Practice Nurse

Job summary

Thank you for your interest in nursing at Nexus health group

Nexus Health Group is a relatively new organisation but with a long history of providing good quality primary care in Southwark. We are a super GP partnership which was formed in August 2016 when four long standing local GP practices merged, serving a population of over 80,000 patients over 9 sites.

We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious registered nurses to join our nursing team. As a large primary care organisation we can offer trainee general practice nurses posts with full support throughout training from experienced mentors. We have access to a range of training courses and will support individuals to complete these. The GP partnerships within nexus have a long-respected history as training practices.

We welcome applications from experienced practice nurses and those new to primary care. We have a nursing strategy to offer all members of the nursing team career structure with opportunities for development and progression, along with competitive salaries.

The role includes NHS Pension and other benefits such as cycle to work scheme

We have full and part time opportunities available

Main duties of the job

Scope and Purpose of the Role:

The general practice nurse is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. The focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. The post holder will work collaboratively with the whole general practice team and report to the Nurse manager

Job summary:

To deliver and supervise that a high standard of patient care is delivered by the locality nursing team across the locality GP practice sites working in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (NMC).

Provide routine patient care and assist with procedures as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.

About us

Nexus Health Group was founded in 2016 with the coming together of a number of long established, like-minded GP practices. We are a well-recognised training organisation (for GPs and allied health professionals) serving a diverse list of approximately 80,000 patients from nine practice sites grouped into three geographical clusters which all are based in Southwark.

Each site has an established multidisciplinary team of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Paramedics, Physicians Associates, Nurses, Pharmacists, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams. We are focused on the development of our workforce.

Sites are supported by cluster Clinical Governance Leads and centralised back office functions providing Finance, HR, Administration and Data/IT support. Our organisation is led by our GP Partners and a Senior Management Team. Working with us presents an opportunity to develop and shape services and be involved in Quality Improvements across the organisation.

Our clusters are:

• Princess Street Practice and Manor Place Surgery
• Aylesbury Medical Centre, Sir John Kirk Close Surgery, Dun Cow Surgery, Commercial Way Surgery
• Surrey Docks Health Centre, Decima Street Surgery, Artesian Health Centre