Senior Practice Nurse

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We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic in Practice Nurse to join the Practice Nurse Development team.

The post holder will provide a high-quality patient care to the population of Liverpool, delivering the care across all GP Practices in the Liverpool area, access to own transport would be a requirement to fulfil the advertised role.

The Post holder will have extensive previous experience of Practice Nursing, will be a qualified cervical sample taker, vaccinator of both child and adult and have experience of managing long term conditions within a community setting. This will be done via a holistic assessment of care needs and the provision of clinical care for patients/clients with acute and chronic highly complex needs. You will be expected to practice autonomously and demonstrate evidence based clinical decision making.

The post holder will have experience of Mentorship, within the advertised role the service mentor both nurses new to general practice and Health Care Assistants, the service provides Cervical Cytology assessments to both practice nurse's, GP Registrars and Nursing associates. We as a service provide education and specialist advice to qualified and non-qualified health care professional in all areas of the specialised field of nursing.

**Previous applicants need not apply**

Main duties of the job

The Role will include providing clinical support to GP practice across Liverpool, offering long term condition management, cervical cytology and baby and adult immunisations support.

As a service we also provide Mentorship of Nurse's new to General Practice and Health Care Assistants across Liverpool.

Working for our organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined specialist nursing caseload.
2.
Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.
3.
Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
4.
Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
5.
Provide advice to patients, clients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and health care.
6.
Ensure that the team provides a high-quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
7.
In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
8.
Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriate.
9.
Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.
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Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.
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Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.
12.
Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.
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Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.
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Provide information to the team leader on staff and patient/client activity as requested, to enable the effective management of the team.
15.
Support the team leader in the implementation of practice development, improvement and service modernisation initiatives.
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Support the team leader by monitoring and recording sickness and absence, capability and other issues within the team, reporting them as soon as possible.
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In conjunction with other caseload holders, provide day-to-day supervision and support for the team.
18.
Support the team leader in providing induction to the local working environment, clinical services and policies for new team members and students.
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Undertake personal development plans with other members of the team, as delegated by the team leader.
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Communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to provide best outcomes for patients/clients; this may include organising case conferences related to highly complex cases.
21.
Participate in individual and group supervision.
22.
Monitor record keeping within the team and inform the team leader of any issues.
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This includes record keeping and improving clinical competency. Support the implementation of any initiatives to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.
24.
Participate in patient satisfaction reporting to improve patient care.
25.
Work with the team leader to ensure achievement of your own personal development plan.
26.
Maintain up to date knowledge and competence in line with professional and service requirements and demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and reflective skills to ensure own professional development.
27.
Support the Team Leader in creating an environment in which learning, and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
28.
Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
29.
Facilitate pre and post registration student placements within the team.
30.
Mentor and assess pre-registration students.
31.
Participation in clinical audits and research, as required.
32.
The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.

Person specification

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience in the field of practice nursing - Must be able to evidence previous experience in GP setting
• Experience of successful multi-agency working
• Demonstrable experience in relevant area of specialised nursing practice or equivalent
• Experienced cervical sample taker
• Experienced Immuniser - both child and adult
• Evidence of CPD/Short courses, such as Diabetes management, Respiratory Care and Cardiac Care.
• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care
• Understanding of partnership working
• Understanding of the principles of care management
• Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy
• Evidence of being able to communicate complex information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Professional
• Teaching/mentorship qualification or equivalent or equivalent workbased experience

Values

Essential criteria

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Risk assessment skills
• Ability to travel to work across boundaries Self-management and motivation skills
• IT literate

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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.

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We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.

The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team (01516761452 or email sensitive@dbs.gsi.gov.uk) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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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

• Senior Practice Nurse (PDF, 162.0KB)
• Risk ID (PDF, 392.6KB)
• OH Risk ID (PDF, 392.6KB)
• A Great Place to Work (PDF, 2.1MB)
• Our People Promise and Charter (PDF, 5.8MB)
• Employee Benefits (PDF, 950.7KB)