Senior Practice Nurse

SWB NHS Trust are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 Senior Practice Nurse within the Summerfield Group Practice.

The successful post holder will be working in accordance with the Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and General Practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. They will also have specialist training for some chronic diseases.

Main duties of the job

Some day to day tasks include:

Takes responsibility for delegated aspects of outlet management as identified, e.g performance indicators such as QOF and PCCF requirements.

Day to day relationships will be with other members of the practice team, patients and their carers and other persons visiting or based within the Practice.

Autonomous practice within the Year of care clinics, ensuring templates are completed in line with Qof & PCCF requirements.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives