Practice Nurse (Bank)
The James Cochrane Practice
Kendal, LA9 7HR · Kendal, LA9 4QEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Bank
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
12 October 2026
10 days leftJob description
We are looking to expand our Bank Nursing Team and are seeking an experienced, motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive practice o...
Flexible bank
sessions to support service demand, including holiday and sickness cover and
seasonal vaccinations. You will be expected to work independently and
confidently across a range of core practice nursing duties.
Core Skills
Required: Applicants
Travel
health and immunisations
Routine
injections (e.g. B12, depot)
Cervical
smears
Wound
care and dressings
Seasonal
flu/ Covid vaccinations
Phlebotomy
Rate £23.53 per hour inclusive of holiday
allowance, depending on experience and responsibilities.
The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas including
- Childhood
Travel
health and immunisations
Routine
injections (e.g. B12, depot)
Cervical
smears
Wound
care and dressings
Seasonal
vaccinations
Phlebotomy
They will
work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of
patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse
leadership as required.
- Based in
Kendal, in the heart of the South Lakes
- Training
practice with a strong focus on quality care and staff wellbeing
- Active
involvement in our local Primary Care Network
- Committed
to reducing unnecessary workload and improving systems
We can offer you the flexibility and variety of a bank role in a large general practice.
Experience
Essential: - Experience of working as a practice nurse
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered Nurse
Desirable: - Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential
- * Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- * cervical cytology
- * Venepuncture
- * Chaperone procedure
- * Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- * Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- * Understanding the importance of evidence based practice
- * Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- * Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- * Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- * Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
- * Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- * Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Desirable: - * Travel medicine; - * Awareness of issues within the wider health arena; - * Knowledge of health promotion strategies
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
16 September 2026
Last checked
18 September 2026
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