Main area: Senior Practice Nurse
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Must work Monday and Friday)
Job ref: 350-CC6744386
Site: V7
Town: Prescot
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 26/11/2024
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join the Practice Nurse Development team. The post holder will provide high-quality patient care to the population of Liverpool, delivering care across all GP Practices in the Liverpool area; access to own transport is required to fulfil the advertised role.
The post holder will have extensive previous experience in Practice Nursing, will be a qualified cervical sample taker and vaccinator for both child and adult, and have experience managing long-term conditions within a community setting. This will be done via a holistic assessment of care needs and the provision of clinical care for patients/clients with acute and chronic highly complex needs. You will be expected to practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence-based clinical decision making.
The post holder will have experience in Mentorship, as the service mentors both nurses new to general practice and Health Care Assistants. The service provides Cervical Cytology assessments to practice nurses, GP Registrars, and Nursing associates. We as a service provide education and specialist advice to qualified and non-qualified health care professionals in all areas of the specialised field of nursing.
Main duties of the job
The role will include providing clinical support to GP practices across Liverpool, offering long-term condition management, cervical cytology, and baby and adult immunisations support. The service also provides Mentorship of Nurses new to General Practice and Health Care Assistants across Liverpool.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health, as well as specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide while safely reducing costs.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined specialist nursing caseload.
2. Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.
3. Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
4. Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
5. Provide advice to patients, clients, and carers on a wide range of health issues, including health promotion, lifestyle advice, and health care.
6. Ensure that the team provides a high-quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
7. In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
8. Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriate.
9. Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.
10. Act as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.
11. Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.
12. Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.
13. Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.
14. Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested to enable effective management of the team.
15. Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement, and service modernisation initiatives.
16. Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability, and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.
17. In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.
18. Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services, and policies for new team members and students.
19. Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated by the team leader.
20. Communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide the best outcomes for patients/clients; this may include organising case conferences related to highly complex cases.
21. Participate in individual and group supervision.
22. Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any issues.
23. This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency. Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.
24. Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.
25. Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development plan.
26. Maintain up-to-date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making, and reflective skills to ensure your own professional development.
27. Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated, and disseminated.
28. Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
29. Facilitate pre and post-registration student placements within the team.
30. Mentor and assess pre-registration students.
31. Participate in clinical audits and research, as required.
32. The post holder shall, as necessary, provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
Person specification
Knowledge/Experience
* Post registration experience in the field of practice nursing - Must be able to evidence previous experience in GP setting
* Experience of successful multi-agency working
* Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised nursing practice or equivalent
* Experienced cervical sample taker
* Experienced Immuniser – both child and adult
* Evidence of CPD/Short courses, such as Diabetes management, Respiratory Care, and Cardiac Care.
* Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
* Understanding of partnership working
* Understanding of the principles of care management
* Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
* Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers, and colleagues
Qualifications
* Registered Professional
* Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent work-based experience
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Skills
* Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills
* Ability to travel to work across boundaries
* Self-management and motivation skills
* IT literate
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