Lead Practice Nurse

This lead role at Friary House Surgery, a GP practice, manages the practice nursing team of nurses, healthcare assistants and phlebotomists. The post holder leads infection prevention and control and oversees chronic disease care, including for frail and housebound patients. The role also covers well woman and well man clinics and sits within the senior multidisciplinary team, with prescribing under PGDs and vaccination work.

Fit depends on NMC registration and prior experience of primary care, chronic disease management and leading a nursing team.

• Manage the practice nursing team of nurses, healthcare assistants and phlebotomists
• Act as infection prevention and control lead, running audits, training and compliance evidence with the practice manager
• Produce the annual infection prevention and control statement with the practice manager
• Develop and embed a care management programme for frail and housebound patients
• Oversee chronic disease clinics and implement individual treatment plans
• Identify and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including prescribing under PGDs and within own scope
• Develop and run well woman and well man clinics
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Develop and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
• Maintain clinical records, manage chronic disease registers and support safeguarding and clinical emergencies
• Support practice management in reviewing and delivering clinical policy and procedure

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse

• Primary care experience, including in a GP practice
• Chronic disease management
• Infection prevention and control measures
• System One
• Leading a nursing team
• Managing elderly and housebound patients

• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in Office and Outlook
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Effective time management

• Wound care and removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture and requesting and processing pathology tests
• New patient medicals
• Understanding of PGDs and associated policies
• Women's health, including cytology and contraception
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel) and travel medicine
• Spirometry