Practice Nurse Lead / Nurse Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Leadership, personal and people development

• Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority
• Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols and standards, and of local projects or initiatives
• Promote the role of the nursing team in the provision of care
• Participate in practice team meetings, delivering the nursing agenda and run nurse department meetings
• Promote a learning environment with a no blame culture
• Lead the QoF strategy and delivery for LTC management, maximising income
• Responsible for managing and maximising CCG, PHE and NHSE driven targets (childhood immunisations, flu campaigns, smears etc)
• Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential
• Lead others to make realistic self-assessment of their knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of service
• Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model

Clinical practice

Assess, plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:

• Manage and treat long-term conditions (asthma, diabetes, COPD, CHD, hypertension), in line with national/local policies and practice needs
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad
• Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care
• Health promotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of a long term condition
• Make professionally autonomous decisions and be accountable for safe, evidence based, cost effective, individualised patient care
• Make appropriate referral to other members of the primary, community and secondary team. Signpost appropriately
• Where the post holder is an independent prescriber: to ensure safe, effective and appropriate medications as defined by current legislative framework and local and practice guidelines
• Looking after the Nursing/HCA team

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by GPs and other clinicians

Other tasks will include:

• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician
• Help with maintaining clinicians rooms, stocking and rotating items and with maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs as required
• Help with maintaining general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Help with ordering of Health Promotion Literature, stock from Ashford & St. Peters Hospital and vaccinations to maintain stock levels
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• A duty to advise nurses/HCAs of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any practice meetings when required
• Organise and lead nurse/HCA team meetings
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity, and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs, and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues

Personal/Professional development

• The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment patients entrust us with or allow us to gather sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers, or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

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

*Please note that we hold the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please note, you need to be authorised to work in the UK as we unfortunately cannot provide sponsorship.*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Experience

Essential

• Experience of leading a nursing team
• Experience with long-term conditions (asthma, COPD, diabetes etc)

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care

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

Sunny Meed Surgery

Address

Sunny Meed Surgery

Heathside Road

Woking

Surrey

GU22 7EY

Employer's website

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