Job summary
The lead practice nurse willwork as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Servicesto the patients of the practice, as part of a shift system operated between0830-2000 daily, potentially including weekends and bank holidays. To be apoint of contact and support to the practice nurse team and to ensure theclinical management team is kept up to date and informed of all relevantinformation.
Main duties of the job
General Practice Nursing duties including but not limited to Cervical cytology, wound care, chronic disease management, routine childhood and adult immunisations, and assist in and performing routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
To support the Clinical Management team withdeveloping, implementing, and embedding health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
Develop and review audit protocols and process for the practice,effectively utilising the audit cycle
Support all members of the practice nurse team, providing guidance whennecessary, conducting appraisals and training needs analyses as required.
Liaise withthe Infection Control Lead regularly to ensure all current standards are beingmet
Support the clinical management team with reviewing clinical practices,responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
Lead the planning and implementation of changes within the nursing team,enhancing the provision of services to patients
Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation ofpractice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation
To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safepractice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
Play an active role in the delivery and achievement of target andcontract-based activities QOF, DES, IFF etc
About us
BeechfieldMedical Centre is a 21,500 patient GMS practice operating from purpose builtpremises in the heart of the beautiful market town of Spalding in SouthLincolnshire.
Weare high QOF achievers, score very well in patient and trainee feedback andwork in an inclusive, supportive way in ensuring that we deliver the highstandards that have come to be expected of us by our patients and of which weare very proud. We are a Veteran Friendly and Learning Disability FriendlyPractice and have been approved for Training Foundation Doctors.
Weare proud to say we are a Menopause friendly workplace.
Weare assessed as Good in all domains by the Care Quality Commission and arefully engaged in the developmental and clinical work of our local ClinicalCommissioning Group and GP Federation, with membership of the Governing Body ofthe CCG and Board of Directors of the Federation.
Thepractice hosts an in-house physiotherapy service, an employed ClinicalPharmacist and a range of roles as part of our commitment to a Primary CareNetwork. We are an accredited provider of AQP services for minor surgical procedures. We utilise the EMIS (Web) Clinical System,and operate an on the day triage system between the Duty Doctor and our NursePractitioners.
Weare part-dispensing, and a highly regarded training practice (with normally 2trainees in situ) and have an active and supportive Patient Participation Grouphelping to ensure that we are listening to the needs of our large patient base.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the Clinical Management team withdeveloping, implementing, and embedding health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
Develop and review audit protocols and process for the practice,effectively utilising the audit cycle
Develop, review, and implement nursing protocols in conjunction with theclinical management team.
Support all members of the practice nurse team, providing guidance whennecessary, conducting appraisals and training needs analyses as required.
Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patientcare
Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
Liaise withthe Infection Control Lead regularly to ensure all current standards are beingmet
Support the clinical management team with reviewing clinical practices,responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying astructured approach,, root cause analysis (RCA)
Lead the planning and implementation of changes within the nursing team,enhancing the provision of services to patients
Support the practice team with the reviewing and implementation ofpractice policies and protocols, ensuring conformance to extant legislation
To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safepractice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
Theabove is a non-exhaustive outline of the key functions of the role Lead PracticeNurse. This job description is to be used alongside the Practice Nurse jobdescription at Beechfield Medical Centre.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. NMC Pin
Desirable
2. Chronic Disease Management
3. Vaccination - adult and child
4. Leadership Experience
Experience
Essential
5. Experience within primary care- minimum 3 years