In what is a dose of pure positivity for a Monday, Alvanley Family Practice’s award-winning Nursing Director and Practice Nurse Katherine Parker joins Ben on this week’s Ockham podcast to give us an insight into the work of Primary Care nurses and how they can make a difference when stepping into leadership roles. Katherine details her own journey; where she sits within the wider practice team, the empowerment she has been given oversee the clinical workload and the innovation that she and her team continue to champion in their area. She also reflects on the impact of PCNs, the pandemic and how other practices and networks can better attract, retain, recognise, and champion their own nursing workforce, so that there is greater confidence in promoting general practice nursing across the board.

 

Introduction (10 secs)

Katherine’s role within the practice (24 secs)

The remit of a Nursing Director (1 min 10 secs)

Alignment with Practice Manager, Kay (1 min 56 secs)

Celebrating and championing innovation (2 mins 42 secs)

Group Consultations (3 mins 33 secs)

Why group consultations work (5 mins 5 secs)

A more efficient use of time? (5 mins 53 secs)

Social prescribing and the Alvanley Health Champions (6 mins 47 secs)

What are Alvanley’s key objectives when it comes to social presciribing? (8 mins 19 secs)

Wellness Navigators (9 mins 4 secs)

The benefits of a non-medical approach (11 mins 5 secs)

Katherine’s view of PCNs, from a nursing perspective (11 mins 37 secs)

Valuing Primary Care nurses (12 mins 33 secs)

Recruitment and retention (13 mins 25 secs)

Advocacy and empowerment of nurses (14 mins 54 secs)

The impact of Covid (16 mins 28 secs)

Ninja nursing! (18 mins 38 secs)

Advice for GPs and practices (19 mins 19 secs)

Finding out more & getting in touch (20 mins 34 secs)

 

The Alvanley Family Practice Facebook page can be found here

A wealth of resources can be found when searching for Katherine Parker and / or Kay Keane online (other search engines are available!)

More about Katherine the Ninja Nurse here

Finally, you can make direct contact with Katherine here