Practice Nurse
Betts Avenue Medical Centre
Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6TQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 January 2027
95 days leftJob description
The Practice Nurse will work delivering person-centred long-term condition management to our patients. You will work both independently and as part of...
The Practice Nurse will work autonomously and as part of the wider team to deliver high-quality care, including:
- Management of long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, COPD and Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Providing follow-up and continuity of care for patients
- Delivering health promotion, preventative care, and self-management support
- Supporting the practice in achieving QOF targets and enhanced services
- Contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Health screening, cervical cytology and childhood/adult immunizations
- Supporting the practice's commitment to personalised care planning, particularly for patients with long-term conditions.
The Practice Nurse will work autonomously and as part of the wider team to deliver high-quality care, including:
- Management of long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, COPD and Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Providing follow-up and continuity of care for patients
- Delivering health promotion, preventative care, and self-management support
- Supporting the practice in achieving QOF targets and enhanced services
- Contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives
- Health screening, cervical cytology and childhood/adult immunizations
- Supporting the practice's commitment to personalised care planning, particularly for patients with long-term conditions.
Betts Avenue is a long-established GP Practice operating over two sites (Kenton and Benwell) in Newcastle upon Tyne.
We are a team of 2 GP Partners supported by 3 salaried GPs, 2 long-term Locum GPs, a Lead practice Nurse/Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 1 Advanced Care Practitioner, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 HCA as well as an experienced managerial and admin team.
We deliver a range of GMS services to a population of approximately 10,500 patients. We also have support from Care-Coordinators, Workflow Team, Pharmacy Hub, PCN pharmacists and Technicians, House Visiting team, our 2 own Practice Clinical Pharmacists, a Physiotherapist, 2 Mental Health co-ordinators for adults and a team of Social Link Workers.
We use SystmOne, Accurx and AnalyzeRx.
The GPs are also delivering weekly Ward Rounds in two large local Care Homes. We currently teach Year 5 Medical Students and Nursing Students.
Our practice is a member of the Inner West Primary Care Network, LMC, NGPS and North East North Cumbria ICB.
Job Purpose
To provide a high quality, professional Health Care service to the patient and staff team at the surgery. To be trained and competent to meet the duties set out below.
The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical Services to the practice patients.
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs.
- Management of Chronic Diseases including COPD/Asthma/Diabetes/CVD and hold a recognised qualification in one or more of these areas and be willing to work towards a graduate certificate.
- Experience in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease.
- Cytology.
- Wound Care.
- Doppler.
- Travel Health.
- Removal of Sutures.
- ECGs.
- Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations/Seasonal Immunizations.
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician.
- Requesting Pathology tests on ICE, for example blood tests, urine culture, swabs etc.
Betts Avenue Medical Centre has an exciting opportunity for an
enthusiastic, experienced Practice Nurse to join our friendly and committed
nursing team. The position is for up to 37 hours per week (full time) working
across both of our sites in Benwell and Kenton.
You will be joining a great team led by an experienced ANP, 1 ACP, 2
Practice Nurses and 1 HCA.
Knowledge
Essential
- Needs of patients with long-term conditions
- Health promotion strategies
- Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
- Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directives and associated policy
Desirable: - - Public health issues in the local area; - - Awareness of local and national health policy; - - Awareness of issues within the wider health economy
Skills
Essential
- Clinical skills including immunisation and vaccination
- Management of long-term conditions with support from lead nurses
- Excellent interpersonal and teamworking skills
- Ability to communicate complex messages to patients and families
- Excellent time management skills/ability to prioritise and manage own time
- Negotiation and conflict resolution/management skills
- IT Skills
Desirable: - - Doppler; - - Contraceptive advice, sexual health screening and advice; - - Cervical Cytology; - - ECG'S
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK Professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers Website.
- Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- Significant Primary care of relevant experience
- Management and education of patients with chronic disease/long term conditions
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and revalidation
- Certified in immunisations and vaccinations
- Cervical Smear Taker
Desirable
- Relevant Nursing/Health Degree
- Experience in managing diabetes in primary care
- Mentor/Teaching
- Independent and Supplementary Prescribing qualification or be willing to work towards this in the future should the Practice's needs require this.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 2 years post- registration experience
- Management of Long-term conditions
- Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines
- Experience of audit
Desirable
- At least 1 year recent primary or community nursing experience
- Experience of working with the SystmOne clinical system
- Knowledge of QOF, NICE guidance and national screening programmes
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
23 September 2026
Last checked
25 September 2026
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