Stennack Surgery, a general practice of over 12,000 patients, seeks a Practice Nurse Manager to lead its nursing team. The post combines day-to-day team management, rotas and appraisals with hands-on clinical work in long-term conditions, immunisations and wound care. The practice also runs minor surgery, women's health and substance misuse shared care clinics on site, in a listed Victorian building. Applicants need current NMC registration and at least a year's experience as a General Practice Nurse.
What the job involves
- Lead, manage and support the practice nursing team, including healthcare assistants
- Manage nursing rotas, holidays and sick leave, and handle unscheduled events affecting service delivery
- Deliver evidence-based nursing care and manage patients with long-term conditions, including diabetes and respiratory disease
- Oversee QOF work and run specialised chronic disease review clinics
- Lead flu, Covid and annual immunisation campaigns, including home visits to housebound patients
- Manage vaccine ordering, delivery and the cold chain, keeping PGDs and PSDs up to date
- Conduct annual nurse appraisals with the Practice Manager, oversee revalidation and registration, and keep the team's mandatory training current
- Manage the nursing budget and equipment ordering, and plan workforce needs with practice management
- Undertake wound assessment and care, venepuncture, injections and clinical observations
- Provide adult and childhood immunisations, travel health, cervical screening, NHS health checks and INR monitoring
- Develop audits, learn from complaints and incidents, and drive service improvement
- Ensure infection prevention, safeguarding and resuscitation and anaphylaxis equipment meet required standards
Qualifications
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration
- Minimum one year's experience working as a General Practice Nurse
Experience
- Experience of respiratory disease
- Experience of diabetes
- Experience of long-term condition management
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Other
- Commitment to compassionate, inclusive and patient-centred care
- Commitment to continuing professional development and maintaining clinical competence
Nice to have
- Treatment room nursing
- Wound and catheter care
- Doppler assessment and compression therapy
- Childhood immunisations and travel health
- Learning disability health checks and cervical screening
- INR monitoring
- Sexual health and contraception
- Minor injuries and minor surgery
What’s offered
- 5 weeks' annual leave plus birthday off, rising to 6 weeks after 5 years' continuous service
- 1 week study leave pro rata
- Mentorship and support
- Opportunities to develop skills
- Daily coffee meetups and social get-togethers
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Practice Nurse Manager employer: Stennack Surgery
Stennack Surgery in St Ives is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and friendly work environment where GPs can thrive. With a balanced workload, generous benefits including 6 weeks of holiday plus your birthday off, and opportunities for professional development through mentorship and practice fellowships, we prioritise the well-being and growth of our team members. Join us to be part of a community that values collaboration and continuous learning.
