Practice Nurse With Chronic Disease Experience

Symphony Healthcare Services has a vacancy for a Practice Nurse with experience in chronic disease management across Oaklands Surgery, Ryalls Park Medical Centre and Yeovil Health Centre in Yeovil, Somerset. This role is part of the Yeovil Primary Care Network of practices.

This is a permanent, part‑time post of 30 hours per week. Days and hours of work will be discussed at interview stage.

The rate of pay is £17.40 – £22.17 per hour (starting salary will be based on previous experience and specific qualifications), with the option to join the NHS or NEST pension scheme, plus other great employee benefits.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide and maintain a high standard of chronic disease management, including diagnosis, monitoring, development of individual management plans and agreement of these with patients and other health professionals.
• Be responsible for managing and running long‑term condition clinics for your speciality.
• Be proactive in QoF and enhanced services management by completing annual reviews using specific templates and patient platforms.
• Review patients who present to the service on the day needing an acute review.
• Process pathology, workflow, tasks and assist with audits as required.
• Refer directly to other services/agencies and members of multidisciplinary teams when needed, e.g. social prescribers and health and well‑being coaches.
• Supervise and provide training to other members of staff.

Job responsibilities:

• Act as a qualified Nurse to deliver high‑quality care for patients with a range of chronic diseases in the community setting.
• Work with patients and their families to develop personalised goals, manage their condition themselves and lead an independent life as possible.
• Partner with patients, families and carers to develop a personalised plan of care and monitor and amend plans to meet changing needs, including referral to partner organisations such as palliative care, social care and social prescribing teams.
• Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team but be responsible for a designated caseload of patients registered to the practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered first‑level nurse
• NMC PIN / Registration
• Qualifications in chronic disease management
• Evidence of appropriate continuing personal development

Desirable

• Mentor / teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision training and experience

Experience

Essential

• At least 2 years recent nursing experience working with patients with chronic conditions
• Audit experience
• Quality improvement experience

Desirable

• Health‑needs assessment experience
• Research experience
• Knowledge of EMIS / SystemOne and Ardens

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Management of patients with chronic diseases
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Knowledge of local and national health policy
• TEPs review
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Resource management

Desirable

• Clinical examination skills (PACR)
• Non‑Medical Prescribing (NMP)
• Change management skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a disclosure submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

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

We look forward to hearing from you.