Lead Nurse - Exmoor Medical Centre, Dulverton, Somerset

Are you an experienced Practice Nurse who has a qualification in Diabetes and other Long Term Conditions? Are you looking for a new challenge within a primary care setting? Symphony Healthcare Services has a vacancy for an enthusiastic Lead Nurse to help shape the future of patient care. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced nurse leader who values teamwork, quality, and compassionate care.

You will play a key role in leading our nursing team, delivering high-quality patient care, and supporting service development. If you're passionate about primary care and ready for the next step in your career, then this is a great opportunity to join our supportive and friendly team. This is a permanent, part-time post of 20 hours per week, working Monday to Friday. Working pattern (days and hours) will be discussed at interview. The annual salary for this post is £48,645.00 per annum (pro rata for part-time hours); plus many excellent employee benefits.

Main duties of the job:

• As a Symphony Lead Nurse, you would be part of a nursing team responsible for ensuring that the practice provides optimum care relevant to the practice population, either in practice or the home environment.
• You would be able to run a full Practice Nurse clinic, including providing general nurse appointment cover and long-term conditions and chronic disease management.
• You will also demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making, assessment and expert care.

About us:

Established in 2016, Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) provides NHS primary care provision across 21 sites within Somerset, linked to 14 general practice contracts. The organisation cares for approximately 132,000 patients and employs around 600 staff. Symphony is a subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and manages its services through the support of a central team.

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Specifically, our vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable, high-quality general practice, collaborating with our communities to improve experiences and health outcomes. We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance, and transform our services for the benefit of patients and staff.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony is committed to equality opportunity for all.

Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes, along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).

We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Job responsibilities:

Please see the attached job description and person specification document for a full list of duties, tasks and expectations associated with this role.

Person Specification:

• Ability to work core hours
• Flexibility for cover
• Full Driving licence and car/transport
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS
• Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base
• Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions
• Demonstrate an understanding of audit
• Experience of working in a General Practice setting
• Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred)
• Basic/advanced certificate of life support
• Awareness of the national service framework guidelines
• Understanding of health and safety issues
• Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
• Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working
• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Able to use own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.