Enhanced Practice Nurse

The Enhanced Practice Nurse (EPN) plays a pivotal role in delivering comprehensive healthcare services, particularly under the Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) framework. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the EPN will provide advanced nursing care to patients in care home settings, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care. This role includes patient assessment, care planning, health promotion, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives.

Main duties of the job

Comprehensive Patient Assessment and Care Planning

1. Conduct thorough assessments of patients' physical and mental health needs.
2. Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.

Clinical Decision-Making

1. Utilise clinical expertise to analyze complex health conditions.
2. Apply evidence-based interventions and specialized equipment to support clinical decisions.

Enhanced Clinical Care Delivery

1. Provide advanced nursing care in dynamic and challenging environments.
2. Adapt to evolving healthcare models, incorporating innovative practices and technologies.

Patient and Family Education

1. Educate patients and their families on managing health conditions effectively.

Quality Improvement and Research

1. Implement changes based on audit findings and contribute to the development of practice protocols and guidelines.

Professional Boundaries and Delegation

1. Recognise the limits of personal competence and refer patients appropriately.
2. Delegate tasks to other team members, ensuring accountability and supervision.

Team Leadership and Supervision

1. Take responsibility for team performance and service delivery.
2. Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff and students.

About us

About us

Trent Care Network (TCN) consists of 5 GP surgeries in Saxilby, Gainsborough and Hibaldstow. We cover a population size of 40,198 patients with a range of diversity.

We pride ourselves on being an active PCN within our local system working with local system partners including NHS trusts, local council and voluntary sector.

We can offer you a generous NHS Pension, up to 33 days holiday (dependant on NHS service) and training opportunities as well as the opportunity to influence and develop this new role and team.

By working together our ambition is to strengthen and stabilise general practice.

Our aim is to continue to provide high quality healthcare to our patients in the community, whilst taking up opportunities to improve and extend our services.

PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Enhanced Practice Nurse (EPN) Job Specification

Job Title: Enhanced Practice Nurse (EPN)

Salary: Band 7 (£22.5 hrs WTE)

Location: Working across the Care Homes within Trent Care PCN Hybrid, based at Cleveland Surgery, Gainsborough

Reports To: Practice Manager and PCN Manager

Key Responsibilities

Comprehensive Patient Assessment and Care Planning

1. Conduct thorough assessments of patients' physical and mental health needs.
2. Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.

Clinical Decision-Making

1. Utilise clinical expertise to analyze complex health conditions.
2. Apply evidence-based interventions and specialized equipment to support clinical decisions.

Enhanced Clinical Care Delivery

1. Provide advanced nursing care in dynamic and challenging environments.
2. Adapt to evolving healthcare models, incorporating innovative practices and technologies.

Patient and Family Education

1. Educate patients and their families on managing health conditions effectively.

Quality Improvement and Research

1. Implement changes based on audit findings and contribute to the development of practice protocols and guidelines.

Professional Boundaries and Delegation

1. Recognise the limits of personal competence and refer patients appropriately.
2. Delegate tasks to other team members, ensuring accountability and supervision.

Team Leadership and Supervision

1. Take responsibility for team performance and service delivery.
2. Provide supervision and mentorship to junior staff and students.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Nursing or completion of a Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA).
• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Postgraduate qualification at Level 7 or above in a relevant field (e.g., wound care, diabetes management, respiratory care, cardiovascular disease, dementia care, women's health, public health, or population health management).

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in managing complex patient care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in supervising and mentoring.

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

The Welby Group

Address

Cleveland Surgery

Vanessa Drive

Gainsborough

Lincolnshire

DN21 2UQ

Employer's website

https://www.thewelbypractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)