Practice Nurse Manager

Job Summary The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. As the team leader for the general practice nursing team, the post holder is accountable for nursing service delivery. They will lead and manage all the nursing resources, working closely with the GPs, Practice Manager and Development Manager to deliver the practice priorities.

Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with acute and chronic conditions and management and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. You will work collaboratively with the whole general practice team to help meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery and procedures and providing leadership and direction for the nursing team. Scope and Purpose of the Role:
Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will lead and develop the practice nursing team in the provision of assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients. The post-holder will develop the nursing teamwork with reference to practice-agreed protocols and guidelines to provide nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available To help develop the nursing services offered by the practice. To provide clinical leadership within the nursing team To ensure the highest standards of care are provided for patients. To manage and develop a clinical acute and chronic case load, dealing with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care. Managerial Responsibility for the day to day running of the nursing team including liaising with the management team on rotas, holiday management, sick leave and any unscheduled events that can affect service delivery. Responsible for support and pastoral care to the nursing team including HCAs.

Conduct and manage nurse appraisals with the Practice Manager on an annual basis ensuring learning needs are explored and planned for the year ahead. Also ensuring nurse revalidation and correct registration with the Royal College of Nursing. Ensuring the nursing team are up to date, attending appropriate courses including mandatory training e.g. include but not limited to Safeguarding, Information Governance, Immunisations, Smears, once authorised by Practice Manager.

QOF liaising with the clinical leads and admin and the management team and ensuring the running of specialised chronic review clinics. Leading and take part in Flu and Covid and annual immunisation campaigns. Working in tandem with the management team to deliver the service including providing a home visiting service to the housebound patients. Ensuring PGDs and PSDs are up to date for Nurses and HCAs.

Leadership of vaccines, ordering, delivery and maintaining the cold chain. Maintaining and overseeing the vaccine delivery. Ensuring good working order of the resuscitation and anaphylaxis and any other equipment. Oversight of all Nursing roles including those delegated to other nurses, retaining overall responsibility as nurse manager and identify the workforce that is required to provide services to meet the needs of the patient population and negotiate with the practice management team for this workforce.

Monitor and advise on the effective use of physical and financial resources by the practice nursing team and working with a budget to manage equipment ordering. Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate programmes which promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being. Help the practice develop and deliver specialist primary nurse led services including chronic disease management.

Initiate the role of diagnosis for patients suspected to have a chronic disease e.g. diabetes, COPD, asthma and CHD, referring to other clinicians as appropriate. Manage programmes of care for patients with chronic diseases by planning, providing, and evaluating care under agreed guidelines and patient group directions Undertakes agreed procedures eg - blood pressure, pulse rate and rhythm, temperature, height and weight body mass index,…