Practice Nurse (Part-Time)

• Diagnosing, monitoring, and managing long-term conditions.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness.
• Managing health promotion programs like smoking cessation and weight management.
• Administering adult, child, and travel vaccinations.
• Delivering evidence-based wound care
• Delivering NHS health programmes, e.g. cervical screening.

• Practising within the NMC professional code of conduct.
• Maintaining accurate, complete, and contemporaneous patient records.
• Aligning clinical care with NICE, CQC, and NSF guidelines.
• Participating in clinical audits (e.g. IPC) and searches for QOF.

• Complying with the Data Protection Act and Caldicott Report principles.
• Managing bodily fluid spills promptly using designated spill kits.
• Adhering strictly to local and national infection control measures.
• Identifying and referring cases regarding domestic abuse and vulnerable people.

• Actively participating in annual appraisals and clinical supervision.
• Supporting the training and development of colleagues.
• Delegating duties appropriately based on competence assessments.
• Attending regular clinical and administrative team meetings.

• Diagnosing, monitoring, and managing long-term conditions.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness.
• Managing health promotion programs like smoking cessation and weight management.
• Administering adult, child, and travel vaccinations.
• Delivering evidence-based wound care
• Delivering NHS health programmes, e.g. cervical screening.

• Practising within the NMC professional code of conduct.
• Maintaining accurate, complete, and contemporaneous patient records.
• Aligning clinical care with NICE, CQC, and NSF guidelines.
• Participating in clinical audits (e.g. IPC) and searches for QOF.

• Complying with the Data Protection Act and Caldicott Report principles.
• Managing bodily fluid spills promptly using designated spill kits.
• Adhering strictly to local and national infection control measures.
• Identifying and referring cases regarding domestic abuse and vulnerable people.

• Actively participating in annual appraisals and clinical supervision.
• Supporting the training and development of colleagues.
• Delegating duties appropriately based on competence assessments.
• Attending regular clinical and administrative team meetings.

Essential

• 2+ years post registration experience
• Evidence of post registration training and education
• Competent time management and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working, and a good team player.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Computer literate

Desirable

• Management of patients with long term conditions and health promotion strategies
• Experience knowledge and understanding of local and national primary care issues
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Clinical Skills see job description
• Experience with QOF.

Essential

• Registration First Level Nurse.
• NMC Registration.
• Trained in diabetes reviews, but if not willing to undertake training.
• Trianed to perform Cervical Screening, immunisations, travel clinic advice etc.

Desirable

• Completion of practice nurse foundation course or equivalent
• Other relevant specialist PN training.
• Asthma and COPD trained.

Essential

• Self motivated and enthusiastic.
• Demonstrate high levels of self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses
• Flexibility, reliability, responsive to change
• Team orientated.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Willingness to undergo education/training for both personal and service needs
• Ability to work effectively
• under pressure.