Clinical Team Lead

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS seeks a compassionate and proactive Clinical Team Lead Nurse to enhance patient care in busy GP surgeries across Birmingham. The successful candidate will lead a diverse nursing team and ensure high standards of clinical governance. This role requires a registered nurse with effective communication skills, who can manage a varied workload and maintain excellent patient relationships.

Benefits

4 weeks annual leave

Competitive salary

Bank holidays

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC.
• Experience in primary care preferred but not essential.
• Management experience in nursing settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Nursing team across three sites.
• Deliver high-quality patient care and undertake nursing clinics.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and risk management.

Skills

Compassionate

Proactive

Excellent communication skills

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Education

Professional registration with the NMC - Nursing & Midwifery Council

Specialty in Diabetes or Respiratory

Job description

We are seeking a compassionate and proactive registered Nurse to be our Clinical Team Lead, and to support the delivery of high-quality patient care within our busy GP surgery.

The successful candidate will be working across our 3 sites to lead our varied Nursing Team. Primary care experience is desired but not essential.

GP Surgery experince would be preferred.

Main duties of the job

This will be a varied role of nursing clinics and management of the Nursing team as a whole.

Excellent patient service and patient relationship skills, excellent communication skills, a confident manner and the ability to remain calm under pressure are essential attributes of any applicants.

Applicants should possess the appropriate qualifications and should have computing/keyboard skills .

About us

The Lordswood Group was formed in October 2008 as a partnership of three local GP Practices covering the Harborne and Quinton areas of Birmingham. Our aim is to provide the highest possible standard of care in a convenient local setting. Lordswood Group is a member practice ofOur Health Partnership.

Lordswood Group is a large Practice with 26,000 patients; 7 Partners, 11 Salaried GPs, 5 Nurses, 2 HCA's, 3 Phlebotomists, 4 Pharmacists, 6 Prescriptions Clerks, 4 Secretaries and 21 Reception and Administration staff.

We offer a competitive salary together with 4 weeks annual leave (rising by one day per year of service up to 5 weeks after 5 years service) plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part time).

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact either Jenny Beckford or Emma Gray, Practice Managers on 0121 426 2030

Job responsibilities

Working in accordance with the UKCC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will lead and develop the practice of the Practice nursing team in the provision of assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will develop, and ensure that the nursing team work with reference to, Practice agreed protocols and guidelines to provide nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.

Management Responsibilities

• Enable the nursing team to work effectively to provide a high quality service to patients and to work effectively with other agencies.
• Enable the Practice nursing team to apply and improve clinical governance and risk management systems
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, standards and guidelines across the Practice nursing team
• Supervise staff performance and development

Clinical Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and diagnose patients with complex health needs across the Practice population
• Work with others to change policies to improve health and well-being and reduce inequalities
• Lead the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based practice to improve the services offered by the Practice nursing team
• Management of Chronic Diseases
• Therapeutic Monitoring
• Wound Care and Management
• Health Screening
• Travel Health
• Immunisation (Adult and Child)
• Provide nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently to agreed protocols
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice patients with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as necessary.
• Cytology
• Urinalysis
• ECGs
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Stock maintenance and ordering
• At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

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.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, the practice Health & Safety Manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Equality and Diversity

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

Personal/Professional Development

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that NMC professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members, patients and carers. Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance, and participate in audits where appropriate.

Qualifications required

Professional registration with the NMC - Nursing & Midwifery Council

Personal attributes

• Highly motivated
• Flexible
• Team player

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional registration with the NMC - Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Specialty in Diabetes or Respiratory

Experience

• Primary care experience is desirable but not essential

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.

Depending on experience£40,000-£44,000 dependent on experience