PCN Community & Care Home Nurse

A fixed-term community nursing post, with a possible move to permanent, sitting in the WHA South Primary Care Network, which covers five GP practices. The work centres on assessing patient needs, delivering nursing interventions and supporting GPs, with enhanced care for frail and elderly patients in care homes. Work is flexible across the network's surgeries and community settings, with a focus on long-term conditions and dementia through the CaCHT team.

Initial close supervision is expected, and NMC registration as a general nurse is essential.

• Provide patient-facing clinical care, advice and support, initially under close supervision
• Assess patient needs, identify risks and deliver nursing interventions
• Support GPs and the wider primary healthcare team in delivering high-quality care
• Deliver PCN DES and Enhanced Health in Care Homes services under the Lead PCN Nurse's guidance
• Perform routine patient care tasks as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Chaperone and assist patients being examined by another clinician
• Request pathology tests, such as urine cultures and swabs
• Follow agreed clinical protocols, referring to GPs as appropriate
• Work within a multidisciplinary team, guiding colleagues such as Care Coordinators and Health Coaches
• Respond flexibly to the needs of patients, carers and the service within scope of practice
• Work across the PCN footprint, including other surgeries and community settings
• Contribute to developing and expanding PCN nursing services and service improvement

• Registered General Nurse

• NMC registration as a general nurse

• Routine patient care tasks as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Chaperoning and assisting patients examined by another clinician
• Requesting pathology tests, such as urine cultures and swabs

• Ability to make good medical notes
• Understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
• Following agreed clinical protocols, with referral to GPs as appropriate

• Full UK driving licence with business car insurance, or other reliable travel across the district

• Recognises the limits of own competence and knows how and from whom to seek support
• Listens proactively, collaborates with colleagues and shares learning
• Acts with integrity and professionalism, conscientious and committed to high-quality service

• Postgraduate diploma or degree relating to primary care
• Interest in asthma and COPD care
• Wound care and ulcer care, including Doppler studies
• Clinical skills: ECGs, venepuncture, urinalysis, suture and staple removal
• NHS Health Checks and chronic disease management reviews
• Routine and childhood immunisations
• Women's health: cervical cytology, contraception, coil fitting and removal

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Flexible working hours between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday
• Training and development opportunities
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service
• Company sick pay
• Company maternity and other family leave pay, subject to service
• Professional and clinical supervision
• Pay structure linked to competencies and development