Practice Nurse

Lakeside Healthcare Group; Corby; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare Group is looking for a proactive Practice Nurse to join our growing team in Corby. The role offers full-time hours (37.5 per week) with part-time consideration and requires right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available.

The post focuses on high-quality primary care, including wound care, immunisations, smear tests and chronic disease management, with ongoing professional development and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Professional development ongoing in primary care nursing.
• Experience in chronic disease management or similar.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, high quality primary care nursing services.
• Support service development and policy delivery.
• Demonstrate professional nurse standards and advocacy.

Skills

Wound care

Immunisations

Smears

Clinical nursing

Education

Degree in healthcare/Nursing

Mentorship course

Primary Care Nursing Qualification

Accredited Diploma in chronic disease management

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Job description

• An innovative, motivated, positiveand proactive Nurse looking for a new challenge?
• Do you thrive in a fast-pacedorganisation with a growing team with great spirit?
• Looking for a new challenge inPractice Nursing

Anopportunity has arisen for a Nurse to join our friendly team.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

This role is for full time (37.5 hours per week) but part time hours will be considered.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of the Practice Nurse is todeliver safe, high quality primary care nursing services to the practicepopulation. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional boundaries,the post holder will deliver primary health care interventions and care.

The post holder will support servicedevelopment, the safe delivery of policy and procedures, and demonstrateeffective professional nurse standards, advocacy and performance.

We provide the potential to developskills in line with the needs of the business and your personal interests.

• Wound care
• Adult and child/baby immunisations
• Smears

About us

Lakeside Healthcare is a large GP partnership providing NHS care for around 170,000 patients across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. We consist of eight GP practices across 14 sites embedded within their local communities.

We work together to provide resilience, share learning and deliver professional back-office support services.

Our people are our most important asset. We employ over 500 clinical and non-clinical staff and invest in training and development to attract and retain high-quality colleagues.

We are proud of what we do and strive to demonstrate our values of Caring, Respect, Quality and Teamwork in everything we do.

Lakeside Healthcare Corby is rated Good by CQC. We have a strong team ethos and believe those delivering services should help shape how they operate to achieve the best patient outcomes.

We have created a supportive environment through clinical supervision, team and quality meetings, and open and honest working relationships across the team.

We continue to invest in the development of our nursing team and recognise the importance of both personal and organisational growth.

We regularly undertake projects to improve patient and staff experience and support local and national charitable initiatives and social events.

Job responsibilities

Thepurpose of the post is to deliver safe, high quality primary care nursingservices to the practice population. Working within the NMC Code of Conduct andprofessional boundaries, the post holder will deliver primary health careinterventions and care. The post holder will support service development, thesafe delivery of policy and procedures, and demonstrate effective professionalnurse standards, advocacy and performance.

For a full job description please see document attached

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Degree in healthcare/Nursing
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Mentorship course or equivalent
• Primary Care Nursing Qualification
• Accredited Diploma level training in chronic disease management
• Clinical supervision training and experience

Experience

• Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in a primary care setting
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
• Experience of managing/dealing with the public/patients
• Experience of audit and/or research
• Proactive in improving and influencing the patient care pathway/journey
• Demonstrates the ability to manage clinical risk and has an understanding of healthcare governance systems
• Experience of using clinical systems and Microsoft office
• Management of long-term conditions
• Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Experience of SystmOne

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.

£31,227 to £36,585 a yearDependent on Experience