Practice Nurse

Job summary

We have an excellent opportunity for a Practice Nurse to join a growing establishment committed to being a flagship organisation and an at scale provider of primary care services in the Midlands. If you are enthusiastic, caring and passionate about delivering the highest quality nursing care, keeping patients at the heart of all you do, we want to hear from you.

hours - RPC Brooklyn, Heanor - must be experienced

We have a team of 200 people dedicated to our patients, working across 3 sectors covering Chesterfield, Clay Cross and Heanor. Our Practice Nurses are essential to ensuring that we always provide an outstanding level of nursing care to our patients.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a different kind of GP practice, an innovative, forward thinking training practice with a strong commitment to improving our community's health and addressing inequalities.

*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT AGENDA FOR CHANGE*

Main duties of the job

You will work collaboratively as part of our multidisciplinary sector team of clinicians to meet the needs of our patients; delivering the highest standards of patient care. You will undertake a diverse range of nursing assessments and provide the appropriate care / treatment according to patient needs, striving to improve standards of care and enhancing nursing services within the practice.

Depending on experience, Long Term Chronic Disease management will also form a large part of the role as well as the mentoring of our Health Care Assistants, Assistant Practitioners, Nurse Associate Students and RGN Student Nurses. Knowledge of the GMS contract The Quality and Outcomes Framework, will be valuable to the post.

About us

This is an excellent opportunity to join a different kind of GP practice, an innovative, forward thinking training practice with a strong commitment to improving our community's health and addressing inequalities.

Our vision is to be an exceptional provider of family medicine, dedicated to our patients, and we're on a mission to improve our community's health and reduce inequality.

Royal Primary Care is a division of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, providing primary care services for over 50,000 patients and aspiring to be an exceptional provider of family medicine dedicated to our patients and community. Being part of a larger organisation brings about many benefits. As well as an NHS pension, you'll have access to training and development opportunities and a whole raft of well-being initiatives to look after your physical and mental health. At Royal Primary Care, your wellbeing is key to our appraisal system and we place great importance on everyone feeling included. You'll have an equal say in how we look after you through access to our annual staff survey.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments.

This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered General Nurse Registered qualification level, diploma or above Evidence of a commitment to continued professional development

Desirable

Further accredited qualification in any chronic disease Mentorship qualification and/or sign off mentor

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct Experience of dealing with the public in a respectful and professional manner Experience of a multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management Understanding the need for confidentiality at all times

Desirable

Practice qualification or experience of working in primary care Evidence of working in a complex organisation, demonstrates sound knowledge or awareness of the role of a nurse in primary care Experience of TPP SystmOne clinical computer system or equivalent Evidence of involvement in research, training and development

Personal Attributes

Essential

Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards developing personal nursing skills, and be excited to nurture and mentor other members of the team Excellent time management skills and professional appearance and approach Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities within the boundaries of the role Caring and compassionate individual Well presented with excellent time management skills and professional appearance and approach Able to work on own initiative without the direct supervision and determine own workload priorities within the boundaries of the role Able to use own judgement, resourcefulness and commonsense but able to listen to others and encourage feedback in approachable, positive manner Recognise own limitations towards learning and development, identifying gaps in training and knowledge and provides solutions to achieve these goals for progression Demonstrate an ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team, respecting the importance of each and every member Easily adapt to alterations in performance, pace and daily pressure to meet the patients' needs within an ever-changing environment Flexibility of working days and hours including extended hours provision/able to travel to different locations at short notice Hold a full clean driving license

Desirable

Leadership and mentoring skills

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