Practice Nurse Manager

Stennack Surgery; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks' annual leave plus birthday

1 week study leave pro rata

Mentorship and support

Opportunities to develop skills

Job summary

Stennack Surgery is seeking a Practice Nurse Manager to lead the nursing team, deliver evidence-based care for long-term conditions and immunisations, and manage clinics and staff. The role combines people management with hands-on nursing in a busy general practice.

You will oversee rotas, appraisals and training, support service improvement, and ensure compliance with infection prevention and safeguarding standards. A current NMC registration and GP nurse experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration.
• At least 1 year experience as a General Practice Nurse.
• Experience with chronic disease management and immunisations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and support the practice nursing team, including healthcare assistants.
• Manage nursing rotas, holidays and sick leave; handle events affecting service delivery.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing care for long-term conditions and immunisations.
• Oversee QOF work and run chronic disease review clinics.
• Lead immunisation campaigns and home visits for housebound patients.
• Manage vaccine ordering, cold chain, PGDs and PSDs.
• Oversee nurse appraisals, revalidation and mandatory training.
• Manage nursing budget, equipment ordering and workforce planning.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

NMC registered nurse

GP nurse experience 1+ year

Job description

Stennack Surgery, a general practice of over 12,000 patients, seeks a Practice Nurse Manager to lead its nursing team. The post combines day-to-day team management, rotas and appraisals with hands-on clinical work in long-term conditions, immunisations and wound care. The practice also runs minor surgery, women's health and substance misuse shared care clinics on site, in a listed Victorian building. Applicants need current NMC registration and at least a year's experience as a General Practice Nurse.

What the job involves

• Lead, manage and support the practice nursing team, including healthcare assistants
• Manage nursing rotas, holidays and sick leave, and handle unscheduled events affecting service delivery
• Deliver evidence-based nursing care and manage patients with long-term conditions, including diabetes and respiratory disease
• Oversee QOF work and run specialised chronic disease review clinics
• Lead flu, Covid and annual immunisation campaigns, including home visits to housebound patients
• Manage vaccine ordering, delivery and the cold chain, keeping PGDs and PSDs up to date
• Conduct annual nurse appraisals with the Practice Manager, oversee revalidation and registration, and keep the team's mandatory training current
• Manage the nursing budget and equipment ordering, and plan workforce needs with practice management
• Undertake wound assessment and care, venepuncture, injections and clinical observations
• Provide adult and childhood immunisations, travel health, cervical screening, NHS health checks and INR monitoring
• Develop audits, learn from complaints and incidents, and drive service improvement
• Ensure infection prevention, safeguarding and resuscitation and anaphylaxis equipment meet required standards

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration
• Minimum one year's experience working as a General Practice Nurse

Experience

• Experience of respiratory disease
• Experience of diabetes
• Experience of long-term condition management

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

Other

• Commitment to compassionate, inclusive and patient-centred care
• Commitment to continuing professional development and maintaining clinical competence

Nice to have

• Treatment room nursing
• Wound and catheter care
• Doppler assessment and compression therapy
• Childhood immunisations and travel health
• Learning disability health checks and cervical screening
• INR monitoring
• Sexual health and contraception
• Minor injuries and minor surgery

What’s offered

• 5 weeks' annual leave plus birthday off, rising to 6 weeks after 5 years' continuous service
• 1 week study leave pro rata
• Mentorship and support
• Opportunities to develop skills
• Daily coffee meetups and social get-togethers