General Practice Nurse (GPN) Ready Scheme

Application Pack for GP Practices

Background Information

Health Education England working across Yorkshire and the Humber wish to invite GP practices to apply to participate in the GPN Ready Scheme.

What is ‘GPN Ready’?

General Practice Nurses (GPNs) need support and development when they first work in a primary care environment. They need to consolidate their skills, practice working independently and with a great deal of autonomy, and formulate a development plan that will start them on their journey to a long and productive career in one of the key (and growing) parts of the healthcare economy.

Supporting the development of a new nurse to be ‘GPN ready’ is crucial- and Health Education England, working across Yorkshire and the Humber has a new scheme to incentivise and encourage this important development work.

The Offer

Health Education England will provide funding of £8,000 over two years to those GP practices who offer to appoint a new NMC registered nurse to work in their practice, and who are successful in accessing funding through the scheme. We anticipate that the nurse will have registered with the NMC no earlier than 1st August 2016.

The understanding will be that the practice will use these funds to support and supervise the new nurse in a package of formal academic and experiential supervision and learning over a period of not less than two years. In year two, this plan will continue, but will also include an NMC approved mentorship programme (often called Supporting Learning in Practice or ‘SLiP’).

What this scheme is NOT

This scheme is not intended to be used to support any of the routine activity involved with employing a new member of staff. Induction and orientation programmes would apply to any new employee, regardless of whether they were newly registered.

Equally, routine professional development (for instance, when a new intervention or technique is recommended in primary care, that requires additional training for any member of the workforce), is not covered within this scheme.

Completing the Application Form

You should be fully aware of the scheme before you make an application. We welcome questions at any time.

Should you now wish to apply on behalf of your practice for funding under the GPN ready scheme, then ALL portions of this application form should be completed, and signed by an individual at your practice able to authorise recruitment.

Applications should be sent to: / Rebecca Burgess-Dawson
Placement Development Manager
Applications may be sent by post: / Health Education England,
working across Yorkshire & The Humber
Ground Floor
Willow Terrace Road
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Or by e-mail: /
Applications must be received by: / 17:00 on Wednesday 15th June 2016

Applications received after this date may not be considered.

Although Health Education England will make every effort to liaise and assist practices in the application process, no responsibility will be taken for applications that are incomplete, delayed or otherwise not submitted correctly.

In 2016, the scheme is limited to 50 places.

We believe that applications for this scheme will be oversubscribed. Therefore we have made arrangements to review each application on the information given, and to make qualitative assessment on the information given in order to select the 50 applications that we believe give the scheme best chance of success; that is, to secure newly qualified nurses working in primary care as their choice of career.

GPN Ready Application Form

Section One: About the Applying Practice

Q1 / Practice Name / Click here to enter text.
Q2 / Practice Address / Address Line 1 / Click here to enter text.
Address Line 2 / Click here to enter text.
Town / Click here to enter text.
County / Click here to enter text.
Postcode / Click here to enter text.
Q3 / Practice Telephone: / Click here to enter text.
Q4 / The CCG area for this practice is: / Click here to enter text.
Q5 / GMC Registered Training Practice? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q6 / Using the GP Workforce Tool? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q7 / Part of the Advanced Training Practice (ATP) Scheme? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
If YES, please state whether a- / HUB / ☐ / SPOKE / ☐
Q8 / Learner activity at your practice: / Student Nurses / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Student Doctors / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Core Trainees (Medicine) / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Physician’s Associates / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Student Allied Health Professionals / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Trainee Pharmacists / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Other healthcare learner / Currently / ☐ / Previously / ☐ / Never / ☐
Q9 / Name of person applying: / Click here to enter text.
Role at the Practice: / Click here to enter text.
Do you have responsibility for workforce budget? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q9a / How many GPN Ready Scheme places are you applying for? / Click here to enter text.

Section Two: About the Practice’s preparedness to participate in the GPN Ready Scheme

Q10 / Do you currently have registered nurses working at your surgery? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q11 / About your nurses: / How many registered nurses work at your practice? / Click here to enter text.
How many are General Practice Nurses? / Click here to enter text.
What is the Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) of all your nurses combined? / Click here to enter text.
How many of these nurses are expected to leave (by retirement or any other route) within the next two years? / Click here to enter text.
Q12 / Nurse Teaching / Is there a nurse in your practice with mentorship experience? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Is there a nurse in your practice with a formal teaching qualification? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Is there a nurse in your practice who has previously supported a new graduate nurse in general practice? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q13 / We have an established person who leads on training and development at this practice: / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q14 / This practice is in a position to support a nurse who may be new to primary care: / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Q15 / Are you going to recruit a nurse to your practice soon? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Are you going to recruit a newly qualified nurse to your practice? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
If yes, how far along the recruitment processes are you? (Choose one)
We already recruited a nurse, and they started
(or are due to) on: / Click here to enter a date.
We have already offered employment to a new graduate, pending their registration / ☐
We have advertised for a new nurse, and have already interviewed / ☐
We have advertised for a new nurse, and are about to interview / ☐
We are preparing an advert for a new nurse / ☐
We have yet to formally agree the recruitment of a new nurse at our practice / ☐
Q16 / How many hours per week would you employ the new nurse to work?
(If you have already recruited, how many hours is their contract for) / 8 hours per week or less / ☐
8.5 - 15 hours per week / ☐
15.5 – 22.5 hours per week / ☐
23 – 37.5 hours per week / ☐
38 hours per week or more / ☐
Q16a / Their contract would be/is: / Fixed Term/Temporary / ☐ / Permanent / ☐

