PCN Enhanced Nurse

NHS; Wigan; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS opportunity for an Enhanced Nurse within the SWAN PCN to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities across Wigan. This role includes providing clinical leadership, mentorship, and support to various health teams, emphasizing proactive, personalized care and community engagement.

Benefits

Mentorship and professional development support

Flexible work hours

Qualifications

• Independent prescriber qualification required.
• Experience of working in a primary care environment essential.
• Experience mentoring junior staff is important.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship within PCN.
• Engage with underserved communities to reduce health inequalities.
• Lead initiatives related to infection control and clinical governance.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Time management

Clinical governance knowledge

Education

Post graduate diploma or degree in primary care

NMC registration

Tools

System One clinical system

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen withinSWAN Primary Care Network (PCN) to recruit an Enhanced Nurse to play a centralrole in our drive to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities across ourneighbourhood. This role is ideal for a registered nurse with a passion forproactive, personalised care, collaborative working, and developing the futureworkforce.

Working across our networks practices and communities,you will provide clinical leadership and mentorship, contribute to populationhealth initiatives, and support our Care Home & Frailty team. You will be akey part of our neighbourhood-based, multidisciplinary approach to healthcaretransformation.

Main duties of the job

Key Clinical Areas

Tackling Health Inequalities and delivering proactive neighbourhood care

Providing mentorship and supervision to trainee roles within the PCN team

Supporting our Care Home and Frailty teams through holistic, person-centred care

Leading on Infection Control, Clinical Governance, and Policy Development

About us

SWAN Primary Care Network constitutes 7 GP practices, located in South Wigan Ashton North area, with a collective patient population of around 35,500. The member practices are Marus Bridge Practice, Medicentre, Bryn Cross Surgery, South Wigan Medical Practice, Winstanley Medical Centre, The Grange Practice and Kumar Family Practice.

We believe we are the optimum size to enable us to work effectively together, maintain our practice identity and improve patient services and health outcomes. The vision for SWAN PCN is to collaborate with the local community to provide a wide range of services tailored to the need of our patients.

WHAT WE OFFER

• A forward-thinking, supportive PCN committed to proactive, neighbourhood-level care
• Opportunities to help shape service models and health improvement strategies
• Mentorship and professional development support
• Regular learning and peer supervision sessions
• Member of the Good Employment Charter

Job responsibilities

KeyClinical Areas

Tackling Health Inequalities and deliveringproactive neighbourhood care

Providing mentorship and supervision to traineeroles within the PCN team

Supporting our Care Home and Frailty teams throughholistic, person-centred care

Leading on Infection Control, Clinical Governance,and Policy Development

Main responsibilities of the PCN nurseinclude the following areas:

Community, Neighbourhood Care &Health Inequalities

Keymember of the PCNs Community Steering Group

Buildpartnerships across primary care, community services, local authority, andvoluntary sectors

Engagewith underserved communities to co-produce solutions and support equity ofaccess

Design,deliver and evaluate programmes to reduce health inequalities

Leadproactive clinics in the community using a population health approach

Userisk stratification and data to target interventions effectively

Provideclinical leadership at community-based and neighbourhood clinics

Mentorship and Clinical Supervision

Mentorand supervise PCN trainee roles (e.g., trainee nurses, nursing associates, GP assistants)

Supporttheir clinical development and professional growth

Coordinatelearning opportunities including training, shadowing, and case-baseddiscussions

Provideregular feedback, conduct appraisals and contribute to skill development

Promotea culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement

Care Home and Frailty Support

Providecomprehensive health assessments and care planning for frail and houseboundpatients

Participatein multidisciplinary ward rounds in care homes

Offerproactive support for palliative care, dementia, and complex long-termconditions

Supportpatients and carers in managing conditions and navigating services

Deliveropportunistic health promotion and wellbeing advice

Leador contribute to the development of personalised care and support plans

Maintaineffective communication with wider clinical teams and families

Infection Control, Governance &Policy Management

Actas PCN Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead

OverseeIPC audits, training and policy compliance across the PCN

Develop,implement and review clinical protocols and policies

Leadand participate in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives

Supportshared learning following significant events or near misses

Respondto national or local policy changes affecting clinical delivery

Other

Tomaintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

Theremay, on occasion, be a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will bedependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

HEALTH& SAFETY

The postholder must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the health,safety and security as defined in the PCN Health & Safety Policy toinclude:

Usingpersonal security systems within the workplace according to PCN guidelines

Identifyingrisks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way thatmanages those risks

Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills

Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy andsafe way and free from hazard

CONFIDENTIALITY

Whileseeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitiveinformation in relation to their health and other matters. They do so inconfidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacyand act appropriately.

In theperformance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder mayhave access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers,practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access toinformation relating to the practice as a business organisation. All suchinformation from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential andinformation gained must not be communicated to other persons, except in therecognised course of duty. Unauthorised disclosure of confidential informationwill result in disciplinary action and may lead to dismissal.

EQUALITYAND DIVERSITY

The postholder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers andcolleagues, to include: Acting in a way that is welcoming to and of theindividual, is non-judgmental and recognises the importance of peoplescircumstances, feelings, priorities and rights, interpreting them in a way thatis consistent with PCN procedures and policies and current legalisation;Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers andcolleagues.

FLEXIBILITY

This roleprofile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilitiesonly. The post holder will be expected to be flexible in relation to dutiesundertaken and location of work where required by the PCN.

Musthave access to own transport and be able to travel across sites and into thecommunity.

Flexibilityto work outside of core hours where required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Post graduate diploma or degree (primary care)
• Independent prescriber

Experience

• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working autonomously
• Experience of leading and developing a team
• Experience of mentorship to junior staff

Personal Qualities

• Polite and confident
• Punctual & committed to supporting the team effort
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Flexible and cooperative

Clinical Skills & Knowledge

• Immunisations
• Basic clinical observations (BP, ECG, Pulse, BMI etc)
• Chaperone procedure
• Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer or escalate for advice
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Awareness of Health inequalities in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health system

Other

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the PCN on a regular basis / home visits
• NMC registration
• Occupational health clearance

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Experience in Policy writing
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• System One clinical system skills
• Experience with audit & leading audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

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.