Practice Nurse
Fishermead Medical Centre
Milton Keynes, MK6 2LRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 November 2026
31 days leftJob description
We are looking for an experienced, skilled and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our friendly clinical team. This is a varied, hands-on role provid...
This role is for an
experienced Practice Nurse able to deliver a broad range of nursing services.
- Providing
safe, evidence-based nursing care, maintaining accurate and timely clinical
documentation in accordance with practice policies and professional standards
- Deliver
a comprehensive range of nursing services, including wound management,
venepuncture, ECGs, and cervical cytology
- Administer
routine and seasonal vaccinations, including childhood immunisations, travel
vaccines, influenza, and COVID-19 programmes
- Provide
assessment, monitoring, and management of patients with long-term conditions
such as asthma, COPD, hypertension, and diabetes
- Promote
health and wellbeing through health education, lifestyle advice, and new
patient health assessments
- Maintaining
high standards of infection prevention and control
- Working
collaboratively with GPs, ACPs, HCAs and the wider multidisciplinary team
ensuring patients receive coordinated and holistic support
- Contribute
to clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development
activities
The role requires
confident clinical decision-making, excellent communication skills and a strong
commitment to clinical governance, patient safety and the delivery of
high-quality care.
JOB TITLE: Practice Nurse
REPORTS TO: Nurse Manager (clinical)
Practice Manager (admin)
HOURS: 14-18 Hours per week working Thursdays and Fridays
To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced RGN in primary care and in addition any roles agreed between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training and competencies.
- Child Immunisations and routine immunisations and vaccinations given under PGDs
- Wound Care/Ulcer Management
- Venepuncture
- Removal of Sutures
- Urinalysis
- Swabs
- ECG recording
- Blood Pressure Measurements and Hypertension reviews
- Ear irrigation
- Cervical Screening
- Travel Health
- Contraceptive pill checks / sexual health
- Family Planning Clinics/Contraception
- Hypertension Management
- Administration of injections
- Health promotion and management
- Provide emergency care to patients as necessary and attend annual Basic Life Support and Anaphylaxis training
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to GPs as appropriate
- Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses ensuring that all samples for pathology are accurately labelled and ready for collection
- Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
- Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
- Assisting in the implementation and management of appropriate health and safety and infection control policies, as defined in local and national policies
- Contributes to management of stock and ordering stock where required
- Contributes to management of medicines and vaccines as per policy
- Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
- Assisting with the collection and recording of data on needs related to health and well-being and ensure that these are documented correctly
- To ensure that all consultations are recorded timely and accurately on SystmOne according to Practice protocols
- To perform other clinical tasks as trained and within the skills of the post holder, as may be required by the Practice
To be responsible for the implementation of processes for the effective management of patients with long-term conditions using evidence-based practice, including care for elderly and housebound patients.
Working as a member of the practice multidisciplinary team, the post holder will ensure nursing services are delivered effectively to the entitled patient population.
The Practice Nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as infection prevention and control, health promotion, chronic disease management, well woman and well man clinics, as well as actively supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
The organisation will ensure the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and a named individual to provide advice and support on a day-to-day basis.
- In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified to the Practice Manager.
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
We are a well-established
general practice committed to providing high-quality, holistic and
patient-centred care to our local community.
We pride ourselves on being a
supportive and friendly place to work, where staff are valued and encouraged to
develop their skills and professional interests.
Professionalism, kindness and
mutual respect are important to us. Our clinical and non-clinical teams work
closely together, with an emphasis on open communication, shared learning,
clinical governance and continuous improvement.
If you are an experienced
Practice Nurse looking to join a welcoming and supportive primary care team, we
would be very pleased to hear from you.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and revalidation
- Cervical cytology qualification
- Childhood immunisation training and competency
Experience
Essential
- Experience working as a Practice Nurse in Primary Care
- Experience delivering the full range of treatment room services
- Experience undertaking childhood and adult immunisations
- Experience performing cervical cytology (smears)
- Experience of infection prevention and control (IPC) measures in primary care
- Experience working autonomously within own scope of practice
Desirable
- Experience managing patients with long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD and hypertension
- Experience supporting IPC audits, monitoring, or evidence gathering
- Experience of working with elderly, frail, or housebound patients
- Experience participating in audit or quality improvement activity
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experienced with SystmOne
- Ability to work confidently and safely within own scope of practice
- Ability to recognise when referral to GPs or other clinicians is required
- Good understanding of clinical governance and patient safety
- Ability to maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records
- Good communication skills with patients and colleagues
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience contributing to practice policy or protocol development
- Strong IT skills, including use of SystmOne
- Willingness to contribute to service development and evolving ways of working
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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