Enhanced Practice Nurse

Job summary

Creffield Medical Group PCN is looking to recruit an enhanced practice nurse within the ARRS roles, to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries. This role will predominantly focus on minor illness for the surgery.

This is a full time position working across 5 days, predominantly based at Turner Road Surgery but the candidate may be asked to work in the wider PCN group across Creffield, Nayland and West Bergolt surgeries.

The successful candidate may come from a range of professional backgrounds. As an experienced healthcare professional, educated to masters level, they will have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on an expanded role and scope of practice caring for patients.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances. Are you an experienced healthcare worker, looking to expand your contribution to healthcare and personal job satisfaction? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
• Practice autonomously as an enhanced practice nurse within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
• Support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
• Responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

About us

The Turner Road Surgery is a 2-partner, 3 salaried GP, training practice, with other clinical staff complimenting the team, to provide a safe and efficient service to our patients. The practice is within the partnership of the Creffield Medical Centre providing general medical services. The organisation offers a full range of services, all of which are detailed on the organisation website: www.turnerroadsurgery.co.uk.

The organisation was inspected by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in June 2022 and was assessed as good. The report for this inspection can be found via the website above.

Mission Statement and Practice Values:The Turner Road Surgery strives to deliver a professional, accessible and comprehensive healthcare service of high quality that inspires confidence in our local community and for our patients.

Caring and inclusive:We treat all our patients with care, dignity, equality, and respect.

Efficient, high quality and safe:Our policies and procedures are regularly reviewed to ensure our service is as efficient as possible, while also maintaining a high level of safety and quality.

Working together:We work alongside other health organisations, public services, charities, and other external service providers.

Continually improving:We review our processes and services on a regular basis and meet frequently as a team to discuss ways to improve. Staff development and training is an essential part of what we do.