Closing date - 01st of March 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Homebound and Care Home Team in Five Towns PCN. PCNs are groups of GP practices working closely together to provide integrated services to the local population. The successful candidate will be joining an established PCN team made up of Care Coordinators, a Nurse Associate, a registered Nurse and ANPs, focusing on the care of House bound and Care home residents. The team is under the direction of the PCN Business manager, 2 GP clinical leads and PCN Lead Nurse to deliver high quality service to housebound and hard to reach patients. This role will focus on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities. They will work collaboratively with the Practice teams, as well as the wider PCN team, to meet the needs of patients and providing nurse leadership as required.
Main duties of the job
* Work as part of the Practice's multidisciplinary team, the post holder will effectively deliver nursing services to the entitled patient population.
* Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
* Prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.
* Review patient medications to enhance compliance.
* Request pathology services, as necessary.
* Process pathology results, as required.
* Oversee the provision of chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
* Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
* Ensure effective use of read codes.
* Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
* Support the Team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
* Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
* Implement vaccination programmes for adults.
* Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice).
* Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately.
* Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective and individualised patient care across all patient groups within the PCN or GP Practice location.
* Support the delivery of preventative health programmes in line with NHS guidance
* Support and/or undertake screening programmes in line with NHS guidance and protocols including vaccination clinics, new patient screening audiometry and NHS health checks as required.
* Support the Advance Nurse Practitioner/Senior nurse to manage the care of patients with chronic illnesses eg Asthma, Diabetes, Coronary heart disease and hypertension ensuring continued maintenance of the relevant documentation/register.
* Undertake nursing treatment and procedures within your scope of practice for patients' healthcare including ECG, cytology, weight management, life style and health promotion, phlebotomy, routine immunisations and vaccinations.
* Be able to assess critically and re-evaluate the clinical situation as the patient's condition or needs changes ensuring clear communication with the patient, their carer/family.
* Have direct responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporate the issues and recommendations
* Utilise evidence-based practice and clinical audit to ensure appropriate assessment and management of patients within the primary care setting
* Identify service improvement activity in liaison with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and support the ANP or senior nurse in the review of policies and protocols.
* Highlight areas for training, audit and improvement.
* Complete clinical administration in support of core departmental and business activities including infection prevention and control.
* Work with the multi-disciplinary primary healthcare team in order to support key outputs.
About us
Conexus Healthcare is a community interest company and is the federation for general practice in Wakefield.
Our current services:
Clinical Services: Our GP Care Wakefield brand provides evening and weekend appointments to support general practice with enhanced and urgent care. We also offer clinical research, health checks and staff bank.
Training and consultancy: Our Resilience Academy and TARGET sessions benefit the Wakefield general practice workforce. Further afield, we are known nationally for our care navigation, social prescribing and medical administration training.
GP and PCN support: We give PCNs the practical support they need to employ staff, coordinate projects and be resilient. We are proud to lead on Future Selph programme, a mental health service for 16-25 year olds.
Corporate Services: Conexus delivers HR, communications, administration, governance, and financial support services to our PCNs and the wider Conexus family. We aim to provide this function to Wakefield general practices.
Five Towns PCN is situated across Normanton, Castleford and Knottingley, providing healthcare services to approximately 58,000 patients. One of the fundamental principles of Five Towns PCN is developing our staff and working with them to understand training needs and creating a plan to achieve this. This includes but is not limited to supporting staff through diplomas and the non-medical prescribing course.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered General Nurse.
* Diplomas in chronic disease management e.g. Diabetes, asthma, COPD etc.
Desirable
* Qualification in Non-Medical Prescribing.
Attributes
Essential
* Recognises when the limits of own competence are exceeded and is able to identify how and from whom to seek support.
* Listens proactively and collaborates with colleagues and wider teams and is able to share learning from their experiences.
* Acts with integrity and professionalism at all times and is conscientious and committed to provide a high quality service.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in a primary care setting.
* Previous experience of working independently in the following areas:
* Wound management;
* Chronic disease management;
* Vaccination clinics;
* Anticipatory planning and End of Life management.
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.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,468.00-£44,255.00 per year
Work Location: In person