Practice Nurse Tonbridge Primary Care Network Kent
Meeveem Limited
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Job summary
Tonbridge PCN is seeking a motivated Band 5 or Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our expanding Single Neighbourhood Team within primary care. You will work with Paramedics, Clinical Pharmacists, ANPs and Care Coordinators to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care in the community.
Key duties include CGAs, frailty care, housebound and care home visits, vaccinations, and nurse-led clinics. You will mentor junior staff, collaborate with GPs, and uphold NHS standards to improve patient outcomes.
Qualifications
- Degree in Nursing or Registered Nurse Degree.
- Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- More than one post-registration qualification and CPD, e.g., certificates, diplomas, or courses at level 6.
Responsibilities
- Deliver nurse-led clinics and housebound/care home visits.
- Provide vaccinations and, where trained, FeNO testing, ECGs, ear irrigation.
- Develop CGAs and coordinate care with GPs and multidisciplinary teams.
- Mentor and supervise junior/novice nurses and other staff across the PCN.
- Uphold NMC standards and safeguarding responsibilities.
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Job description
We are seeking a motivated Band 5 or Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our expanding Single Neighbourhood Team within the PCN. This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a multidisciplinary team that includes Paramedics, Clinical Pharmacists, ANPs, and Care Coordinators, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our frailty cohort, including palliative care patients, housebound individuals, and those living with frailty. You will contribute to the delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) and work with GPs and the multidisciplinary team to coordinate ongoing care and treatment.
The role also involves delivering a range of nurse-led clinics and housebound and care home visits, including vaccinations and, where appropriately trained, procedures such as FeNO testing, ECGs, and ear irrigation etc.
We welcome applications from experienced Band 5 nurses developing within primary care, newly qualified nurses with a strong interest in community and frailty care, and Band 6 nurses seeking a varied and autonomous role. You will be confident working independently across the PCN, demonstrate excellent communication skills, and support multidisciplinary working to improve patient outcomes.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop clinical skills, build strong relationships across practices, and make a meaningful contribution to integrated neighbourhood healthcare delivery.
Serving approximately 70,000 patients; Tonbridge PCN strives to develop collaborative working across Tonbridge GP practices and local health and care services. Tonbridge recently won a Kent and Medway award for its Integrated Home Visiting Service, jointly staffed by PCN GPs, paramedics and local community nursing teams.
The PCN aims to support and strengthen delivery of primary care, offering high standards of patient care centred on the needs of our population, whilst working to support a happy and resilient workforce through the development of robust multi-disciplinary teams. A Same Day Access PCN Hub service with GP supervision using ACP clinical skills is currently in development, and we hope this will not only support patient access but provide a greater range of clinical experience for ACPs working at PCN level.
West Kent Primary Care is an innovative GP Federation whose shareholders include all 50 practices in West Kent, covering nearly 500,000 patients. Within this, the practices are divided into 9 Primary Care Networks (PCN). We are made up of a core operations team, a PCN based workforce made up of clinical and non-clinical staff and a Board of Executive Directors consisting of four local GPs and twelve PCN clinical directors. The federation also offers a variety of services including, but not limited to, the Community Diabetes Service and a Frailty Service.
- Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, where appropriate.
- Completing CGAs and Respect forms.
- Deliver expert nursing assessments and manage complex care needs of housebound and care home residents within Tonbridge PCN in partnership with GP.
- Support patient and public involvement to enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Deliver a range of nurse-led clinics and undertake housebound and care home visits, including providing vaccinations and, where appropriately trained, carrying out procedures such as FeNO testing, ECGs, ear irrigation, and other clinical interventions.
- Create a trusting partnership with patients and/or relatives/carers to communicate and explain complex medical issues
- Mentor, support, and supervise new-to-general-practice nurses, student nurses, and other healthcare professionals (e.g., nursing associates, HCSWs) across the PCN by agreement and when appropriate.
- Be proficient in use of digital technologies applicable in the workplace to enhance personalised care.
- Advocate for people and nursing.
- Undertake mandatory training and CPD to meet NMC revalidation and practice needs.
- Provide clinical support and guidance to care home staff to improve patient safety and health outcomes.
- Identify own personal development needs, proactively seek feedback, and take effective action to address them using a mix of strategies.
- Work collaboratively across the PCN, actively engaging with community services, secondary care, social care, and voluntary sector providers to ensure integrated and holistic care pathways.
- Reflect on learning using appropriate frameworks (e.g. NMC Code).
- Adhere to CQC standards, infection prevention and control protocols, and safeguarding responsibilities.
- Participate in audits, significant event reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Maintain confidentiality, information governance, and data protection in line with NHS standards.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
- Ensure that their own practice is kept updated, using an acceptable model of clinical supervision.
- Take every opportunity to expand individual practice in line with the principles contained within the Nursing and Midwifery Councils (NMC) document The Code (2015) (or equivalent professional body).
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Partner collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, individuals, families and carers to make clinical decisions.
- Conscious of the need to act sustainably.
- Able and willing to travel to various care homes within the Ridge locality.
- Must have a clean driving license and access to a vehicle.
- Degree in Nursing or Registered Nurse Degree
- Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- More than one post-registration qualifications and CPD, for example certificates, diplomas or professional development courses at level 6 (e.g. long-term conditions care and/or public health initiatives)
- Clinical examination skills
- Ability to use clinical systems (Emis)
- Ability to use Microsoft 365 products (Outlook, Word, Excel).
- Ability to communicate and compassion and integrity.
- Conflict management skills
- Able to combine theory and practical skills to develop nursing practice and judgment.
- Management of patients with long-term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Local plan and national health policy
- Understanding of a range of assessment methods.
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area
- Project management
- Experienced level of practice
- Working within frailty or management of patients with long-term conditions
- Primary Care or Community nursing experience
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
- Audit
- Research
- Clinical Leadership
- Nursing in care home settings
- Nurse prescribing
- Experience in clinical leadership
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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