Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse, a Newly Qualified Nurse or about to be? Are you interested in developing a career as a General Practice Nurse across the South Yorkshire area?
South Yorkshire Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub, working with local ICBs, are offering places for the Nurse Vocational Training Scheme (VTS) Programme starting in October 2023.
This role is open to both Registered Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses (or Nurses due to qualify before October).
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit experienced Registered Nurses, or Newly Qualified Nurses wishing to pursue a career in general practice to join our 1-year training programme, providing health and wellbeing advice, care and treatment to patients on placement rotations in our GP practices across South Yorkshire.
Our practice population have a wide variety of needs, from management of complex and chronic conditions to health screening and advice, immunisation and vaccinations, and identification and treatment of all common health concerns. Thanks to additional support from the SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub, we know that if you're the right candidate, we will be able to provide you with the robust support, supervision and professional development you'll need in the first year to become a confident autonomous practitioner and have a successful and long career in Primary Care.
About us
If you require any further information, please visit the SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub webpages.
Please read the associated Job Description and Person Specification, and then when you are ready, we look forward to receiving your application.
We are advertising this role on behalf of the SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub.Please note, this vacancy is for Sheffield placements only. You will be employed by Primary Care Sheffield or a Sheffield Practice.
If you wish to apply for a Doncaster, Rotherham, or Barnsley placement, please apply directly to the relevant advert. You may wish to apply for more than one area, if so you will need to apply for each advert. Applications cannot be transferred across areas. You will be asked as part of the application and interview to confirm if you have submitted an application for more than one area, this will not affect the status or progress of your application.
Interviews will be taking place week commencing 24th July 2023.
Provisional start date will be 16th October 2023.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is being advertised with the support of the SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hubs Vocational Training Scheme (VTS) Primary Care Nurse Training Programme, which aims to support nurses new to primary care employment on placement rotations in General Practice during the first year of their career. This role is to develop and deliver high quality patient care to meet the holistic health care needs of a practice population.
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services care to the population the practice serves. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long-term conditions, and engaging in health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.
The post holder will be required to
travel to various locations across South Yorkshire to attend placements,
training sessions, and other events.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is being advertised with the support of the SY Primary Care Workforce & Training Hubs Vocational Training Scheme (VTS) Primary Care Nurse Training Programme, which aims to support nurses new to primary care employment on placement rotations in General Practice during the first year of their career. This role is to develop and deliver high quality patient care to meet the holistic health care needs of a practice population.
The post holder is responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services care to the population the practice serves. Supported by senior nurses within the practice, they will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long-term conditions, and engaging in health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required.
The post holder will be required to
travel to various locations across South Yorkshire to attend placements,
training sessions, and other events.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Newly Qualified Nurse (with a current NMC PIN or one pending)
- Hold (or about to be awarded) a degree in nursing
- Knowledge of Wellbeing and Health Promotion
- Awareness of the role of community nursing overall
- Knowledge of quality assurance processes
Desirable
- Understanding of the General Practice Environment
- Knowledge of the audit process in healthcare
- Awareness of issues across the wider health economy
Experience
Essential
- Working inter-professionally
- Using electronic healthcare records systems
- Awareness and adherence to infection control standards
- Understanding of the principles of Safeguarding
Desirable
- Having worked with other members of the Primary Care Team (Community Pharmacists, Dieticians etc.)
