Senior Practice Nurse - #1677268

Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.

SWB NHS Trust are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 Senior Practice Nurse within the Summerfield Group Practice.

The successful post holder will be working in accordance with the Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and General Practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. They will also have specialist training for some chronic diseases.

Some day to day tasks include:

Takes responsibility for delegated aspects of outlet management as identified, e.g performance indicators such as QOF and PCCF requirements.

Day to day relationships will be with other members of the practice team, patients and their carers and other persons visiting or based within the Practice.

Autonomous practice within the Year of care clinics, ensuring templates are completed in line with Qof & PCCF requirements.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:

• Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff


• Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do


• Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of what this role entails

• Registered first level nurse.


• Community nursing specialist qualification or equivalent.


• Mentor/teaching qualification. Clinical supervision training and experience.


• Independent and/or supplementary nurse Prescribing qualification.

• Relevant experience of primary and community nursing experience.


• Appropriate experience of nurse-led management of chronic conditions.


• Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines.


• Experience of quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.


• Experience of Practice Systems clinical systems


• Experience of data entry

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Shabnam Khan Job title Summerfield Group Practice, Practice Manager Email address ************@nhs.net Telephone number 01212550419