Lead Nurse Nurse Primary Care

Integrated Care System; Colwyn Bay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A health organization in North Wales is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to provide clinical leadership and improve service quality. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team, managing nursing resources, and developing care coordination services for the patient population. Ideal candidates should have significant managerial experience and a master's degree in a relevant field.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with significant managerial experience.
• Master's degree or equivalent experience in nursing or related field.
• Leadership training or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop the nursing workforce/services.
• Leadership and development of the nursing team.
• Monitoring and improving quality standards in patient experience.

Skills

Analytical problem-solving

Leadership

Team accountability

Understanding of NHS environment

Creative planning

Education

Master's Degree in nursing or health related subject

Registered Nurse

Teaching/assessing qualification

Job description

The post holder will hold a qualification as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner working clinically within West End Medical Centre performing clinics and home visits for the patient population, alongside the multi-disciplinary team.

Parallel to this, the post holder will be a Clinical Nurse Leader with previous primary care/General Practice experience, working with the Management Team to identify opportunities for service change and improvement to encourage and enable advancement and development of associated evidence-based services. Whilst acting as a professional nurse lead providing clinical advice, leadership development, monitoring and management of all nursing resources within the designated clinical area, facilitating excellent nursing practice ensuring the delivery of a high quality, patient centred service.

They will be instrumental in developing and implementing the Clinical Governance frameworks and in giving professional advice in relation to the development of services, within the Practice. They will be responsible for the planning of care coordination and services within the practice and with all stakeholders.

Main duties of the job

To develop the nursing workforce/services that contribute to the delivery of the local service plans, Health and Well Being Strategies, and other national strategies that:

• Are based on patient and public involvement
• Liberate the potential of staff

The Nurse Lead is jointly responsible, along with other nurse leads, and practice management for the leadership and development of the nursing team and non-medical workforce, monitoring and improving quality standards and patient experience, ensuring professional challenge occurring as necessary.

Your time will be split between clinical and a leadership role.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Master's Degree or equivalant experience in nursing or health related subject or working towards with completion in three years
• Significant relevant experience in a managerial experience
• Teaching / assessing qualification or experience
• Track record of significant continuous professional and management development
• Leadership training or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience of Managing and leading a broad range of staff
• Experience in improving quality for patient staff and service
• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification

Skills

• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
• Ability to think and plan tactically and creatively and to priorities work programs in the face of competing demands
• A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority
• A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
• Ability to be intellectually flexible and look beyond existing structures, ways of working boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships

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.

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