Clinical Nurse Lead

Understand own role and scope within the Practice, responding to changes

• Hold regular team meetings to maintain lines of communication
• Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings as required
• Provision and promotion of evidence-based practice
• Remaining up to date with pertinent health policies, work with the practice team to consider the impact and the strategies for implementation
• Monitor effectiveness of clinical practice through quality assurance strategies such as clinical audit and peer reviews
• To provide clinical leadership within the nursing team, directing and supporting others through relevant change and new ways of working
• To develop the clinical staff within their roles, ensuring appropriate mentoring and support to maximise staff performance
• To organise and co-ordinate the provision of nursing services for the Practice, to include the appropriate delegation of duties, rota, holiday, appropriate training and study leave.
• Development and maintenance of relevant policies and protocols that are within the Lead
• Practice Nurse role responsibility, appropriate delegation of above to other personnel, also ensuring they are maintaining such policy and protocol
• Line manages staff members according to the Practice organisational plan.
• Work with the Head of Clinical Services to maximise all areas of income for the Practice.
• Minimise expenditure for the Practice whilst ensuring high standards of care are provided
• Develop, deliver and maintain primary nurse led services including long term conditions, maintaining disease registers in liaison with administrative staff
• Have oversight of the Infection, prevention control within the Practice, audits are performed in a timely manner and ensuring that changes and updates are reflected in the policies.
• To ensure effective communication links between IPC clinical leads, links and Facilities Manager.
• Ensuring any changes to policies are cascaded accordingly to the relevant practice team.