Senior General Practice Nurse
With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more.
We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
As a valued member of our large nursing team supporting a Primary Care Network, you will contribute to delivering high‑quality nursing care to our General Practice population, including patients who are housebound. Practices are over 7 locations so a willingness to cover all sites is required.
Working as part of a wider General Practice team, the post holder will have responsibility for general treatment duties including leg ulcer management and administration of injectable medicines for patients for . e.g for b12 deficiency, contraception or management of prostate cancer, children and adult immunisations, participation in seasonal vaccinations clinics, travel consultation clinics as well as offering cytology as part of the national cervical screening team.
As a team committed to education and professional development, we regularly welcome students and newly qualified colleagues. Teaching, supervising, and mentoring will therefore form an important part of your role, alongside a willingness to share skills, support learning, and contribute to the development of new‑to‑practice nurses.
Main duties of the job- General treatment duties, via booked clinics to offer wound and ulcer management, support long term disease education, administer injectable medications as required.
- Child and adult immunisations as per national schedules.
- Travel clinic consultations.
- Well woman clinics.
- Supervising other members of the team such as Nurses, Health care assistants student nurses and Nurse Associates, .
- Participating in infection control audits and other assurance protocols.
- Management of patients with long term conditions.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this job role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RN adults with current NMC registration.
- ENB 199 or equivalent qualification/experience
- Assessing qualification
- Teaching qualification
- ENB 199/100/124 Or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria- Recent post registration experience as a General Practice Nurse post-registration experience, within General practice.
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
- Working to achieve the Government QOF.
- Preceptorship
Multi-site working
The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond".
To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:
- Better protect elective / planned care service delivery across the system by organising on a 'hot and cold' arrangement
- Consider the optimal use of resources through consolidation and specialisation, and
- Seek to reduce unwarranted variance, level up / standardise care through a 'Networked Service Solution' approach across the four sites
Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department by joining our Green Impact programme.