Lead Practice Nurse

Lead Practice Nurse Great Western Medical Practice 33 Hours 39400 - 44600 per annum (for 33 hours)

Are you an experienced Practice Nurse ready to take the next step into a clinical leadership role

OneMedical Group is seeking a dedicated and experienced Lead Practice Nurse to join the team at Great Western Medical Practice in Aberdeen.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled nurse with experience in primary care and long-term condition management to lead and develop our nursing team whilst continuing to provide outstanding clinical care to our patients.

As Lead Practice Nurse you will play a pivotal role in delivering safe effective and evidence-based nursing services supporting service development and ensuring excellent patient outcomes. Working closely with the GP team Clinical Lead and Practice Manager you will help shape the future of nursing services within the practice.

About Great Western Medical Practice

Great Western Medical Practice is a busy and well-established primary care service in Aberdeen providing high-quality healthcare to a diverse patient population.

As part of OneMedical Group the practice benefits from being part of a progressive and supportive healthcare organisation that is committed to delivering outstanding patient care whilst investing in its people.

Why OneMedical Group

For over 20 years OneMedical Group has been redefining how healthcare is delivered in the UK. As a leading independent family-run healthcare organisation we provide NHS services at scale and design build and manage the spaces where care happens bringing everything together under one roof.

We believe the best places to work are created by people who genuinely love what they do and celebrate each others success. Our culture combines national ambition with genuine family heart with a workplace rooted in trust empowerment and collaboration.

Above all we are united by a shared purpose: creating spaces and delivering services that make a lasting positive difference to the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Your Role & Responsibilities

As Lead Practice Nurse you will combine hands-on clinical practice with leadership and management responsibilities to ensure the delivery of high-quality nursing services.

Your responsibilities will include:

Clinical Leadership & Patient Care

• Providing safe effective evidence-based nursing care to patients with acute and chronic conditions.
• Managing and reviewing care for patients with long-term conditions including diabetes asthma COPD and coronary heart disease.
• Supporting the development and delivery of nurse-led services health screening programmes and preventative healthcare initiatives.
• Contributing to the achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and other contractual requirements.
• Reviewing clinical results and ensuring appropriate follow-up and intervention.
• Undertaking medication reviews within competence and scope of practice.
• Delivering immunisations vaccinations and travel health services.
• Undertaking a range of clinical procedures including cervical cytology wound care venepuncture blood pressure monitoring spirometry urinalysis and chronic disease reviews.
• Promoting health and wellbeing through patient education and preventative health interventions.
• Maintaining accurate and timely clinical records in line with NMC and information governance requirements.

Leadership & Team Management

• Providing leadership support and clinical direction to the nursing team.
• Managing nursing team rotas annual leave study leave and workforce planning.
• Conducting appraisals one-to-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Supporting recruitment induction supervision and ongoing development of nursing colleagues.
• Acting as a mentor and role model for nurses healthcare assistants and students.
• Promoting a positive learning culture focused on continuous professional development.
• Supporting quality improvement initiatives clinical audits and service development projects.
• Working collaboratively with practice colleagues and external stakeholders to continuously improve patient services.

What We Are Looking For

Were looking for an experienced and confident nurse who is passionate about primary care clinical excellence and developing others.

Youll ideally bring:

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Degree-level nursing qualification.
• Minimum of five years post-registration nursing experience.
• At least two years recent experience within primary care or community nursing.
• Experience delivering care for patients with acute and chronic conditions.
• Competence in core practice nursing skills including cervical cytology immunisations vaccinations and wound care.
• Experience managing long-term conditions such as diabetes COPD and asthma.
• Strong communication organisational and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to lead support and develop a nursing team.
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice clinical governance and patient safety.

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing Qualification (V300).
• Clinical supervision training and experience.
• Additional qualifications in chronic disease management (asthma diabetes COPD etc).
• Travel health qualification or experience.
• Experience undertaking appraisals rota management and workforce planning.
• Experience of clinical audit and quality improvement.
• Knowledge of QOF GMS and primary care contracts.

What We Offer

• Salary: 23.00 - 26.00 per hour dependent on experience.
• Hours: 33 hours per week.
• Annual Leave: 25 days plus Bank Holidays (pro rata) increasing with length of service plus an additional days leave awarded for every completed year of service.
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Work-Life Balance: A supportive working environment alongside enhanced Maternity Paternity and Adoption Pay.
• Health and Benefits: 24/7 confidential support through the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme Eye Care Vouchers Cycle to Work Scheme and OneMedical Groups Refer a Friend Bonus Scheme.
• Development: Ongoing learning and career development opportunities including mandatory and role-specific training professional development and opportunities to progress within a growing healthcare organisation.

Through our developing Elevate Academy we are creating clear and accessible pathways that support colleagues from induction and role-specific learning through to apprenticeships specialist expertise and leadership development.

Ready to Make a Difference

If youre an experienced Practice Nurse looking for an opportunity to lead a nursing team influence service development and continue providing excellent patient care wed love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality primary care services whilst helping to shape and develop nursing services for the future.

OneMedical Group is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting diversity inclusion and a supportive working environment for everyone.

If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process or would simply like to learn more about joining our family please contact .

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