Are you passionate about providing excellent primary care? That’s our focus at Sussex Primary Care. We work with GPs, Nurses, Pharmacists, Paramedics, practice staff and patients to achieve a different kind of future for primary care. Our growing organisation is driven by the sole ambition of delivering excellent care to our population while looking after the people who do the caring. We are looking for a Lead Nurse to join The Avenue Surgery team, to provide a specialist resource for patients within our practice in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team. Job responsibilities will include: Assisting in and performing routine tasks related to patient care as indicated by patient need Acting as a cli n ical l e a d er in t h e d eli v ery o f practi c e nu rs i n g s e r v i c es t o p a tients, e n s u ri n g t h at the n e e d s o f t h e patient are the pr i o ri t y Leading t h e nu rsi n g t e a m in t h e p la nn i n g and i m p l e m ent a ti o n o f l o cal g u i d eli n es, pr o t o c o ls a n d stan d ar d s, and o f l o cal p r o j ec t s o r i n iti a ti v es P r om o ting t h e r o l e o f t h e n u rsi n g t e a m in t h e p r o v is i o n o f ca r e P artici p a ting in pra c tice/clinical m e e t i ng s, del i v eri n g t h e nu rsi n g age nd a, and running n u rse d epa r t m e n t m e e t i ng s Supporting Q o F st r at e g y and d eli v e r y f o r l ong term condition m a n a g e m e n t, m a xi m i si n g inc o m e Taking resp o n si bility f o r m a n a g i n g a n d m ax i m isi n g ICB, P H E a n d N H SE d r iv e n t ar g e t s (ch i l dh oo d i mm un is a ti o n s, flu c a m p ai g n s, smears e t c) S u pp o rting the d e v el o p m ent o f o thers in o r d er t o m ax i m ise s t aff p o t ential Being the infection control lead and completing IPC audits, developing action plans and ensuring implementations are embedded Working closely with the ACP Clinical Lead Line managing the Practice Nurses, providing regular supervision and completing annual appraisals For a full Job Description or to arrange an informal chat, please contact ACP Clinical Lead, Pippa Halley [email protected]. The Avenue Surgery provides general medical services to people living and working in Brighton and the surrounding area. The Surgery is run by Sussex Primary Care Ltd - https://www.sussexprimarycare.co.uk/. Sussex Primary Care (SPC) manage several GP surgeries across Sussex. The business is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) and was set up to support GP practices looking for a different way of working, forming a unique and innovative partnership between GP services and NHS Community Services.