Senior Practice Nurse

This Senior Practice Nurse post is at Maple Surgery, a village practice in Bar Hill with around 4,000 patients, run under the Cambs GP Network federation. The work covers long-term condition management, health promotion, immunisations, cervical screening and wound care, alongside clinical governance and support for the nursing team. Care is delivered face to face at the surgery, and the postholder would be expected to lead nursing work and infection control.

Current NMC registration and post-registration primary care experience are needed.

• Deliver evidence-based care and preventative nursing for patients with long-term conditions
• Assess, plan, provide and evaluate treatment and health promotion programmes
• Review medication for effectiveness and support patients to adhere to treatment
• Prioritise urgent and complex health problems, including starting emergency care
• Provide family planning and cervical cytology consultations
• Deliver vaccination and immunisation programmes for adults and children
• Carry out wound assessment and management
• Lead infection prevention and control across the practice
• Lead clinical audit and quality governance for the nursing team, and support QOF and enhanced services
• Provide leadership and direction to the nursing team, delegating appropriately and supporting staff development
• Support the practice manager and clinical lead in service delivery
• Keep accurate patient records and work within confidentiality, safeguarding and health and safety policies

• Current NMC registration as a registered nurse

• Post-registration experience of working in primary care

• Competent in the use of Systm1 and Ardens templates
• Strong nursing skills, working independently and as part of a team

• Leadership and management experience
• Experience of long-term condition management, such as COPD, asthma or diabetes
• Knowledge of clinical governance and infection prevention and control
• Understanding of primary care requirements, including QOF, enhanced services and national screening programmes
• Teaching or mentorship experience

• Support from the wider federation senior management team, including a Lead Nurse
• Opportunity to visit the practice informally and raise queries about the role