Vacancy Details

Head Nurse

Permanent Nurse in North London

ASAP - OPEN
43866
North London
London
Lead Education Nurse vacancy at a branch practice in N21.

Up to £37,275 per annum, depending on experience.

Full time-42 hours/week, including weekends.

The Lead Education Nurse is key to the business``s ability to provide a high level of clinical standards. The Lead Education Nurse will ensure that patients are managed as effectively as possible from a nursing perspective. Working with the Clinical Nurse Manager (CNM), the Lead Nurse - Education will identify areas of training and development needs within the team and ensure that education and training for the team is managed as effectively as possible.

Working enthusiastically with your team you will help maintain a happy and efficient working environment whilst providing outstanding patient and client care.

They are looking for a Registered Veterinary Nurse with a minimum of two years post-qualification experience to join the team as a Lead Education Nurse and help the practice grow. As an ideal candidate, you would have previous clinical supervisor or mentor experience, excellent communication skills, be highly organised, and able to work comfortably with autonomy in a growing practice.

The role will primarily focus on clinical duties, allowing protected time for leadership and administrative tasks that form part of the role.


Lead Education Nurse responsibilities will include:

Work with the Clinical Nursing Manager to help support the identification, prioritisation and implementation of learning, development and CPD for associates in the nursing team to include use of a skills matrix to highlight training gaps.

Ensure that the nursing team utilises centrally delivered and funded CPD and have oversight of CPD requests for external courses.

Be aware of and utilise the support that the Professional Development Team can provide for group wide CPD provision, site level CPD, targeted associate developments and career progression advice.

Work with the Clinical Nursing Manager to ensure that all new nurses entering the business are supported to complete their induction and necessary training.

All new SVNs/PCAs entering the business are supported to complete their induction and training agreement forms.

Manage Training Practice (TP) approval and maintenance of on-going audits from the Primary Centre.

Maintain and demonstrate knowledge of the RCVS Day One Skills, competencies, and Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses.

Manage and support the SVNs to ensure they are only permitted to undertake Schedule 3 procedures that are aligned with their stage of education, and that have been approved by their course provider.

Manage and support Clinical Supervisors and Mentors to ensure they are appropriately trained and supported to carry out their role, receive allocated and protected time to carry out their role, receive allocated practice funding for standardisation and relevant training.

Line management of a number of direct reports, including regular feedback and coaching and development discussions where needed.

Benefits include 25 days holiday + bank holidays, Additional paid day off to celebrate your birthday, Enhanced equal family leave, RCVS & VDS fees paid, CPD allowance and allocated CPD days, Staff discount schemes, Gym membership discount.

Please call 01280 850575 or email nurses@A1locums.com



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