Trainee Practice Nurse

This role is for someone looking to work with a dynamic organisation and is prepared to adapt and develop with the team. We are looking for someone enthusiastic and flexible ideally with a background in primary care, though this is not essential, this role could be appropriate for someone at the beginning of their career. The aim of this project is to extend and enhance the current opportunities for education and training in Primary care and beyond, while creating extra capacity and retaining current nursing staff. This is a fantastic opportunity for a nurse to not only train as a General practice Nurse (GPN) but be part of an innovative project. The aim of this project is to extend and enhance the current opportunities for education and training in Primary care and beyond, while creating extra capacity and retaining current nursing staff. The post holder will provide backfill for local GPNs across Islington to enable them to be released for educational purposes. The post holder will be pivotal to the enhancement of training and development in Islington,

• To develop the necessary skills and competencies required to be a Practice Nurse
• Work within their level of competency at all times
• Be able to develop and maintain a working collaboration with patients and other healthcare professionals
• Develop skills to manage the changing needs of the patients and the practice
• Through competency frameworks introduce the new skills learnt in training and take responsibility to ensure appropriate sign offs of these competencies
• To administer prescribed medications and immunisations where appropriate when prescribed or by Patient Group Direction
• When opportunity arises promote health through education and screening
• Contribute to the practices achieving its Quality Outcomes Framework Targets (QOF)
• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care under supervision and with direction from clinical lead or senior nursing staff and GPs.
  
  Islington GP Federation (IGPF) is a growing organisation representing 31 practices; we have established ourselves as a leader in new ways of working, including running Islingtons extended access primary care services (I:HUB) as well as supporting the Islington Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Our current range of services include the Extended Access Service, I:HUB, Community Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), Integrated Community Gynaecology, practice-based pharmacists and a range of practice support mechanisms.
IGPF works very closely with a range of partners including the regional commissioning group, NHS England, Healthy London Partnership, Public Health, local hospitals such as UCLH, the Whittington Health and the London Borough of Islington. IGPF is the host organisation for the Primary Care Network (PCN) workforce and the Islington Training Hub, and has been working for over two years to create training and development programmes that meet the needs of staff working in primary and community care settings. IGPF runs two Islington GP practices on caretaking contracts; a third practice will be taken on within this financial quarter.