Lead Practice Nurse

Lead Practice Nurse

Central London

Full time permanent role

Our client is looking for a Lead Practice Nurse to join their team based in Central London.

As a Lead Practice Nurse you’ll be responsible for the support, delivery and clinical excellence of the nursing service, alongside running clinics and providing clinical supervisions for team members. You'll manage your own clinical case load, dealing with presenting patients’ needs in a primary care setting and work closely with GP's and nursing colleagues and members of the client’s healthcare team, referring to GP when necessary.

You will also deputize for the Head of Nursing in their absence providing guidance where necessary, conducting annual appraisals and one to ones and training needs analysis when required. You will also work alongside the Head of Nursing on special projects.

What you'll do-

• Identify and develop a plan of care and treat specific conditions in accordance with agreed professional protocols and guidelines (including prescription of non-prescription drugs following PGDs) e.g. travel health, family planning
• Be responsible for planning and organising your own workload on a day to day basis and longer term.
• Provide a treatment service for client employees with minor injuries and illnesses including onwards referral to own GP, in-house GP or hospital emergency services as appropriate
• Play an effective part of the Infection Control team
• Follow company policies, procedures and protocols and keep up to date with quality systems, standards and guidelines, help to develop and implement new policies and protocols.
• Monitor the quality of work in own area and alert others to quality issues.
• Maintain high standards of communication with patients and clinical team.
• Maintain high standards for professional record keeping within the nursing team
• Support the Head of Nursing with the primary care audits, vital voices, staff training and development.
• Oversee training of the Nursing Team, encourage and organise attendance to relevant recognised courses, ensure all competencies are up to date and that all members of the team are compliant with mandatory and relevant clinical training.

Experience and qualifications

• Flexible attitude to respond to the needs of the department and business
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing
• An understanding of the requirements of private patients working in pressurised business environment
• Understanding of clinical governance and safeguarding
• RGN and current NMC Registration
• MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
• Completion of STIP course or equivalent
• Experience of working with PGD's

For more information contact Marissa Humphries @ Greys on (phone number removed).

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