Colne Valley Primary Care Network has an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and enthusiastic INT enhanced practice nurse to join our team. You will be required to travel between GP practices within our PCN and this role is offered on a part-time basis, for 30 hours per week. The post holder will have critical thinking and be a caring, compassionate, committed ,experienced nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. We are developing a 'Neighbourhood' model as per the vision in the Fuller Stocktake report, with a focus on preventative and proactive care and helping patients see the right clinician at the right time. Main duties include: Demonstrate critical thinking in the safe clinical decision-making process. Spearhead the Integrated Neighbourhood Team across the PCN. Communicate and work collaboratively with the general practice teams to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing clinical leadership as required. Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team. Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action. Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice. Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person. Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles. We are looking for the candidates help to shape this new and exciting role, the job description is currently being reviewed. About the Candidate You will have the following skills and experience: NMC registration. Be able to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients. Be able to evaluate patient care confidently. Have experience of working to protocols and guidelines. To exhibit excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively. Understanding of the need to work within the parameters of one's own training and capability. Experience of autonomous practice working and multi-professional team working; Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children. About Us The Colne Valley Primary Care Network is a collaboration of six GP practices serving approximately 54,000 patients, from the Kelvedon, Finchingfield, Halstead, Earls Colne, Coggeshall, and Hedingham areas. We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme, remote working where appropriate and minimum 33 days annual leave FTE. Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.