PCN Lead Nurse

NHS Jobs; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Jobs seeks a Lead Nurse for the PCN Leadership Team in Leeds. This 4-hour-per-week role focuses on providing leadership and mentoring for Phlebotomists and a Nursing Associate across the PCN, while driving quality and risk management within set priorities.

The post involves working autonomously with discretion and collaborating with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, promoting the service within GP practices and supporting training needs across teams.

Qualifications

• Lead Nurse to provide leadership and mentoring to Phlebotomists and a Nursing Associate.
• Demonstrate ability to improve quality within service constraints.
• Review progress and develop clear plans to achieve results.

Responsibilities

• Promote the service within GP practices and develop close working relationships with Primary Care Network teams.
• Support administrative staff with auditing of clinics.
• Identify and overcome barriers to access to services.
• Monitor clinics within SystmOne and EMIS.
• Support PCN employees and Practice staff with training needs.
• Develop training opportunities with the training hub and create competency packages.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Quality improvement

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Team development

Tools

SystmOne

EMIS

Job description

This role is for 4 hours a week

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT TASKS

• Demonstrate understanding of, and contribute to, the vision of the PCN Leadership Team
• As the lead Nurse you will be expected to provide leadership and mentoring to the Phlebotomists and a Nursing Associate, employed across the PCN.
• Demonstrate ability to improve quality within limitations of service.
• Review progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
• Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals.
• Demonstrate understanding of, and conforms to, relevant standards of practice.
• Demonstrate ability to identify and resolve risk management issues according to policy/protocol.
• Follow professional and organisational policies/procedures relating to performance management.
• Lead and mentor a team of differing abilities.
• Deal with all employee relations issues for direct reports e.g. disciplinary, grievance, sickness, appraisal.
• Reviewing and auditing the service.
• Work autonomously with significant discretion and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

OTHER TASKS

• To promote the service within GP practices and develop close working relationships with the teams within practices and the Primary Care Network.
• To support administrative staff with the auditing of clinics.
• To identify any barriers to people accessing services and activities and work with individuals to overcome these.
• To monitor clinics within SystmOne & Emis.
• To support PCN employees and Practice employed staff with training needs.
• Develop good working relationships with the training hub to create and identify learning opportunities.
• Protective learning time planning.
• Recruitment and training of new team members.
• Training/organisation/provision of speakers for PCN events as required.
• Create competency packages/policies for wider use.
• Support the development and upskilling of team members.
• Communicate information and issues as and when required.