Lead Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide care to the practices patients as per the areas listed above.

Management of long-term conditions

Provide leadership and mentorship to the Nursing Team.

Work with patients to support compliance with, and adherence to, prescribed treatments

Lead in supporting patients with a learning disability and patients with diabetes

Lead in Infection Prevention Control (IPC) within the practice

Lead in Vaccinations and Immunisations (childhood and adult)

Lead in reviewing and the delivery of clinical policies and procedures

Ability to monitor, audit, manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration, single use equipment and general treatment room equipment

Support the practices fulfilment of the Quality Outcomes Framework and local Quality Improvement Schemes.

Undertake clinical audits

To take responsibility for own professional development and undertaking training for specific clinical tasks

Attend mandatory training courses and updates and any study days as appropriate to post

Participate in yearly appraisal, personal development plan and revalidation

You may be requested to undertake other duties/tasks that have not been identified in this job description and these will be discussed prior to undertaking them.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered RGN/Full NMC pin
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Cervical Cytology trained
• Vaccination and Immunisation trained
• Wound Management
• Recognised qualification or training of chronic diseases
• Diabetes, COPD, Asthma training or qualifications
• Understanding of QoF and Chronic Disease Management
• Infection Prevention Control training / experience

Experience

Essential

• Experience of caring for people with Asthma, COPD, Diabetes
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to professional
• development and supporting others
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and
• effectively, interpreting data as required.
• High levels of integrity and loyalty.
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
• Can work well in a team, ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team as well as autonomously
• Adherence to the need for strict confidentiality.
• Flexibility of working hours, able to cover for nursing colleagues when required, ad-hoc clinics such flu or Covid vaccination clinics
• Able to maintain accurate records
• Experience of Primary Care

Desirable

• Management, leadership training, experience
• Learning Disabilities
• Experience of clinical audits
• Experience of SystmOne
• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse

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

Kingswood Surgery

Address

14 Wetherby Road

Harrogate

North Yorkshire

HG2 7SA

Employer's website

https://www.kingswooddoctors.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)