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Senior Practice Nurse
The closing date is 29 July 2025
To work as a Senior Practice Nurse within the Practice, providing senior leadership and support to other members of the Nursing and HealthCare Assistant Team.
To provide a needs led focused service dictated by the Practice Strategy and the framework of the NHS modernisation agenda.
To be accountable for ensuring that agreed professional standards are reflected in clinical practice supporting the delivery of policies and procedures.
Work autonomously and operate as lead nurse for Chronic Disease Management and deliver a high standard of advanced clinical skills by through obtaining a formal clinical skills and non-medical prescribing qualification. This shall support the provision of enhanced nursing services to the whole practice population including chronic disease management, health promotion, maintaining immunisation and screening programmes.
Provide a holistic approach to patients, including assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementation of high-quality care within chronic disease scope of practice.
To work collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients using evidence based care principals.
Liaising with the neighbourhood nurse lead, and be responsible for ensuring required audits are completed and all practice staff comply with local and national policy.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Practice Nurse will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, responding to referrals from GPs, other community nurses and health & social care colleagues.
This post requires extensive autonomous practice. The post holder shall provide independent, critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when making clinical decisions within chronic disease management scope of practice.
The post requires high level clinical expertise within chronic disease management and a relevant clinical skills and non-medical prescribing qualification is essential.
Due to the nature of the work, previous primary care experience is essential. It is essential that you are able to meet the transport requirements of the post.
Key dimensions of this role include:
- Advanced clinical nursing skills and patient assessment
- Leading complex care co-ordination
- Leading and managing complex long term conditions within the practice
- Infection Control Management and leadership
- Senior Leadership for the Nursing and Healthcare Assistant Team
- Peer Clinical Supervision & appraisals
- Managing cognitive impairment and mental well being
- Supporting self care, self management and enabling independence
- Professional practice and leadership
- Identifying high risk people, promoting health and preventing ill health
About us
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Make sure to read the 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Job responsibilities
The post holder shall assist the Nursing Lead and Practice Manager in clinical supervision and appraisals of the junior nursing and healthcare assistant team.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the service. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
To lead on and support the junior team in promoting an environment conducive to the training needs of other staff and students and participate in education programmes as required.
The post holder frequently will work unsupervised and is accountable for care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in decision making in the management of patients.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
* Registered General Nurse or Registered Nurse.
* First level Degree (or evidence working towards).
* Advanced Physical Assessment and history taking qualification (or equivalent).
* Independent non-medical prescribing qualification (or ability to achieve this within first year of appointment).
* Teaching Qualification or Registered Mentor.
* Evidence of accredited long-term conditions qualification (or working towards).
* Community Nursing Degree or relevant first level degree
Experience and knowledge
* Extensive experience and specialist knowledge in managing patients with long term conditions eg Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease.
* Extensive experience working as an autonomous practitioner.
* Extensive experience working within a Primary Care setting.
* Experience of developing and implementing creative care pathways.
Other Requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
NPC Northumbria Way
Unit 2, Northumbria Health & Care Academy.
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearpro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Reference number
319-7342122RW
Job locations
NPC Northumbria Way
Unit 2, Northumbria Health & Care Academy.
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