Nurse Manager / Lead Nurse

Nurse Manager Job Description Management Ensure the Nursing Team work effectively to provide a high quality service to patients and to work effectively with other agencies Develop, review and implement nursing protocols in conjunction with the Partners and Management Team Support all members of the nursing/HCA team, providing guidance when necessary, conducting appraisals and training needs analyses as required Co-ordinate the nursing team rota, ensuring sufficient staff are available to meet patient needs and hit the targets Supervise and assess the Nursing Team’s performance, ensuring a high standard of performance and personal development. Identify gaps within the Nursing Team skill set, and ensure staff are upskilled and trained accordingly. This includes: Nursing Team, HCA’s and GPA’s. Ensure resilience within the nursing team, in case of emergencies. Support the recruitment, selection and retention of nursing staff to meet the health and well-being needs of the practice population To organise monthly Nurse Meetings and follow up with any necessary actions Offer and provide clinical supervision to other members of the practice nursing team and act as a Line Manager to HCA’s, Nurses and GPA’s. Develop a working environment that promotes healthy, safe and effective work outcomes Clinical Identify, assess and manage patients with complex health needs, in all cases in accordance with practice policies & protocols Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate To manage acute and chronic conditions and ensure the appropriate maintenance and use of chronic disease registers To provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care To develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes and improve the health and well-being of the specific needs of communities, groups and individuals To co-ordinate the provision of travel medicine services, and to ensure we promotion of the service To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies Lead the child immunisation clinic and work with the nursing team to ensure a robust recalling system for 8 weeks checks and baby immunisations. Identifying health trends and public health issues and working with the team and others to combat these by ensuring patient education and/or specific clinics (e.g. MMR clinics following the rise of Measles) Working with public health initiatives ensuring the work of the team is up to date Nursing Targets Continually monitor the QOF targets and PIP reports to ensure we are on target and feedback to the Practice Manager and Targets Lead frequently. Highlight areas where we are not on target and communicate with the Recalls Lead/GPA’s/Management Team Organise Flu, Shingles, Pneumonia, Health Check Clinics etc. to ensure we are profitable and providing excellent patient care Ensure we have a comprehensive cervical screening recall system, and that smear results/colposcopy referrals are processed effectively and in a timely manner. Leading the team in achieving the immunisation guidelines and targets Compliance Lead by example in promoting high infection prevention & control (IPC) standards in clinical treatment and throughout the practice to ensure a quality service. Ensuring all rooms are CQC compliant Assist in compilation and implementation of policy, guidance and procedures relating to IPC in the practice To maintain updated knowledge and skills in IPC and feeding back / share information appropriately on matters relating to IPC to all practice staff. Participate in the review of significant events and support and participate in shared learning within the practice Ensure all PGD’s are kept up-to-date and that all nursing staff are compliant with them Ensuring all rooms remain CQC compliant Monitor stocking levels and ensuring no out of date equipment or stock in found within the rooms Quality and Administrative Work with the GPA’s and Admin Team to reduce DNA’s Ensure all workflow and tasks are actioned in a timely manner Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Any other duties commensurate with the role to ensure the smooth running of the Practice. To apply, please contact Will Drake, [email protected] / 07443 192 261