Lead Practice Nurse

Rope Green Medical Centre; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Crewe is seeking an experienced Lead Practice Nurse/Nurse Manager. This role involves leading the nursing team, managing clinical policies, and delivering high-quality patient care. Ideal candidates have a strong background in nursing management, particularly with long-term conditions. The position offers a Band 7 salary and is full-time with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with postgraduate diploma in managing long-term conditions.
• Previous experience in practice nurse management.
• Experience in implementing clinical guidelines and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the nursing team to ensure safe and effective care.
• Implement evidence-based practice for managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Participate in practice team meetings and run nursing team meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical leadership skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Management skills

Negotiation and conflict management

Team player

Self-directed practitioner

Education

Registered nurse

Postgraduate diploma for managing long-term conditions

Teaching and assessing qualification

Leadership qualification

Job description

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery ofsafe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. They willlead and manage the nursing team, working closely with the Partners and thepractice management team to deliver the practice priorities as well assupporting the review and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.

Main duties of the job

Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management,health promotion and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As anautonomous practitioner the lead practice nurse is responsible for the nursingcare delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinicaldecision-making.

About us

An opportunity has arisen in South Cheshire for anexperienced Nurse Manager post. Located in a purpose-built health centre in asemi-rural location, you would be joining a positive, large, well organised andfriendly practice.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed LeadNurse with the desire to deliver a high quality of care and to continue thedevelopment of our well established and well regarded practice. We have apatient list size of over 21,000.

Our clinical team comprises five GP Partners, eight SalariedGPs, three Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioners, seven Practice Nurses plus aHCA, GPA and a health and wellbeing coach as part of the wider nursing team.

Job responsibilities

LEAD PRACTICE NURSE/NURSE MANAGER

JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

TITLE OF POST:Lead Practice Nurse/Nurse Manager

SALARY:Band 7 equivalent - dependent onexperience

HOURS OFEMPLOYMENT:Full time, 37.5 hours perweek Monday to Friday

APPOINTMENT:Permanent

RESPONSBILE TO:Practice Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO:GP Partners

Job Summary

The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery ofsafe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. They willlead and manage the nursing team, working closely with the Partners and thepractice management team to deliver the practice priorities as well assupporting the review and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.

Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery ofevidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management,health promotion and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As anautonomous practitioner the lead practice nurse is responsible for the nursingcare delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinicaldecision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical practice

Assess, plan, develop, implement,provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:

- Healthpromotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of along term condition

- Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line withnational and local policies and practice needs

- Review medication fortherapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence based practice andnational/practice protocols, and work with patients to support adherence toprescribed treatments

- Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, toassist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, includinginitiation of effective emergency care

- Support and manage health needs of womenpresenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations

- Implementand participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults andchildren including patients travelling abroad

- Meet the needs of patientspresenting for wound care Diagnose and treat minor illnesses Co-ordinate clinicalcare pathways

Communication

- Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensurepatients are fully informed and consent to treatment

- Communicate effectivelywith patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods ofcommunication to overcome different levels of understanding, culturalbackground and preferred ways of communicating, including those receiving badnews

- Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues

- Participatein practice team meetings, delivering the nursing agenda and run nursing teammeetings

- Produce written documents that evidence the contribution of thenursing team to the practice priorities

Delivering a quality service

- Recogniseand work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated bythe NMC

- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patientconsultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

- Prioritise,organise and manage own and others workload in a manner that maintains andpromotes quality

- Deliver care as an individual and team according to NSF, NICEguidelines and evidence-based care, assessing effectiveness of care deliverythrough peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation and leading on themaintenance of quality governance systems for the nursing team

- Implement andreview the application of evidence-based practice in nursing

- Utilise the auditcycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team,implementing improvements where required

- Evaluate patients response to healthcare provision and the effectiveness of care

- Lead and participate in sharedlearning across the practice and wider organisation and assess the impact ofpolicy implementation on care delivery

