Lead Practice Nurse

Core Responsibilities 1. Clinical Leadership & Team Management Line Management: Supervise, mentor, and line manage the nursing team, managing rotas, annual leave, and performance reviews. Appraisals & CPD: Conduct annual appraisals and support staff with continuous professional development (CPD) and NMC revalidation requirements. Recruitment & Induction: Lead the recruitment, selection, onboarding, and training of new nursing staff. Team Meetings: Organise and chair regular nursing team meetings to discuss clinical updates, guidelines, and operational changes. 2. Advanced Clinical Practice & Diabetes Focus Diabetes Service : Part of the team that oversee the practice's diabetes management services, managing a caseload of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Chronic Disease Management: Oversee the evidence-based clinics for long-term conditions (including Asthma, COPD, Hypertension), developing and implementing individualised care plans, desirable trained not essential. Preventative & Routine Care: Oversee and deliver childhood and adult immunisation programs, cervical cytology, travel health advice, and wound care management. Prescribing & Medication: Utilise independent or non-medical prescribing skills (if qualified) or administer care under Patient Group Directions (PGDs) in line with legislative frameworks. Complex Patient Care: Manage complex health needs, including frail or housebound patients, coordinating integrated care plans. 3. Clinical Governance, Quality & Compliance EMIS Systems Management: Ensure the nursing team maintains impeccable data quality and accurate clinical coding within EMIS Web. Utilise EMIS to run clinical reports, patient recalls, and monitor QOF targets. Infection Control: Act as the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead for the practice, producing annual IPC statements, conducting audits, and ensuring practice-wide compliance. Audits & Quality Improvement: Lead and participate in regular clinical audits (focusing on diabetes outcomes and QOF indicators), Significant Event Analyses (SEAs), and risk assessments to elevate standards of care. Guideline Implementation: Ensure nursing protocols strictly align with NICE guidelines, Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, and national service frameworks. Policy Development: Collaborate with the Practice Manager and Partners to draft, implement, and review clinical policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

£94,356 - £108,814 per annum, pro rata for part time roles

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