Primary Care Network - Community Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
Gateshead Inner West are seeking a highly skilled and experienced nurse to join our dedicated PCN Community Nursing Team.
You will play a critical role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals within the community setting. You will utilise your advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage complex cases, working collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to ensure a holistic approach to patient care.
This role provides an opportunity for patients to avoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby enabling them to receive timely care and negate unnecessary delay in receiving treatment.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, without direct supervision, to patients, carers and relatives within their home environment, enabling them to enjoy maximum independence and optimum quality of life.
To work in partnership with patients and carers to offer support and advice and promote informed choice.
Responsible for supporting the development of the Complex Care Team.
To work autonomously, providing effective, evidence based care in line with competency and training record and organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
About us
Based in the Inner West of Gateshead our Primary Care Network serves over 45,000 patients across our five member Practices of: Whickham Medical Cottage, Chainbridge Medical Partnership, Glenpark Medical Practice, Teams Medical Practice & Sunniside Surgery.
We provide integrated services to our local population. Aiming to deliver more personalised, coordinated health and social care for people close to home.
The successful candidate will work alongside our current care team across all five sites.
Job responsibilities
The role involves managing patients with acute and chronic conditions, delivering expert clinical care, and leading health promotion initiatives.
Core Responsibilities:
- Manage frailty and chronic disease caseloads, developing and evaluating treatment plans.
- Provide specialist clinics and perform clinical procedures, including pathology collection and test interpretation.
- Lead vaccination and immunisation programmes, ensuring best practices in patient care.
- Recognise and refer mental health needs, safeguarding concerns, and substance abuse cases.
- Support medication management and contribute to practice targets (e.g., QOF).
- Liaise with external agencies to provide comprehensive patient support.
- Handle clinical emergencies and promote opportunistic health education.
Leadership & Development:
- Oversee the nursing team, offering mentorship and guidance.
- Act as an audit lead, ensuring compliance with clinical standards.
- Drive service development, reviewing and adapting practices in line with national policies.
- Conduct significant event reviews and implement quality improvement measures.
- Develop specialist areas of interest and refine practice protocols to enhance patient care.
This role requires strong clinical expertise, leadership, and a commitment to continuous service improvement in line with healthcare regulations and best practices.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC re-validation requirements in accordance with the NMC Re validation booklet
- Masters degree required for qualification
Desirable
- Qualified Triage Nurse
- Minor Illness Qualification
- Teaching 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.
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
Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network
Address
Gateshead Inner West Primary Care Network
Whickham Cottage Medical Centre
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE16 4PD
Employer's website
https://www.gatesheadinnerwestpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
