Practice Nurse
Collingwood Health Group
North Shields, NE29 0SF · North Shields, NE29 0DZ · North Shields, NE29 8EA · North Shields, NE29 0SFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
The Practice Nurse is a key member of the primary care team, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in a general practice setting. Worki...
The main duties of the role will be providing a patient facing nursing service to the practice population. The role is expected to include but not be limited to:
Long term condition management (including diabetes, respiratory, hypertension)
Women's health
Vaccination and immunisation programme (including seasonal vaccinations)
The following are the core responsibilities of this post but will depend on whether the successful candidate has undertaken the relevant training and competencies.
- Act independently and collectively within the practice team
- Support the management of long term conditions including Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, IHD and LD
- Manage own clinical practice and that of other
members of the nursing team to ensure safe effective care
- Accept delegated responsibility and inherent
accountability for the quality of own practice
- Assess, plan and evaluate clinical nursing care
to meet the needs of the individual and/or identified group
- Assess, diagnose and treat specific conditions
in accordance with agreed professional protocols and guidelines
- Take the clinical lead in defined areas of
nursing practice within the primary health care team.
- Monitor own and teams work areas and practices
and ensure they are free from hazard and conform to safety legislation.
- Receive direct referral from health care
professionals, other agencies and patients
- Plan, manager and deliver programmes to improve
health and disease in individuals or groups.
- General practice nursing duties (including, but
Not exclusive to
- Women's Health and screening
- Injections and vaccinations
- Health promotion
- Filing and actioning test results
- Involvement in meeting QOF targets
Collingwood Health Group is a progressive,
patient-focused GP practice dedicated to delivering high-quality primary care
services. We foster a collaborative and supportive team environment and are
committed to the ongoing professional development of all staff.
Serving a patient population of approximately 24,500 across
four sites, we are a well-established, forward-thinking practice providing care
to diverse communities. Our scale and multi-site presence enable us to offer a
dynamic and resilient approach to service delivery.
Our organisation is led by a team of 9 dedicated GP
Partners and supported by a wide-ranging multidisciplinary team that includes
Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Practice Nurses, a Physician Associate, Nursing Associate and Healthcare Assistants. We are also fortunate to have an integrated pharmacy team
comprising Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, who contribute
significantly to the safe and effective management of prescribing and medication
use.
This robust clinical workforce is underpinned by a highly
skilled and efficient administrative team that ensures the seamless operation
of the practice. Together, our multidisciplinary team is committed to providing
outstanding care and continually improving health outcomes for the communities
we serve.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated
- Initiative and judgement (knowing when to ask for help)
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow policy and procedure
Desirable: - Process improvement; - Knowledge of appraisal process and conducting appraisal
Experience
Essential
- Experience of long term condition management
- Experience of immunisation (routine, travel, childhood and
- seasonal)
- Experience in working under PGD's PSD
- Experience of wound care
- Good understanding of IPC
- Experience of women's health (contraception, HRT, cervical
- cytology)
Desirable: - Significant experience as a practice nurse in primary care; - setting 2 years or more; - Experience of working with S1 clinical system
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Nurse Registration current
- Qualified to offer the management of long term conditions
- Qualified to offer cervical screening
- Qualified to offer childhood immunisation
Desirable: - Teaching certificate; - Qualified non-medical prescriber
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
17 September 2026
Last checked
21 September 2026
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