As a clinical member of the Management Team be responsible for the safe and effective delivery and future development of the nursing and overall clinical services. Work with other senior staff to ensure the achievement of Practice aims and objectives and the efficient and effective running of the nursing service and the service as a whole, collaborating on setting policy for the clinical service and the nursing team. Plan, develop and implement specific projects and new nursing services as required. Ensure that the Nursing Team are supported with CPD meetings to disseminate information relevant to practices and ensure that the team are aware of any changes. Including gathering information, setting agendas, minuting and sending out minutes. Lead on infection control for the practice. Attend contract, SEA and any other appropriate meetings and ensure nurses are aware of any feedback from these. Identify the nursing requirement to meet the practice population need, assessing the impact and implementation of skill-mix in the delivery of care and developing new services and increasing skill-mix as appropriate. Maintain record of nurse/HCA/NA competencies and ensure all teams are aware of this. Ensure nursing team are meeting all clinical contract standards such as QOF Liaise with nurse chronic disease leads and plan/ process map changes to improve the surgery chronic disease management ensuring we meet NICE/ QOF/contract guidelines and targets Respond to all nurse related clinical queries from all other teams. Advise as needed. Advise Nurse admin re clinical queries and oversee nurse rota checking correct skill mix, advising re holiday cover, absences or training requirements in conjunction with the Director of Nursing. Provide clinical cover where required to maintain a safe and effective nursing service.



Duties will include those typically performed by Practice Nurses/treatment room nurse as well as Chronic disease management and reviews. Line Management and Leadership Carry out Revalidation interviews for Practice Nurse Team. Maintain an open door policy for all nursing team and provide supervision on an ad hoc basis. Build and lead a cohesive and effective team with good cross team communication. Lead or participate in recruitment as required and implement induction programmes for recent Practice nursing staff. Organise work and delegate clearly and appropriately, assessing the competence of those taking on delegated tasks and ensuring safe practice. Assess competence of clinical staff, including in-house certification of staff where appropriate (e.g. Healthcare Assistants). Provide pastoral support for staff when required, particularly in relation to issues that affect their ability to work. Communicate resource constraints to the team and discuss with them ideas for effective and efficient working within these constraints. Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external valuable practice. Teaching and Training Promote a learning environment, act as a mentor and assess all training needs for the Practice Nursing Team and organise training needed to achieve an effective and safe service.



Ensure that all required training is completed by members of the team and documented. Plan in-house training and competencies for PNs/HCAs/ NAs. Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and training as necessary to update skills and knowledge. Participation in the monthly educational and training events of the Practice, and set the monthly agenda for the Practice nursing team. Participation in the induction of new staff, students and other attached professionals as necessary. Facilitate and organise the introduction of student nurses into the practice working closely with Oxford Brookes University. Communication Effective communication with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure the smooth running of the practices. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication. Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. To communicate difficult, often unpleasant or sensitive, messages to patients and families. Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues. Information Resources Review, enter and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring, financial and audit processes. To understand and follow the requirements of confidentiality (including the Data Protection Act) and the Freedom of Information Act and to refer on any queries as appropriate. To follow Practice policy regarding the use of email and computer tasks as the main internal method of non-verbal communication and the use of the intranet and the internet as the main source of internal and external information, including th

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