Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Mersey Care as part of the Practice Nurse Development Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated practice nurse with practice experience, who is experienced and confident to manage long term conditions in a general practice setting.
This is a dynamic team of nurses committed to providing a high standard of clinical care to all practices across Liverpool to cover periods of sickness, maternity leave, nurse vacancies and nurses undertaking formal educational development, whilst also providing mentorship of new nurses into practice, in addition to mentoring GP's and nurses who have undertaken the Liverpool sample taking course.
As a Practice Nurse within this team you will be expected to manage patients with long term conditions, adult and childhood immunisations and cervical sampling and all other aspects of general practice nursing. Excellent communication skills are essential for this post. The candidate must have a strong ethos of team working and be able to adapt to the needs of the service.
You will be supported by a team of practice nurses with a huge range of clinical expertise. We undergo monthly education sessions and peer support.
Main duties of the job
This is a dynamic team of nurses committed to providing a high standard of clinical care to all practices across Liverpool Primary Care Networks to cover periods of sickness, maternity leave, nurse vacancies and nurses undertaking formal educational development, whilst also providing mentorship of new nurses into practice along with HCA's, in addition to mentoring GP's and nurses who have undertaken the Liverpool sample taking course.
As a senior nurse within this team you will be expected to manage patients with long term conditions, adult and childhood immunisations and cervical sampling and all other aspects of general practice nursing.
Excellent communication skills are essential for this post. The candidate must have a strong ethos of team working and be able to adapt to the needs of the service.
You will be supported by a team of practice nurses with a huge range of clinical expertise. We undergo monthly education sessions, peer support and individual and group Clinical Supervision.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental healthservices in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined specialist nursing caseload.Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence based practice.Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, life style advice and health care.Ensure that the team provides a high quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriateMaintain registration in line with professional bodies.Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team.Support the team leader in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the team.Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services and policies for new team members and students.Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated by the team leader.Communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide best outcomes for patients/clients; this may include organising case conferences related to highly complex cases.
Participate in individual and group supervision.Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any issues.This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency. Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development plan.Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.Facilitate pre and post registration student placements within the team.Mentor and assess pre-registration students.Participation in clinical audits and research, as required.The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.Appropriately qualified medical and non-medical prescribers will be supported by the Trust to maintain their competence and undertake relevant continuing professional development as identified in their Performance Appraisal. You are responsible for evidencing competence in relation to your prescribing. Qualified medical and non-medical prescribers are required to maintain the necessary standard of practice and failure to do so may result in the removal of prescribing responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined specialist nursing caseload.Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence based practice.Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, life style advice and health care.Ensure that the team provides a high quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriateMaintain registration in line with professional bodies.Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team.Support the team leader in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the team.Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services and policies for new team members and students.Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated by the team leader.Communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide best outcomes for patients/clients; this may include organising case conferences related to highly complex cases.
Participate in individual and group supervision.Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any issues.This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency. Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development plan.Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.Facilitate pre and post registration student placements within the team.Mentor and assess pre-registration students.Participation in clinical audits and research, as required.The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.Appropriately qualified medical and non-medical prescribers will be supported by the Trust to maintain their competence and undertake relevant continuing professional development as identified in their Performance Appraisal. You are responsible for evidencing competence in relation to your prescribing. Qualified medical and non-medical prescribers are required to maintain the necessary standard of practice and failure to do so may result in the removal of prescribing responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional
- Teaching/Mentorship Qualification or equivalent worked based experience
Desirable
- V300 Prescriber if required for the post
- Clinical Examination
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in identified specialist field of nursing
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised nursing practice or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
- Evidence of current national and local agenda in health and social care
- Understanding of partnership working
- Understanding of the principles of care management
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients, clients, carers and colleagues
Desirable
- Management and clinical leadership experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
- Self management and motivation skills
- IT literate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional
- Teaching/Mentorship Qualification or equivalent worked based experience
Desirable
- V300 Prescriber if required for the post
- Clinical Examination
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration/qualification experience in identified specialist field of nursing
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised nursing practice or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD/short courses
- Evidence of current national and local agenda in health and social care
- Understanding of partnership working
- Understanding of the principles of care management
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients, clients, carers and colleagues
Desirable
- Management and clinical leadership experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication, organisation and interpersonal skills
- Risk assessment skills
- Ability to travel to work across boundaries
- Self management and motivation skills
- IT literate
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).
