Are you a dedicated Long Term Condition Nurse with a passion for delivering high-quality care in primary settings? We are seeking an experienced and proactive Nurse Prescriber to join our team, working flexibly across three sites.
This role offers a unique opportunity to manage a caseload while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support patients with long-term conditions. You'll play a key role in reducing health inequalities and promoting preventative care across a diverse geographical area.
We're looking for someone who is:
* Well-organised and adaptable
* Skilled in caseload management
* Able to work flexibly across multiple sites
* Committed to improving patient outcomes through innovative care models
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in primary care and thrive in a role that values collaboration, flexibility, and forward-thinking healthcare, we encourage you to apply.
37.5 hours per week shared between Waterloo House Surgery, Windermere Health Centre and Central Lakes Medical Group.
Closing Date: 17th July 2025
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will deliver care to Practice patients with specified long term conditions, treatments, preventative care, screening and patient education. By providing high quality evidence based care to meet the health and social needs of the Practice population. Working with the boundaries set out by the regulated standards, and working collaboratively with the General Practice Team, meet the needs of patients by providing quality evidence based care.
All staff are expected to work to CH Values:
* Clinically focused - Everything every one of us does is for the patient
* Responsive - We listen, and we respond quickly in apatient focussed way
* One Team - We work together to provide a high-qualityservice which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with boththe local Acute and Community Trusts
* High Standards - We provide skilled professionals working tothe highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care
* Growth & Sustainability - Withour strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow
* Communities - Connecting and engaging to meet local needs
About us
Cumbria Health places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.
Working for Cumbria Health can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.
Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.
Job responsibilities
Thislist of duties and responsibilities, which follows, represents the broad rangeof tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely orperiodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additionalduties which are not listed here.
ClinicalSkills
1)Works independently as a Practice Nurse with long-term conditions managementand treatment room skills within the scope of professional practice.
2)Undertakes the Long-term condition management clinics including asthma, COPDmanagement, diabetes and chronic heart disease, CVD, providing specialistnursing care for patients promoting a prevention agenda
3)Manages programmes of care for patients with Long-term conditions by planning,providing and evaluating care under agreed local/national guidelines, protocolsand patient group directions.
4)Excellent communication skills through patient consultation and nursingassessment of physical, psychological and social needs.
a) Takes an accurate history, building rapport towardsa therapeutic relationship.
b) Assess, plan and implements patient centred plan ofcare for patients and refer when necessary to other healthcare professionalsfor further specialised care.
5)Maintains disease registers.
6)Undertake routine assessments in relation to individuals health and wellbeingand evaluate the outcomes of care.
7)Performs investigations and uses core clinical skill and competence. Initiatetreatment including diagnostic investigations.
a) Recognition of abnormal vital signs observing adultrespiratory rate and effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature andblood pressures as appropriate.
b) Perform investigative procedures including;Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuringand interpreting Peak Flow, initiating appropriate blood work
8)Demonstrate competence in examination techniques relevant to Long-termconditions clinic e.g. spirometry. And FeNowith interpretation
9) Isa non medical prescriber, able to prescribe safely and effectively within thescope of practice for multiple long term conditions as describedabove including injectables.
10)Adapts to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergencysituations.
a)Basic life support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems,collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.
11)Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes andethnic origins of the population through continuum of life.
12)Promote improving the health of the individual through providing advice andeducation to aid adjustment of lifestyle on a prevention agenda, demonstrating collaborative working.
13)Recognise own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.
14)Deliver safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patientproblems.
Communication
1)Communicates effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
a)Liaises when necessary with general practitioners, Practice Nurses, HCAs,Reception & Admin Team, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care,District nurses, Community MDT, social workers, mental health team, and SocialCare Teams.
2)With Primary care nursing team giving support and advice.
3)With reception staff regarding patient information.
4)Recognise and effectively manages situations where there are barriers toeffective communication.
Professional
1) Complies with Nursing and Midwifery council code ofconduct and works within scope of professional practice.
2) Actively participates in clinical meetings.
3) Ensures practice and implementation of care isevidence based by adhering to local and national guidance
4) Maintain confidentiality of information regardingpatients.
6) Report any adverse incidents or near miss events=Significant events through agreed CH system.
7) Maintains professional development in risk awareness,health and safety, fire safety at work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflictresolution, information governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatorytraining.
8) Identify and/ or participate in strategies of riskassessment to avoid or prevent clinical incidents and near misses incorporatedin the clinical governance framework including:
a) Risk management, Child and Adult safeguardingpolicies, Medicine management policies and Infection prevention policies.
Leadership
1) SupportsPractice colleagues, particularly nursing team.
2)Act as role model to inspire and motivate others
3)Act as mentor, support and induct new staff where appropriate
4)Is a voice that challenges practise to promote best practice.
Person Specification
Experience
* Evidence of good practice
* Working autonomously in a nursing role
* Experience of working within primary care.
* Management of patients with long term conditions.
* Experience of case
* Management
* Compiling protocols
* and clinical
* guidelines.
* EMIS experience
Qualifications
* Current NMC
* Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development
* Relevant Vaccination and Immunisation training
* 998 or equivalent
* teaching certificate.
* Medical Prescriber
* ILS Intermediate
* Life support
* Recognised spirometry qualification
* Cytology
* Childhood
* Immunisations
Skills and Aptitudes
* Demonstrate clinical knowledge in acute and Long-term condition management
* Able to demonstrate excellent communication and consultation skills
* Management of patients with complex needs.
* Able to work independently and effectively within a team
* Flexible and motivated
* Basic computer skills.
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation
* Demonstrate clinical competence in minor illness management
* Knowledge of care of the elderly.
Personal Circumstances
* Positive
* Confident
* Well organised
* Good team player
* Ability to build rapport and effective relationships at all levels
* Demonstrate initiative
* Ability to maintain workload in a sometimes busy and demanding environment
Other Requirements
* Willingness to undertake further
* Training
* Weekend working on rotational basis
* Current driving licence and access to own vehicle as job role will require travel between sites.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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