Lead Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; North East; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

Gainford Surgery in the North East invites applications for a part-time lead practice nurse. The role oversees nurses, nurse associates and HCAs, guiding long-term condition care, screening, and infection prevention. Collaboration with clinicians to improve care quality is essential.

The post emphasises chronic disease management, safeguarding public health, and audits, with negotiable hours across three days. NMC registration is required; prescribing qualification is welcome but not essential.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration as a registered nurse.
• Experience with chronic disease management and long-term condition care.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the nursing team and support high quality delivery of patient care
• Supervise and mentor nurses, nurse associates, healthcare assistants and student nurses
• Act as practice infection prevention and control lead, ensuring compliance with national and local standards
• Lead the management of patients with long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, COPD and heart failure
• Deliver chronic disease reviews, child immunisations, vaccinations, cervical screening and health promotion
• Contribute to clinical audits and service development projects
• Support the practice's QOF achievement
• Support public health and screening programmes, including well man and well woman clinics
• Embed population health management approaches, targeting health inequalities and improving access

Skills

QOF knowledge

Job description

This is a lead practice nurse post in the nursing team at Gainford Surgery, a GP practice of about 3,800 patients. The postholder leads clinical care for the nurses, nurse associates and healthcare assistants, and runs long-term condition management, screening and infection prevention and control. The post is part time, 24 to 28 hours over three days, with hours open to negotiation. Current NMC registration is required, and a prescribing qualification is welcome but not essential.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical leadership to the nursing team and support high quality delivery of patient care
• Supervise and mentor nurses, nurse associates, healthcare assistants and student nurses
• Act as practice infection prevention and control lead, ensuring compliance with national and local standards
• Lead the management of patients with long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, COPD and heart failure
• Deliver chronic disease reviews, child immunisations, vaccinations, cervical screening and health promotion
• Contribute to clinical audits and service development projects
• Support the practice's QOF achievement
• Support public health and screening programmes, including well man and well woman clinics
• Embed population health management approaches, targeting health inequalities and improving access

Qualifications

• Qualified to manage chronic diseases including diabetes, asthma and COPD
• Qualified to deliver cervical screening
• Qualified to deliver childhood immunisations
• Qualified to deliver vaccinations, including travel vaccinations

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration as a registered nurse

Experience

• Experience of working in general practice or primary care

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Nice to have

• Qualified prescriber
• Knowledge of SystmOne
• Qualified as an IPC lead