Lead Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be required to:

Support the development of others to maximise staff potential in the team.

Identify the potential for service developments, risk and deficits and inform practice manager making recommendations based on specialist knowledge

Undertake one-to-ones, appraisals, regular Practice Nurse and HCA meetings, clinical education, and other practice-wide learning events and meetings.

To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

As the Clinical lead, you will have overall line management responsibility for the Practice Nursing Team

Play a key role in our clinical governance and overall practice management team.

Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority.

Attend regular practice meetings.

Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols, and standards, as well as local projects or initiatives.

Ensure health and safety and infection control are high priorities, supported by other members of the team.

Work with our Practice Management team to ensure we monitor practice performance of QOF and LCS regularly to achieve high standards of patient care.

Take responsibility for own development, learning, and performance, including organising clinical supervision where appropriate and acting as a positive role model.

Work to support staff wellbeing and development.

Quality improvement

Work with colleagues and management team to ensure that we focus our clinical time to maximum benefit of patients and that our systems and processes support staff to focus on what matters most.

To administer medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice

To provide guidance to patients in the use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications regarding side effects and dosages

To oversee the provision of wound care services to patients

To co-ordinate the provision of travel medicine services

To request pathology services as necessary

To process pathology results as required

To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with existing legislation

To ensure read codes are used effectively by all members of the nursing team.

To chaperone patients where necessary

To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.

To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

To implement vaccination programmes for adults and children

To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies

To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

To be responsible for ensuring maximum optimisation of use of appointments across the nursing team.

Develop and review audit protocols and process for the practice, effectively utilising the audit cycle and to oversee those within the team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Travel medicine
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Desirable

• Chronic Disease Diplomas
• Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Venepuncture
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registration
• Minimum of Degree level education or equivalent
• A minimum of 3-5 years Post Qualification Experience

Desirable

• Non-medical prescribing

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

High Street Surgery

Address

High Street

Lowestoft

Suffolk

NR32 1JE

Employer's website

https://highstreetsurgerylowestoft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)