PCN Community & Care Home Nurse

Job Purpose
As a newly qualified/registered Practice Nurse the role holder will be responsible for the provision of clinical advice and support, initially with close supervision whilst settling into the role. The post is patient facing and the role holder is expected to be proactive in meeting the needs of the service, patients and their families/carers and respond to changes in a flexible and positive manner. The role holder will be required to carry out processes and provide tailored advice and guidance within their area of expertise working to an established framework of internal and GP practice policies, procedures and regulations, always guided by external regulations, professional standards and legal processes.

The role holder will be required to assess patients needs, identifying requirements and understand risk factors, as well as providing nursing assistance to GPs and other members of the primary healthcare team.

The post includes the provision of services as outlined in the PCN DES and Enhanced Health in Care Homes specification which are deliverable under the guidance of the lead PCN Nurse. You will be working within a team and may be required to offer supervision and guidance to other roles for example Care Co-ordinators and Health Coaches. It is expected that the PCN Nursing team will develop over the course of your employment, to include a much wider service and increased capacity. It is within the scope of your role to be involved with the growth and development which may also include the progression and development of your own role where deemed necessary.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered General Nurse

Desirable

• Post grad diploma or degree relating to primary care.

Attributes
Essential

• Recognises when the limits of own competence are exceeded and is able to identify how and from whom to seek support.
• Listens proactively and collaborates with colleagues and wider teams and is able to share learning from their experiences
• Acts with integrity and professionalism at all times and is conscientious and committed to provide a high quality service.

Experience
Essential

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to GPs as appropriate
• Understands the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness.
• Understands principles of Clinical Governance
• Ability to make good medical notes

Desirable

• Interest in one or more of the following: asthma and COPD
• Doppler Studies/Ulcer care
• Able to remove coils
• Wound care
• Removal of Sutures/Staples
• NHS Health checks
• Urinalysis
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Perform Chronic Disease Management reviews
• Routine immunisations/childhood immunisations
• Women's Health-Cervical Cytology, Contraception and assisting GP with coil fitting.

Working Arrangements
The post holder will have a base at Church View Health Centre but will be required to work flexibly across the PCN footprint, which may include working within any of the other surgeries and across other community settings.

As the role requires the postholder to commute across the Wakefield District applicants should either hold a full driving licence, which is valid in the UK, and hold the relevant car insurance to cover travel for business purposes or can be mobile by using other modes of transport for which reasonable expenses will be payable.

Hours of work are flexible between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday.

Employee benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Training and Development opportunities
• Minimum of 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to a maximum of 33 days after 10 years service
• Company sick pay, company maternity and other family leave pay (subject to service)
• Professional/clinical supervision

Contract Fixed term, 18 months
Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Closing date 28 November 2026
Location: Wakefield

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. Apply through our website.