- Monitor the performance of the GPN teamin accordance with local policies

- Work within policies regarding familyviolence, vulnerable children and adults, substance abuse and addictivebehaviour, and refer as appropriate

- Interpret national strategies and policiesinto local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and cultureof general practice

Leadership personal and people development

- Takeresponsibility for own development, learning and performance includingparticipating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model

- Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential

- Leadothers to make realistic self-assessment of their knowledge and skills,challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the in the interest ofthe public and/or users of service

- Act as a clinical leader in the delivery ofpractice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patientare the priority

- Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation oflocal guidelines, protocols and standards, and of local projects or initiatives

- Promote the role of the nursing team in the provision of care

- Promoteorganisational delivery of a clinically co-ordinated approach to patentcare

- Work as an effective and responsible team leader, supportingothers and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working

- Delegateappropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment ofcompetence of nurses

- Ensure clear nurse referral mechanisms are in place tomeet patient needs

- Prioritise own and others workload and ensure effectivetime-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team

- Leadnursing team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care

- Participate in research programmes

- Contribute nursing view to practicemanagement

- Set specification and quality required from nursing adminsupport

Management of risk

- Manage and assess risk within the areas ofresponsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff andpatients

- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free fromhazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies,procedures and guidelines

- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal ofvaccines and drugs

- Act as a role model to support members of the nursing teamto undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements

- Applyinfection-control measures with in the practice according to local and nationalguidelines

- Participate in the local implementation strategies that are alignedto the values and culture of general practice

- Usetechnology and appropriate software packages as an aid to day to day operations

- Review and process data using accurate read codes in order to ensure easyaccurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes

- Adhere tostatutory and practice requirements such as confidentiality and Freedom ofInformation Act

- Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information tothe team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care

Education,Learning and development

- Act as mentor for more junior staff and students,assessing competence against set standards

- Co-ordinate education and learningand development within the nursing team

- Disseminate learning and information toother team members in order to share good practice and inform others aboutcurrent and future developments (eg courses and conferences)

- Provide aneducational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environmentthat facilitates learning

- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning asappropriate

- Undertake all mandatory training required for the role

Equality anddiversity

The post holder must co-operate with all policies andprocedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients andvisitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age,disability, sexual orientation, religion.

Safeguarding

Be committed to and responsible for safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of adults-at-risk, children and young people and forensuring that they are protected from harm.

Health and Safety/Risk Management

The post holder must comply at all times with the practiceHealth and Safety Policies, in particular by following agreed safe workingprocedures and reporting incidents to the Practice manager

Data Protection

All members of staff are bound by the requirements of theGeneral Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 and anybreaches of the Act or of the confidential nature of the work of this postcould lead to dismissal.

Confidentiality

The post holder should respect patient confidentiality atall times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by therequirements of the role. All information concerning patients, staff and thepractice must be treated as strictly confidential at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse Post graduate diploma to manage patients with Long-Term conditions including: -COPD -Diabetes -Asthma Cytology screening Travel health Non-medical nurse prescriber Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Leadership qualification Clinical supervision training and experience Contraception & Sexual Health qualification

Experience

• Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Recent primary care nursing experience Experience in nurse-led management of long-term conditions Team Management/Team leader experience Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guidelines Experience in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking Audit skills

Knowledge and skills

• Positive attitude Enthusiasm Self-directed practitioner Highly motivated Flexibility Team player Ability to work across boundaries. Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Management and Leadership skills Clinical leadership skills Negotiation and conflict management skills Clinical skills including cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, COPD, diabetes and asthma Communication skills, both written and verbal IT skills Treatment room duties Knowledge of health promotion strategies Awareness of local and national health policy Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Knowledge of public health issues Ability to identify determinates on health in the local area Wider health economy awareness Teaching and mentorship experience in a clinical setting

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.

Interviews will be held on Friday 24th October