PCN Practice Nurse

We are seeking an experienced Practice Nurse tojoin our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and skilled nurse to contribute to the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care within a primary care setting. The successful candidate will work withinthe NMC Code of Conduct, supporting service development and promoting integrated care pathways for patients.

Please note this is a part time role offering 20 hours a week and the salary advertised is the pro rata'd amount.

The Practice Nurse will:

• Deliver primary health care interventions and treatments in line with clinical protocols.
• Provide health education and promotion to patients and carers.
• Undertake clinical duties such as wound care, immunisations, cervical screening, phlebotomy, ECGs, and chronic disease monitoring (e.g., diabetes, asthma, COPD).
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure seamless patient care.
• Maintain accurate patient records and contribute to audits and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support infection prevention and control, safeguarding, and health & safety standards.
• Participate in team meetings, training, and professional development activities.

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We servethe healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire,Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity tobe part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect
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Simply putwe genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and ourteams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure weconnect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality
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In allareas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholdersand each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the rightand best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Oundle Medical Practice is part of Lakeside Healthcare, and a member practice within Rockingham Forest Primary Care Network(PCN).Based in the quintessential market town on the River Nene, serving a diverse patient population, the surgery has a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

• Responsible for providing and delivering primary health care interventions and care effectively and efficiently
• Working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team and other healthcare professionals to promote integrated pathways of care to meet patient needs.
• Effective communication with patients, carers and all members of the MDT
• Effective prioritisation and completion of daily work in line with clinical / patient need and practice priorities

• Registered Nurse
• Degree in healthcare/nursing
• Mentorship course or equivalent
• Primary Care Nursing Qualification
• Accredited Diploma level training in chronic disease management
• Clinical supervision training and experience

• Recent experience as a Registered Nurse in a primary care setting
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience of managing/dealing with the public/patients
• Experience of audit and/or research
  
  Experience of using clinical systems and Microsoft office
• Management of long-term conditions
• Participation in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Experience of Systm One

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.