Job summary
Medina Healthcare is about to go through a period of significant change, and so now is the perfect time for a new Lead Practice Nurse to join us on the exciting journey.
Later this year we will be moving to a much larger location in Newport, with better facilities, more clinical rooms and will mean that the whole team will be together in one building.
As well as the new location, the Practice is securing its future by working under Solent NHS Trust. This will not have any impact on the day-to-day running of the surgery. All the Practice staff can continue to work and provide clinical care under the new management and the GP partners will remain part of the team as they become salaried GPs, rather than as partners. Furthermore, in spring 2024 Solent NHS Trust will be merging with the Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Southern Health, which means that Medina Healthcare will be working under the single NHS Trust that delivers mental health, community and learning disability services throughout the island. As a result there will be a more direct pathway for patient care and better aligned services across the Isle of Wight.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the leadership of the Practice Nursing Team,
consisting of nurses, nursing associates, Care Co-ordinators, HCAs and a
phlebotomist. Working as part of the Practice multidisciplinary team, the post
holder will ensure nursing services are delivered effectively to the entitled
patient population. The Lead Practice Nurse will be responsible for a number of
clinical areas such as Infection Prevention & Control, Health
Promotion, Chronic Disease Management, Health Prevention, well women and well
man clinics, as well as supporting the Practice Management
Team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
The
role includes a mixture of in-Practice and remote working.
About us
Medina Healthcare is a great place to work. we offer refer to ourselves as the 'Medina Family'. We have a patient list of circa 9000 and currently have three GP Partners, a salaried GP, and a diverse team of ANP,s Practice Nurses, Care Co-ordinators, HCA's, a GPA, all of which are supported by a full admin team.
Our key objectives include:
Listening to our patients, discussing their concerns and addressing their care needs
Involving patients with shared decision making regarding their health and enabling greater patient confidence in self-management of Chronic conditions
Promoting staff training and actively encouraging the development of new skills and keeping up to date with current best practice and evidence-based medicine.
Respecting patient confidentiality and dignity at all times.
Robust complaints and adverse event reporting system in place from which lessons are learnt and improved safety netting occurs.
Provide a supportive, friendly environment in which to work and welcome patients into the Practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the job and the associated roles and responsibilities please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the job and the associated roles and responsibilities please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - NMC Registered Nurse
- - Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
- - Experience of working as a Practice Nurse or community nurse
- - Experience of chronic disease management
- - Experience of working autonomously
- - Experience of Infection Prevention & Control
- - Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- - Chaperone procedure
- - Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising
- patients accordingly
- - Diabetes
- - Hypertension
- - Asthma
- - Spirometry
- - CHD
- - Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- - Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- - Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- - Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- - Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- - Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to
- refer to GPs
Desirable
- - Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
- - Nurse prescriber
- - ECGs
- - Venepuncture
- - New patient medicals
- - Travel medicine
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - NMC Registered Nurse
- - Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
- - Experience of working as a Practice Nurse or community nurse
- - Experience of chronic disease management
- - Experience of working autonomously
- - Experience of Infection Prevention & Control
- - Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- - Chaperone procedure
- - Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising
- patients accordingly
- - Diabetes
- - Hypertension
- - Asthma
- - Spirometry
- - CHD
- - Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- - Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- - Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- - Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- - Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- - Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to
- refer to GPs
Desirable
- - Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
- - Nurse prescriber
- - ECGs
- - Venepuncture
- - New patient medicals
- - Travel medicine
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.
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).
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.
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).
