1. General Practice Nursing – Trainee
SHEILAGH MACFARLANE Snr GPN
Westgate Medical Practice, Dundee
(NES GPN Education Advisor, Tayside)

3. Practice Nursing career progression

4. How far have we come?
GP Handmaiden
Professional GPN

5. 1990’s felt a bit like this!

6. GPN work MOTTO

7. Late 90’s Choices for GPN’s
Specialist Practitioner?
Advanced Nurse Practitioner?

8. NES GPN Framework Level 5 – Practitioner Level 6 – Senior Practitioner
Level 7 – Advanced Practitioner
Level 8 – Consultant Practitioner

9. Dundee General Practice Workforce Planning Survey 2017
Nurse Practitioner estimated WTE = 12
GPN or TRN estimated WTE = 77
HCA WTE = 27

10. GPN TRAINEE WESTGATE Secure funding and negotiate post with CHP
Agree outcome for trainee and length of training.
6m in house, 12m course work, 6m consolidation.
Work up good orientation and have mentor in place.
Have whole team on board through good communication.
GP’s agreed to add 50% time to post as long as they had 10hrs work and 10hrs learning.
GPN trainee knew outcome was to find job in last 6m of post.