Job summary
- Main area
- Practice Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7259197RW
- Employer
- Northumbria Primary Care
- Employer type
- Private Sector
- Site
- NPC Haydon Bridge and Allendale
- Town
- Hexham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst NPC are a highly innovative organisation, the use of Third Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process. ________________________________________________________________________________
Job overview
Northumbria Primary Care (NPC) are excited to announce an opportunity for a motivated practice nurse to join our team at Base site NPC Haydon Bridge and Allendale.
We are looking for part time hours currently however there may be the opportunity to increase hours or work as part of a job share. The post holder shall work alongside our current Practice Nurse and Healthcare Assistants to deliver a high standard of enhanced nursing services to the whole practice population, including: chronic disease management, health promotion, maintaining immunisation and screening programmes.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic team player, with primary care experience who can demonstrate high standards of clinical excellence. You will become part of an experienced, pro-active, and friendly team working to serve patients across NPC.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will need to be fully competent in primary care nursing duties, carrying out Long Term condition reviews (Asthma, Hypertension, COPD, Diabetes etc.), smears, baby imm vaccinations, taking blood samples, travel vaccines.
As an experienced nurse you will be a role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the organisation. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
The successful candidate may at times be required to work across all GP Practices within NPC.
Working for our organisation
Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 50,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.
Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC, they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.
Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide a needs led focused service dictated by the Practice Strategy and the framework of the NHS modernisation agenda.
- To be accountable for ensuring that agreed professional standards are reflected in clinical practice supporting the delivery of policies and procedures.
- To deliver a high standard of clinical skills to support the provision of enhanced nursing services to the whole practice population including chronic disease management, health promotion, maintaining immunisation and screening programmes.
- To work collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients using evidence based care principals.
- To promote an environment conducive to the training needs of staff and students and participate in education programmes as required.
- The post holder frequently will work unsupervised and is accountable for care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in decision making in the management of patients.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse or Registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable criteria
- Community Nursing Degree or relevant first level degree
- Independent/ Supplementary prescriber or willingness to undertake in agreed timescale
- ENB 998/mentorship or equivalent teaching course
- Evidence of accredited long term conditions qualification e.g. COPD or relevant experience.
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience and knowledge in managing patients with long term conditions eg Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Coronary Heart Disease
- Experience of developing and implementing creative care pathways
- Up to date CPD
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Primary Care preferable
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Skills
Essential criteria
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving license and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Anya Tully
- Job title
- Practice Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01434 684216
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