Your Primary Care Training Hub have created and collated the below resources to support the nursing workforce across the North East and North Cumbria. This includes both the registered and non-registered nursing workforce within primary care.
About Nursing Roles
Understanding Roles in Primary Care Website
The Understanding Roles in Primary Care website gives information around skills and competencies, educational pathways, job descriptions, case studies and more for Practice Nurses, Enhanced Practice Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practioners, Nursing Associates and Student Nursing Associates.
Click here to access. This will soon be updated to include more nursing roles, so watch this space!
Getting Started
NHS Jobs
If you're looking for to get into a nursing role within primary care, these are all being advertised on NHS Jobs and HealthJobs.
For guidance on completing a successful application on NHS Jobs, click here.
Induction Support
The Primary Care Training Hub work with local stakeholders to arrange induction programmes for those new to primary care. To find out if your area has a local induction coming up, get in touch!
Tools, Resources and Support for the General Practice Nursing
Training
There is access to a variety of training courses, opportunities, resources and learning tools to support your development.
Registered Nursing Training
Non-Registered Nursing Training
Nursing Training Resource
Discover a Nursing Career (CNO02)
Nurses looking to start a role in general practice can take a first step with this three-month module, delivered by Northumbria University, which aims to equip them for a potential application and interview. The training is designed to improve understanding and awareness of general practice and encourage pre-registration nurses to see the value and potential of a career in this area.
The module is available to nurses and nursing associates at all levels from pre-registration through to registered nurses working in different healthcare settings who want to start a career in general practice. Topics include learning how the role fits within the multi-disciplinary team, developing one-to-one communications skills and understanding how to operate in a primary care environment.
To view the module, please click here.
Delivered by Teesside University, this module will appeal to nurses and nursing associates at all levels working in different healthcare settings, who want to start a career in general practice, including those working across adult, mental health, learning disability and children’s nursing.
This course increases your employability within primary care. It is available to nurses and nursing associates, including pre-registration, through to registered nurses working in different healthcare settings who want to start a career in general practice. This includes those working in adult, mental health, learning disability and children’s nursing.
To view the course brochure, please click here.
To view the module, please click here.
Delivered by Univeristy of Cumbria, this Level 6 module aims to provide prospective candidates from nursing associate backgrounds an overview and insight into working within a general practice/primary care setting, developing the foundation of skills and enhancing knowledge impacting the delivery of local care. Supported by highly experienced academics from within the field of general practice nursing, this module will provide the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and understanding and how this differs from, but is essential to, secondary and tertiary care settings and provision.
Candidates from Nursing or Nursing Associate pathways who are currently working toward registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and/or
Candidates who are currently registered as Nurses or Nursing Associates with the Nursing and Midwifery Council are eligible to apply.
To view the module, please click here.
To view the Discovering a Nursing Career in General Practice (CNO002) Level 7 module, please click here.
Core Capabilities Framework
This career and core capability framework will help to promote and support nurses, employers, workforce planners and people to understand the wealth of knowledge, skills and attributes that the nursing profession can provide in primary care/general practice, to meet the needs of the population.
Click here to access.
Supervision
If you're in a position where you're looking for clinical supervision, click here to view the supervisors available across North East and North Cumbria and send a request to be paired with one.
Events
Keep up to date on the virtual and face to face events coming up through our events page on GP TeamNet. We recommend checking this regularly, as it is often updated with events that may be relevant to your role, your interests or your development.
Click here to access.