- Minor illness management
- Triage in healthcare
- Knowledge and understanding of current national developments and trends in health care
- Experience of multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to work alone without direct supervision when appropriate
- Able to undertake and report on autonomous decisions taken in practice
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills
- Time Management
- Problem solving
Desirable
- Additional skills in areas key to General Practice, e.g., Phlebotomy, immunisation and vaccination, wound management, health screening, travel health advice;
- Use of primary care clinical systems including TPP and EMIS including audit and report writing
Interests
Essential
- Developing a long term career in Primary Care
- Developing enhanced and additional skills
- The wellbeing of the local community
Desirable
- Interest in undertaking enhanced roles for instance non-medical prescribing
- Interests in supervising and supporting learners in practice including student nurses
Disposition and Attitudes
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to show kindness and compassion
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines
- Ability to adapt and change approach as circumstance dictates
- Persistence and ability to keep going in difficult situations and with complex and uncertain pieces of work
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Can do attitude, able to maintain positivity in the face of adversity
- Good time keeping
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to work flexibly across days of the week
- Enthusiasm for primary care
- Commitment to lifelong learning and willingness to learn from others
- Willingness to adapt ways of working in response to feedback
- Excellent team player
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Self-motivated
- Adheres to professional behaviours expected of a registered health professional.
Desirable
- Accurate and thorough approach
- Strong appreciation of customer service skills
- Strong work ethic
- Positive role model
Other
Essential
- Ability to work core/ unsocial hours
- Ability to work across areas of south Yorkshire
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibly to provide cover
Applications
Essential
- Please confirm if you have submitted or plan on submitting an application for a placement in either Doncaster, Rotherham, or Barnsley?
- If so, please state which areas you have applied for and what your preference order of placement allocation would be (e.g. 1 Doncaster, 2 Sheffield, 3 Barnsley).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Newly Qualified Nurse (with a current NMC PIN or one pending)
- Hold (or about to be awarded) a degree in nursing
- Knowledge of Wellbeing and Health Promotion
- Awareness of the role of community nursing overall
- Knowledge of quality assurance processes
Desirable
- Understanding of the General Practice Environment
- Knowledge of the audit process in healthcare
- Awareness of issues across the wider health economy
Experience
Essential
- Working inter-professionally
- Using electronic healthcare records systems
- Awareness and adherence to infection control standards
- Understanding of the principles of Safeguarding
Desirable
- Having worked with other members of the Primary Care Team (Community Pharmacists, Dieticians etc.)
- Minor illness management
- Triage in healthcare
- Knowledge and understanding of current national developments and trends in health care
- Experience of multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Able to work alone without direct supervision when appropriate
- Able to undertake and report on autonomous decisions taken in practice
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills
- Time Management
- Problem solving
Desirable
- Additional skills in areas key to General Practice, e.g., Phlebotomy, immunisation and vaccination, wound management, health screening, travel health advice;
- Use of primary care clinical systems including TPP and EMIS including audit and report writing
Interests
Essential
- Developing a long term career in Primary Care
- Developing enhanced and additional skills
- The wellbeing of the local community
Desirable
- Interest in undertaking enhanced roles for instance non-medical prescribing
- Interests in supervising and supporting learners in practice including student nurses
Disposition and Attitudes
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to show kindness and compassion
- Demonstrate ability to reflect and learn from situations
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
- Demonstrates co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own workload to set deadlines
- Ability to adapt and change approach as circumstance dictates
- Persistence and ability to keep going in difficult situations and with complex and uncertain pieces of work
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
- Can do attitude, able to maintain positivity in the face of adversity
- Good time keeping
- Flexible approach to work
- Ability to work flexibly across days of the week
- Enthusiasm for primary care
- Commitment to lifelong learning and willingness to learn from others
- Willingness to adapt ways of working in response to feedback
- Excellent team player
- Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Self-motivated
- Adheres to professional behaviours expected of a registered health professional.
Desirable
- Accurate and thorough approach
- Strong appreciation of customer service skills
- Strong work ethic
- Positive role model
Other
Essential
- Ability to work core/ unsocial hours
- Ability to work across areas of south Yorkshire
Desirable
- Ability to work flexibly to provide cover
Applications
Essential
- Please confirm if you have submitted or plan on submitting an application for a placement in either Doncaster, Rotherham, or Barnsley?
- If so, please state which areas you have applied for and what your preference order of placement allocation would be (e.g. 1 Doncaster, 2 Sheffield, 3 Barnsley).
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
