinical Support

• General clinical support for individual nurses in the PCN practices
• Specific clinical support for nursing teams around primary care nursing issues

3. Key Working Relationships

• The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives to provide support, information and analytical advice to strategic leads.
• Communicate information and issues, including briefings and reports as and when required

4. Functional Responsibilities

4.1 Project Management

• Undertake information/project analysis as required
• Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects to provide information/advice and support

4.2 Research and Development:

• Undertake evaluation of projects, services and initiatives.
• Carry out web based and publications research

5. Operational Responsibilities

5.1 Planning and Organisation:

• Support implementation of projects and service redesign initiatives through timely and relevant information analysis and administrative support, in accordance with the agreed priorities of the PCNs and ICP
• Deliver against agreed objectives, helping to achieve quality outcomes

Please download the supporting documentation for full role details and to support with your application.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Please provide details of your continuing professional development, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.

Experience

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your skills and ability are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Personal qualities

Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Primary Integrated Community Services

Address

Unit H4 Ash Tree Court

Nottingham Business Park

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG8 6PY

Employer's website

http://picsnhs.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)