Job Description

Act as an audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle and developing the health champion role

Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments

Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

Support and participate in shared learning within the practice

Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the practice

Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)

Drive the development of nursing services within the practice, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation



Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes

Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice

Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients

Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients' health

Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler etc.)

Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing etc.

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens

Request pathology services as necessary

Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required

Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

Ensure read codes are used effectively

Maintain chronic disease registers

Develop, implement and embed well man clinics

Develop, implement and embed an effective call/recall system

Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs



We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.



Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.



The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.



Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance

Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required

Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance

Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)

Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of the practice of the individual

Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies

Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour , referring patients appropriately

Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate