Practice Nurse Weald Primary Care Network

A Band 5 or Band 6 registered nurse post in the Single Neighbourhood Team of the Weald Primary Care Network, part of West Kent Primary Care, on a 24-month fixed-term basis. The work centres on frailty, palliative care and housebound patients, including Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments and nurse-led clinics. The role covers practices across the network, with housebound and care home visits that include vaccinations, working alongside GPs, pharmacists and care coordinators.

Full-time and part-time applicants are considered, and NMC registration is essential.

• Manage and support the frailty cohort, including palliative care and housebound patients
• Contribute to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments and complete CGA and Respect forms
• Deliver nurse-led clinics and housebound and care home visits, including vaccinations
• Deliver nursing assessments and manage complex care needs of housebound and care home residents with GPs
• Coordinate ongoing care and treatment with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Provide clinical support and guidance to care home staff to improve safety and outcomes
• Support public health and screening programmes, including immunisations
• Mentor and supervise new-to-practice nurses, student nurses and other healthcare staff across the PCN
• Work with community, secondary care, social care and voluntary sector services to build integrated pathways
• Build trusting relationships with patients and carers, explaining complex medical issues
• Take part in audits, significant event reviews and quality improvement work
• Complete mandatory training and CPD to meet NMC revalidation

• Degree in nursing or registered nurse degree
• More than one post-registration qualification at level 6, such as long-term conditions or public health

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

• Experienced level of practice in primary or community nursing
• Frailty or long-term conditions management
• Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Audit, research and clinical leadership

• Clinical examination skills
• Use of EMIS clinical systems and Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Communication with compassion and integrity
• Conflict management
• Management of patients with long-term conditions and complex needs
• Knowledge of local plan and national health policy

• Clean driving licence and access to a vehicle

• Able and willing to travel to care homes in the Ridge locality
• Self-directed, highly motivated and committed to continuous professional development

• Knowledge of public health issues in the area
• Project management
• Nursing in care home settings
• Nurse prescribing
• Experience in clinical leadership