Practice Nurse – Wellspring Surgery

Job Overview Modality Partnership Nottingham Division has a part-time vacancy (35 hours per week) seeking a skilled and compassionate, experienced & qualified General Practice Nurse to join our healthcare team. As a Practice Nurse, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care and assisting in various medical procedures working at Wellspring Surgery. If you are passionate about helping others and have a strong knowledge of anatomy, we encourage you to apply. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. This job is suitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for working in an agile manner, implementing solutions, delivering high quality patient care and who are committed to making real changes to the health care services provided within Primary Care to improve patient care. Salary for this role is £40,950 per annum WTE. As an employee with us you can benefit from: Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata Employee discounts and benefits scheme Employee assistance programme (EAP) Education and career pathways Enhanced Family friendly policies Flexible working Wellbeing support and initiative If you are interested in learning more, please read on. Main duties of the job The role is both the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a chronic condition, and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job; the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholder will be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are completed. Overview of your organisation We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly with key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of nursing in primary care with career advancing opportunities. All employees are welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE. Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with the Equality Act, 2010. Job Description Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role. To plan and deliver high quality integrated nursing care to the practice population. To promote health and wellbeing within the practice population. To work with clinical and non-clinical practice staff, other members of the wider healthcare team and NHSE/ICG in contributing to: The achievement of QOF. Delivering objectives set out in the NHS Action Plan. Audits. Meeting the standards as set out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). To promote and maintain high standards of nursing care in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Guidelines for Professional Practice. To provide travel immunisations, cervical cytology, ear syringing, wound management. To plan and run health promotion and long-term condition related clinics. To directly communicate with patients on matters relating to their ongoing and highly complex health needs. To ensure that patients have detailed assessments made of their healthcare needs. Facilitate patient referrals to appropriate clinical services. To liaise with other disciplines and outside agencies with a view to providing holistic healthcare. To participate in the delivery and evaluation of healthcare services at the Practice. To be responsible for the ordering, safe systems, and processes, storing and administering of all medicines/drugs according to NMC standards. To undertake and participate in clinical audit projects as necessary to own work. Respond to medical emergencies. Ensure that the principles of Infection Control are always adhered to. To have a good awareness of issues concerning child protection & vulnerable adults. To keep abreast of advances in clinical practice and identify personal training and development needs. Support colleagues in their development by encouragement, informal teaching and coaching. To attend meetings as directed by the Practice Manager and Partners. To attend mandatory training identified through the appraisal system. Contribute and work within the broad framework of the clinical governance agenda. Work within evidence-based nursing protocols. Personally, and accurately record all healthcare activity within the patients clinical records. Ensure that communication is effective between all stakeholders. To work in a flexible manner to meet the needs of the service and as directed by senior staff and GPs. As a term of your employment, you will be required to undertake such other duties commensurate with your grade. NB: This job description outlines the key duties that are expected of you within the role although is not an exhaustive list. You will love this job if you have a passion for supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care. You will learn more because you will improve the way we work from the ground up whilst working closely with leadership teams to influence service improvement. If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people. Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period. Pre-employment Vaccinations As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters. Right to work checks All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage. References References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer. Employment history You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more. Person Specification:

What are the minimum requirements all candidates need to meet? Qualifications and Experience: Minimum 1 years General Practice Experience. Minimum 2 years post-registration experience. At least 1 years recent community nursing experience. Experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions. Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines. Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking. Audit experience. Clinical supervision training and experience. Knowledge: Knowledge of management of patients with chronic conditions. Knowledge of accountability of own role and other roles in primary care. Knowledge of health promotion strategies. Knowledge of local and national health policy. Wider health economy awareness. Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care. Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy. Knowledge of public health issues. Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area. Skills: Clinical leadership skills. Clinical skills – cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, minor surgery. Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle. Communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families. Negotiation and conflict management skills. Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting. IT skills. Personal Qualities: Professional approach to work. Good telephone manner. Strong team player. Smart appearance. Exercises tact and discretion at all times. Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift. Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours. Job Types: Part-time, Permanent Pay: £21.00 per hour Expected hours: 35 per week Benefits: Company pension Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme Experience: Nursing: 1 year (preferred) Licence/Certification: NMC (preferred) Work Location: In person Application deadline: 31/01/2025

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