Job summary
Modality Partnership Lewisham Divisionhas a full-time
vacancy for a Practice Nurse. The postholder
will be a high performing Practice Nurse working at The Jenner Practice responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice
population. We are seeking dedicated postholders
to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability,
Respect and Excellence.
This job is
suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working in
an agile manner, implementing solutions, delivering high quality patient care
and who are committed to make real changes to the health care services provided
within Primary Care to improve patient care.
As an employee with
us you can benefit from
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
If you are interested in learning
more, please read on.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this
vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Main duties of the job
The role is both
the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a chronic
condition, and the provision of preventative health care to the practice
population. for the care delivered to their patients, demonstrating critical
thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients.
The role is not
a regular 9am-5pm job; the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment
and the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the team
to ensure tasks are completed.
About us
We are one of
the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and
with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,
we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the
implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the
organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to
harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and
staff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of nursing
in primary care with career advancing opportunities.
All employees
are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We
are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways
and who align to our organisational values of CARE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for supporting
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live
healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we
work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to
influence service improvement.
You will not
enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that purely focuses solely on treatment
as opposed to proactively identifying, diagnosing, and treating chronic
conditions, you prefer the status quo and are comfortable with more traditional
ways of working.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the
Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new
starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will
offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations
for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of
this where there is a mandatory requirement.
*PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS INVITED
TO INTERVIEW MUST PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to
the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love
this job if you have a passion for supporting
patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live
healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we
work from the ground up whist working closely with leadership teams to
influence service improvement.
You will not
enjoy this job if you are seeking a job that purely focuses solely on treatment
as opposed to proactively identifying, diagnosing, and treating chronic
conditions, you prefer the status quo and are comfortable with more traditional
ways of working.
If you feel
this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to
the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join
our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the
Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new
starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will
offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations
for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of
this where there is a mandatory requirement.
*PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS INVITED
TO INTERVIEW MUST PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post-registration experience.
- At least 3 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions.
- Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit experience.
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care.
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
- Knowledge of local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy awareness.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area.
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery.
- Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- IT skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional approach to work.
- Good telephone manner.
- Strong team player.
- Smart appearance.
- Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
- Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
- Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 4 years post-registration experience.
- At least 3 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions.
- Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit experience.
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care.
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
- Knowledge of local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy awareness.
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care.
- Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area.
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery.
- Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- IT skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional approach to work.
- Good telephone manner.
- Strong team player.
- Smart appearance.
- Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
- Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
- Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.
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).
Additional information
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).
