Practice Nurse for South Somerset West Primary Care Network

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited; South Somerset; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care provider in South Somerset is seeking a Practice Nurse to lead vaccination programmes and provide clinical support. Ideal candidates should have at least 2 years of post-registration experience, preferably in a primary care setting. Responsibilities include managing care for housebound patients and supporting clinical teams across multiple GP practices. Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential. Salary ranges from £17.40 to £22.17 per hour depending on experience.

Benefits

NHS or NEST pension scheme

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience.
• At least 1 year recent primary/community nursing experience.
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for vaccination programmes.
• Support the implementation of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams.
• Manage care coordination for housebound and care home residents.

Skills

Communication skills

Negotiation and conflict management

Change management

Clinical examination skills

Management of patients with long-term conditions

Education

Registered first level nurse (degree or RNDA route)

MSc or equivalent (level 7 related study)

Advanced nursing specialist qualification

Job description

Practice Nurse for South Somerset West Primary Care Network

Symphony Healthcare Services is looking to recruit a Practice Nurse for the South Somerset West (SSW) Primary Care Network (PCN) group of GP practices.

Alongside all standard Practice Nurse duties, this role will have a pivotal influence over the homecare provision of QOF, vaccinations for housebound and care home residents,professional management of HCAs, GPAs and SNAs; and also have clinical oversightof a handful of SSW PCN Care Coordinators.

This role will support any practice with capacity issues and provide cross cover where challenges arise, so the ability to travel independently across all the practices within the SSW PCN (listed below) is essential. Please consider this before applying.

If you are a Practice Nurse who would be able to undertake all general nurse duties (with or without chronic disease qualifications); but with the added element of a housebound focus, we would love to hear from you, to become part of the team and start the building blocks of integrated care provision in the local community.

Main duties of the job

• Providing clinical leadership for the vaccination programme across SSW PCN, aligning our offer across the practices and the clinical teams within the practices.
• Providing advice, support and guidance alongside leading the housebound and care home vaccination provision.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to improving the delivery of QOF across all PCN practices plus ensuring our housebound and care home populations also receive timely QOF reviews.
• Supporting the successful implementation of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams working with Somerset Foundation Trust colleagues as part of our integration offer.
• Provide leadership and oversight to the community investigation hub (CIH).
• Provide strategic leadership across the PCN to our nursing, wider PCN clinical roles and unregistered clinical colleagues (such as General Practice Assistants, Health Care Assistants and Student Nurse Associates where required).
• Support the delivery of a population health-based approach to proactive care which is aligned to the PCN service specification 25/26.
• Support the implementing a group consultation model for SSWPCN (across a range of LTCs for diabetes, respiratory care)
• Provide clinical management and leadership support to the PCN proactive care team (care coordinators and social prescribers).
• Be able to perform investigatory procedures, including phlebotomy and ECGs

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with backing from a central support team (HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance and transform patient care and working practices, with innovation and technology at the heart of what we do.

Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers many fantastic employee benefits, including the option to join a NHS or NEST pension scheme, plus varied salary sacrifice options (see attached poster), plus generous annual leave, flexible working from day one of employment and home working options where appropriate to the role.

Thank you for your interest in joining Symphony! We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person sepecification for a full and etailsed list of duties and role expectattions.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum 2 years post-registration experience
• At least 1 year recent primary / community nursing experience
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Audit
• Research
• Health-needs assessment
• Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse (degree or RNDA route)
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• MSc or equivalent (level 7 related study)
• Advanced nursing specialist qualification

Skills & Knowledge

• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management
• Resource management
• Management of patients with long-term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Local and national health policy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Patient group directives and associated policy
• Knowledge of public health issues in the area
• Able to identify determinants on health in the area
• Clinical examination skills

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.

£17.40 to £22.17 a year- a starting salary will be offered based on experience.