About this role
Job summary
Join The Lakes Medical Practice and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to our diverse practice population. As a valued member of our team, you will work autonomously and collaboratively to support patients with long-term conditions, provide preventative healthcare, promote healthy lifestyles, and contribute to the ongoing development of nursing services within the practice.
We are looking for a motivated, compassionate and skilled registered nurse who is passionate about primary care and committed to delivering safe, evidence-based care. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical expertise while working in a supportive and forward-thinking practice that values teamwork, continuous learning and professional development.
The role offers a varied workload including chronic disease management, health promotion, immunisations, cervical screening, wound care and patient education. You will also have opportunities to contribute to quality improvement initiatives, mentor colleagues and support the delivery of excellent patient outcomes.
If you are an enthusiastic nurse who enjoys building long-term relationships with patients, thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to make a real difference to the health and wellbeing of the local community, we would love to hear from you. Working with us means joining a dedicated team that is committed to innovation, high standards of care and supporting staff to reach their full potential.
Main duties of the job
As a General Practice Nurse, you will deliver a wide range of nursing services to patients across all age groups within a busy primary care setting. You will manage long-term health conditions, provide health promotion and preventative care, support vaccination and screening programmes, and deliver treatment for minor illnesses and injuries.
The role involves conducting nurse-led clinics, supporting patients to improve their health and wellbeing, providing advice and education, and working closely with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive high-quality, coordinated care. You will also contribute to service improvement, clinical governance, safeguarding, infection prevention and quality initiatives, while maintaining accurate patient records and supporting the development of colleagues and nursing services.
This is a varied and rewarding position that offers the opportunity to build lasting relationships with patients, work autonomously, and make a meaningful contribution to the health of the local community.
About us
The Lakes Medical Practice is a friendly, forward-thinking GP practice serving the communities of Penrith and the surrounding areas. We are committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred healthcare while creating a supportive and inclusive environment for our staff.
Our team includes GPs, nurses, healthcare assistants, pharmacists, care coordinators, paramedics, administrative and patient support staff, all working together to provide the best possible care for our patients. We value teamwork, professionalism and mutual respect, recognising that every member of the practice plays an important role in our success.
We pride ourselves on fostering a positive working culture where staff are encouraged to share ideas, contribute to service improvement and develop their skills. We support continuous professional development and provide opportunities for training and career progression.
Working with us offers the chance to be part of a welcoming and dedicated team that is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of our local community. We understand the importance of work-life balance and staff wellbeing and strive to create a workplace where colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered to deliver excellent patient care every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- 1) ROLE OF DEPARTMENT
Respond to the nursing needs of patients and their carers
Provide any immediately necessary treatment
Provide ongoing management of all long term conditions according to practice protocols and NHS guidance
Provide patients with information and advice to promote health and wellbeing
Provide appropriate support to other practice team members relating to nursing procedures
Carry out risk minimisation and public health campaigns and programs
- 2) KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
(The range of individuals and organisations the post holder has contact with, how regularly and for what purpose)
Patient support team-daily-booking of appointments
Prescriptions team-daily-processing prescription requests
Doctor team-daily-carrying out delegated tasks
External healthcare professionals-daily-co-ordinating shared care of patients
- 3) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST
Clinical practice
Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programs that promote health and well being
Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known ling term condition
Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long term condition as appropriate
Work with other health care professionals to diagnose, monitor, manage and treat long term conditions, including non-drug based treatment methods using a management plan, and in line with national and local policies and practice needs.
Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols.
Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments.
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over the counter medication on medication regimens, side effects and interactions.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self care.
Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations
Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for mental health
Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
Promote and deliver evidence based care for patient presenting with aural conditions
Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
Communication
Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
Communicate with and support patients receiving bad news
Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
Anticipate barriers to communication and take actions to improve communication
Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
Delivering a quality service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
Prioritise, organise and mange own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence based care
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvement where required
Collaborate on improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinical teams, responding to local and national polices and initiatives as appropriate.
Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
Participate in the management and review of patient complaints, and identify learning from clinical incidents and near miss events using a structured framework (e.g. root cause analysis)
Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery
Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abuse children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance.
Leadership personal and practice development
Take responsibility for own development learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.
Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice
Encourage others to make realistic self assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
Act as a clinical leader in the deliver of GPN services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority
Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.
Work with practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill mix are available to meet current and future service delivery
Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
Participate in the planning and engagement of practice based commissioning or similar initiatives
Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (e.g. PALS), and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
Team working
Understand own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team
Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery
Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
Management of risk
Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
Monitor work areas and practices to ensure thy are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs. Oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements
Support members of the nursing team to undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
Learning and development
Act as a mentor for more junior staff and students, assessing competence against set standards as requested
Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform other about current and future developments
Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL STAFF
The post holder is expected to
adhere to practice policies and procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies
attend mandatory training as identified by the practice
highlight potential development areas
The post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients staff and practice business in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2025 and Caldicott principles.
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health & Safety at work Act (1974), to ensure that the agreed safety procedures are carried out to maintain a safe environment for employees and visitors.
All staff have a responsibility to report all clinical and non-clinical accidents, incidents or near-misses promptly and when requested to co-operate with any investigations undertaken.
The practice has adopted an equal opportunities policy and all employees must be aware of their obligations to abide by the spirit and nature of the policy.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of management of patients with long term conditions
- Know of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Knowledge of local and national health policy
- Wider health economy awareness
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care
- Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
- Clinical leadership skills
- Change management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to communicate difficult messages to patients and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Ability to provide teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
- IT skills
Desirable
- Experience in diabetes management.
- Knowledge of current diabetic management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Flexibility, Enthusiasm and Team player
- Ability to work across boundaries
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse
- Relevant nursing/health degree
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Desirable
- Independent / supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
The Lakes Medical Practice
Address
The Health Centre
Bridge Lane
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 8HW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.thelakesmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)