Lead Practice Nurse

NHS Jobs; West of England; Vor Ort; GBP 94.000 - 109.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NHS Jobs is seeking a senior nursing leader to drive clinical leadership and team management within a diabetes-focused team. You will supervise the nursing staff, oversee CPD and appraisals, and lead recruitment and induction of new staff.

The role integrates advanced diabetes care with chronic disease management, immunisation programs, and governance duties. You will ensure data integrity in EMIS Web, perform audits, and implement NICE guidelines and SOPs while coordinating with the Practice

Qualifikationen

• Experience in clinical leadership and team management.
• Experience in diabetes care and chronic disease management.
• Proven involvement in governance, audits, and QOF improvement.
• Proficiency with EMIS and infection control practices.
• Ability to implement NICE guidelines and policy/SOPs.

Aufgaben

• Line manage the nursing team, including rotas, annual leave, and performance reviews.
• Conduct annual appraisals and support CPD with NMC revalidation requirements.
• Lead recruitment, onboarding and training of new nursing staff.
• Chair regular nursing team meetings to discuss clinical updates and changes.
• Oversee diabetes management services and chronic disease clinics.
• Deliver immunisation programs, travel health advice, and wound care.
• Utilise prescribing skills or administer care under PGDs where applicable.
• Maintain data quality in EMIS Web and run clinical reports.

Kenntnisse

Clinical leadership

Line management

Appraisals & CPD

Recruitment

Induction

Team meetings

Diabetes care

Chronic disease

Immunisations

Preventive care

Prescribing

PGDs

Complex care

EMIS

Infection control

Audits

QOF

Guideline compliance

Policy development

Tools

EMIS Web

Jobbeschreibung

Core Responsibilities 1. Clinical Leadership & Team Management Line Management: Supervise, mentor, and line manage the nursing team, managing rotas, annual leave, and performance reviews. Appraisals & CPD: Conduct annual appraisals and support staff with continuous professional development (CPD) and NMC revalidation requirements. Recruitment & Induction: Lead the recruitment, selection, onboarding, and training of new nursing staff. Team Meetings: Organise and chair regular nursing team meetings to discuss clinical updates, guidelines, and operational changes. 2. Advanced Clinical Practice & Diabetes Focus Diabetes Service : Part of the team that oversee the practice's diabetes management services, managing a caseload of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Chronic Disease Management: Oversee the evidence-based clinics for long-term conditions (including Asthma, COPD, Hypertension), developing and implementing individualised care plans, desirable trained not essential. Preventative & Routine Care: Oversee and deliver childhood and adult immunisation programs, cervical cytology, travel health advice, and wound care management. Prescribing & Medication: Utilise independent or non-medical prescribing skills (if qualified) or administer care under Patient Group Directions (PGDs) in line with legislative frameworks. Complex Patient Care: Manage complex health needs, including frail or housebound patients, coordinating integrated care plans. 3. Clinical Governance, Quality & Compliance EMIS Systems Management: Ensure the nursing team maintains impeccable data quality and accurate clinical coding within EMIS Web. Utilise EMIS to run clinical reports, patient recalls, and monitor QOF targets. Infection Control: Act as the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead for the practice, producing annual IPC statements, conducting audits, and ensuring practice-wide compliance. Audits & Quality Improvement: Lead and participate in regular clinical audits (focusing on diabetes outcomes and QOF indicators), Significant Event Analyses (SEAs), and risk assessments to elevate standards of care. Guideline Implementation: Ensure nursing protocols strictly align with NICE guidelines, Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, and national service frameworks. Policy Development: Collaborate with the Practice Manager and Partners to draft, implement, and review clinical policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

£94,356 - £108,814 per annum, pro rata for part time roles