Practice Nurse
Millstream Medical Centre
Salisbury, SP1 3SL · SALISBURY, SP5 5PA · SALISBURY, SP4 8QY · SALISBURY, SP5 5EL
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
14 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
We are currently looking for a compassionate and motivated individual to join our growing team as a Practice Nurse. The successful candidate will work...
The practice nurse will be
responsiblefor the delivery of practice nursing services including:health promotion, chronic
disease management, health prevention, well women and well man clinics, as well
as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and
procedure.
Primary responsibilities
The
following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be, on
occasion,
a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors
such as workload and staffing levels and current competency:
- Develop, implement and embed health promotion
and wellbeing programmes
- Manage patients presenting with a range of
acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
- Implement and evaluate individual specialised
treatment plans for chronic disease patients
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk
of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients
health
- Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to
patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the
NSF
- Request pathology services as necessary
- Process and interpret pathology and other test
results as required
- Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering
patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as
required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in
conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
- Maintain chronic disease registers
- Chaperone patients where necessary
- Prioritise health issues and intervene
appropriately
- Support the team in dealing with clinical
emergencies
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting
with mental health needs
- Be an extended and supplementary prescriber
adhering to extant guidance
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed
medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice),
reviewing annually as required
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.)
complying with local and regional guidance
- Liaise with external services/agencies to
ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
- Delegate clinical responsibilities
appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of
practice of the individual)
- Support the clinical team with all safeguarding
matters in accordance with local and national policies
- Understand practice and local policies for
substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where
appropriate
Secondary
In
addition to the primary responsibilities, the practice nurse may be requested
To
- Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising
the audit cycle
- Participate in local initiatives to enhance
service delivery and patient care
- Support and participate in shared learning
within the organisation
- Opportunities to develop an area of specialist
interest, taking the lead within the organisation
- Continually review clinical practices
responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
- Participate in the review of significant and
near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
- Develop practice administrative and clinical
protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation
More about us
16,504 patient practice in rural Wiltshire and Dorset
Main surgery at Salisbury with branch surgeries at Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke.
CQC rating Good
High QOF achievers due to our efficient admin support team
Home Visiting team meaning limited GP cover.
Part of the Salisbury Plain PCN with expanding team which includes for our practice Paramedic, Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapist and a GPA.
Workflow optimisation for data team, reduced admin for ACPs
On-site dispensary located in at our branch sites in Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke.
SystmOne Web clinical system, also using Cinapsis, AccuRX, SystmConnect, T-Quest and TeamNet.
Full complement administration team who oversee letter processing, insurance reports, solicitor reports and all other non-NHS works, safeguarding reports and referrals.
Enhanced hours as part of our PCN network of practices
1 intermediate care bed which we provide a weekly on-site clinic with limited number of patients.
Nurse-led chronic disease clinics.
Comprehensive clinical pathways that are ever evolving.
Continued personal development support.
Starting salary: dependant on experience.
Further information about the Practice is available from our Practice Manager.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a General Practice or primary care setting.
- Experience of working to achieve standards within the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF).
- Experience of working autonomously within own scope of practice while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Experience of delivering treatment room services, including immunisations, vaccinations, cervical screening, wound care and phlebotomy.
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
13 August 2026
Last checked
17 August 2026
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