Practice Nurse

Service Care Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse for a locum contract in Essex. You will lead the junior nursing team, promote integrated care practices, and ensure clinical effectiveness through quality markers. The role includes attending to patients and advising on their medical needs. Competitive pay rates and training allowances are offered.

Benefits

DBS disclosures provided free of charge

3 weekly payroll runs

£250 training allowance

Excellent pay rates

Specialist mental health consultants

Frequent notifications of opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in practice nursing preferred.
• Ability to lead and collaborate with healthcare teams.
• Strong understanding of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead junior members of the Practice Nursing Team.
• Promote integrated nursing practice within the wider nursing team.
• Monitor key quality markers to ensure clinical effectiveness.
• Attend to patients and provide advice on medical needs.

Job description

Overview

Opportunity for a Practice Nurse to work on a Locum Contract, based across Essex.

The role is based within the GP Practice with the role predominantly to provide leadership to the Junior members of the Practice Nursing Team, in collaboration with the Nurse Lead and General Practitioners, to develop an effective, quality driven Practice Nurse Service. You will promote integrated nursing practice within wider nursing team (Practice Nurses, District Nurses and Health Visitors) underpinned by the development of evidence based practice guidelines, for shared delivery of care to the whole practice population. Further, to ensure clinical effectiveness by monitoring of key quality markers relating to guidelines. As part of this role you will attend to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional, seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs. These patients will have booked appointments but they may also be a requirement to see extra or emergency patients.

Locum Agency Contract: Monday to Friday

Responsibilities

• Lead junior members of the Practice Nursing Team, in collaboration with the Nurse Lead and General Practitioners, to develop an effective, quality driven Practice Nurse Service.
• Promote integrated nursing practice within the wider nursing team (Practice Nurses, District Nurses and Health Visitors) underpinned by evidence based practice guidelines for shared delivery of care to the whole practice population.
• Monitor key quality markers relating to guidelines to ensure clinical effectiveness.
• Attend to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional and provide advice regarding continuing medical and nursing needs. See and assist patients with booked appointments and respond to requests for extra or emergency care as needed.

Benefits

• DBS disclosures provided via fast track online services free of charge
• 3 weekly payroll runs
• £250 training allowance
• Excellent pay rates
• Specialist mental health consultants offering single point of contact
• Frequent notifications of upcoming opportunities via text and email
• Nationwide provider of mental health staff to over 40 different NHS Trusts and over 200 local authorities

If you are interested in applying please contact Scott Marsh on (phone number removed) or send your CV to (url removed).