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