Senior Practice Nurse

HCRG Care Group

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Job summary

We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team at Anchor Centre & Meridian Practice, where we are committed to delivering excellent care to our community through innovation, teamwork, and a passion for healthcare delivery.

About our Services:

The Anchor Centre is the specialist GP practice for homeless and vulnerably housed in Coventry and Meridian Practice is a specialist GP service for asylum seekers and refugees in Coventry. The healthcare team based at Both services deliver holistic health care for this patients groups. We provide services to meet the needs patients who attend the Practice and aim to make a difference to peoples lives in their community.

At HCRG care group we like to do things differently and we take the responsibility of the work/life balance of our valued Nurses very seriously. The busy Meridian practice is open 5 days a week from 8:00 am to 18:30 pm (excluding bank holidays) and means we can offer a variety of working patterns to fit in with your life. It also means that not only can you make a difference to the community and those in most need but those working patterns are flexible.

The role is across 2 services Anchor Centre and Meridian Practice.

Main duties of the job

Always work within clinical competence, have awareness of limitations and know when to refer on
Carry out initial assessment and identify any necessary investigation
Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programs to promote health and well-being,
Identify, and manage as appropriate, patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, on medication regimens, side effects and interactions, within competence, seeking advice if appropriate.
Assess and care for patients presenting for wound management and refer as needed
Support and advise patients requesting information on contraception and sexual health
Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NICE guidelines and local policy

Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted

09 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/42452/11783

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Coventry

West Midlands

CV1 5FX

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Practice Nurse you will be part of our valued team at our Anchor Centre & Meridian Practice, Coventry within our Primary Care Service.

You will feel valued as a Practice Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Band 7 salary + NHS Pension and annual leave
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

Regulated Health Care professional with current registration
Where appropriate registered as a non-medical prescriber with the relevant regulator or have access to PGD (V300)
PILS/ILS
Level 3 safeguarding
Long term conditions
Fundamental GPN training with evidence of ongoing development within role

Desirable:

Relevant Masters level modules including Advanced Clinical Assessment & Management and Consultation Skills (or equivalent skills and experience)
Leadership modules/ experience
Paediatric experience with the ability to recognising the sick child
Minor Injury and Minor Illness

Please see the job description for a full list of requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Practice Nurse you will be part of our valued team at our Anchor Centre & Meridian Practice, Coventry within our Primary Care Service.

You will feel valued as a Practice Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Band 7 salary + NHS Pension and annual leave
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

Regulated Health Care professional with current registration
Where appropriate registered as a non-medical prescriber with the relevant regulator or have access to PGD (V300)
PILS/ILS
Level 3 safeguarding
Long term conditions
Fundamental GPN training with evidence of ongoing development within role

Desirable:

Relevant Masters level modules including Advanced Clinical Assessment & Management and Consultation Skills (or equivalent skills and experience)
Leadership modules/ experience
Paediatric experience with the ability to recognising the sick child
Minor Injury and Minor Illness

Please see the job description for a full list of requirements.

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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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.