Section Three: Confirmation statements of commitment to support a new General Practice Nurse at the practice

I can confirm that I have authorisation to apply on behalf of the practice to Health Education England (HEE) for consideration of funding as part of the General Practice Nurse (GPN) Ready Scheme
Name: / Click here to enter text.
Position/Role: / Click here to enter text.
Please provide a response on behalf of your practice to the following statements;
S1 / This practice has a positive culture of learning and development for all its staff, both clinical and administrative / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S2 / All of the staff at the practice are committed to supporting a new General Practice Nurse / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S3 / This practice has a named established Practice Nurse who is willing and competent to provide educational and developmental support to a newly registered nurse / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S4 / This practice consents to a nearby Advanced Training Practice (ATP) hub making contact with the practice to seek clarification on educational and developmental support for new staff / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S5 / This practice consents to HEE or their nominated representative from an ATP hub making contact with the practice to enquire about the recruitment process / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S6 / This practice understands that when recruitment is confirmed and a new nurse in post, that no less than £4,000 will be first made available to fund the support and development of that new nurse in the first year of their practice / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S7 / This practice consents to HEE or their nominated representative from an ATP hub making contact with the practice; / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Approximately TWLEVE WEEKS from the date of commencement of employment in order to;
A / Check that the nurse is successfully in post and has received an appropriate induction and orientation to both the practice and to primary care nursing
B / Has a nominated appropriate supervisor
C / Has an initial plan for further development in place
D / To offer the practice support and assistance in facilitation of access to appropriate
development opportunities
S8 / The practice understands that should a newly registered nurse NOT be in post in the practice at that time, that payment may be withheld pending evidence of robust remedial plans to commence further recruitment / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S9 / This practice consents to HEE or their nominated representative from an ATP hub making contact with the practice; / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Approximately 6 MONTHS from the date of commencement of employment in order to;
A / Check that the nurse remains in post and has an appropriate Practice Nurse Supervisor
B / Ensure that the registered nurse has an appropriate and comprehensive plan for their professional development
C / Facilitate the nurse’s access to appropriate educational opportunity to aid and progress that development
D / Offer advice as appropriate in further development opportunities
S10 / This practice consents to HEE or their nominated representative from an ATP hub making contact with the practice; / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Approximately TWELVE MONTHS from the date of commencement of employment in order to;
A / Ensure that the nurse remains in post
B / Ensure that they continue to have an appropriate professional Practice Nurse supervisor
C / Garner qualitative information about the nature of the new registrant’s development and progress thus far
D / Enquire as to plans for access to an NMC approved mentorship training course within the next 12 months
S11 / The practice understands that release of the remainder of the funding (up to £4,000, to a total scheme payment of £8,000) is dependent on a successful outcome of quality monitoring within these parameters at that time / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
S12 / This practice consents to HEE or their nominated representative from an ATP hub making contact with the practice; / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
Approximately EIGHTEEN MONTHS from the date of commencement of employment in order to;
A / Ensure that the nurse remains in post
B / Ensure that they continue to have an appropriate professional Practice Nurse supervisor
C / Garner qualitative information about the nature of the new registrant’s development and progress thus far
D / Collect data on the progress nurse and forward this to HEE to provide reports on the success of the overall scheme
S13 / The practice consents to the collection of data and evaluation regarding the General Practice Scheme by HEE and will participate in activities as appropriate / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐

Section Four: Any further supporting evidence and declaration:

E1 / Do you have further evidence to submit regarding the particular appropriateness of your practice as a learning environment? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
If so, you may write it here;
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E2 / Do you have further evidence to submit regarding particular considerations we should make at this time e.g. particular workforce needs or vulnerabilities at your practice that you think we should know about? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
If so, you may write them here;
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E3 / Do you have anything further to add to support your application to HEE overall at this time? / YES / ☐ / NO / ☐
If so, you may write it here;
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D / I can confirm that I have authorisation to apply on behalf of the practice to Health Education England (HEE) for consideration of funding as part of the General Practice Nurse (GPN) Ready Scheme.
I can confirm that I have read and understood all the information contained within the scheme’s application pack and that my practice can meet the responsibilities defined in it.
Name: / Click here to enter text.
Position/Role: / Click here to enter text.
SIGNATURE:
Please now return your application form to Rebecca Burgess-Dawson, Placement Development Manager at or at the address on the second page of this form, to arrive no later than 17:00 on Wednesday 15th June 2016. We look forward to receiving your application.

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