Nurse Lead - NHS Health Checks

Suffolk GP Federation CIC; Walton Marshes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community interest company in Walton Marshes seeks a band 6 equivalent nurse to oversee quality in health checks and deliver training. The role offers flexible working, a commitment to personal development, and excellent management support. Ideal candidates should be registered with NMC or equivalent and have experience in diagnostics. Salary benchmarking, generous leave, and additional benefits are included.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Cycle to work scheme

Death in service cover

27 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Blue light card discounts

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC or equivalent body.
• Experience in delivering training for health checks.

Responsibilities

• Quality oversight and supervision of HCAs undertaking health checks.
• Delivery of training for staff undertaking health checks.
• Keeping SOPs up to date.

Skills

Experience in diagnostics and testing

NMC or equivalent registration

Job description

We have an opportunity for a band 6 equivalent nurse to join our Public Health & Diagnostics Teamto workclosely with the NHS Health Checks Operations Manager to ensure the service is delivered safely and meets quality requirements.

Main duties of the job

Delivery of training for staff undertaking a health check Fed internal team, Community Pharmacies & GP Practices as necessary

Keeping Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) up to date / relevant

Quality oversight and supervision of HCAs undertaking checks

Quality oversight of Pharmacies undertaking checks through quality measures in subcontract which includes POCT (Point of Care Testing) devices and IQA/EQA arrangements

Quality oversight of Practices undertaking checks through quality measures in subcontract which includes POCT (Point of Care Testing) devices and IQA/EQA arrangements

About us

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Job responsibilities

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

What we can offer you:

• A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
• Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
• A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it
• Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses
• A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Death in service cover
• Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years service. (Pro rata for part time employees)
• Blue light card employer Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Person Specification

See Person Specification

• NMC or equivalent registration
• Experience in diagnostics and testing

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.