Practice Nurse

The successful candidate will be given the opportunity and skills to provide a wide range of services within agreed protocols to meet the needs of patients, carers, managers and GP Partners.

Experience within the field of Practice Nursing would be advantageous but not essential as training and supervision will be given to the right candidate from secondary care. We would also be particularly interested in hearing from candidates with Diabetes and/or minor illness experience.

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To work as a Practice Nurse within the organisation taking

responsibility for assessing the nursing needs of patients attending surgery

with a broad range of long term

All duties and responsibilities to be carried out in

accordance with protocols developed by the Nursing Team and in agreement with

the Nurse Clinical lead.

To provide a high quality, evidence based easily accessible

service for patients. To be able to time

manage during clinics to ensure a seamless service that is delivered on time,

as far is reasonably practical, to the patients.

To work with the Senior Nurses in liaisons with the site

Team Leaders on a day to day basis and particularly with regard to arrangements

for patient recall and review, holidays and rotas, and as a member of the

surgery team.

To provide

treatment room nursing care. To include wound management, venepuncture, ear

irrigation, ECG, routine injection and urinalysis.

To assess and

treat minor illness and injury in accordance with protocols. To discharge or

refer patients as appropriate.

To provide a

triage service for patients, including by telephone, offering advice if

appropriate in accordance with protocols.

To organise

medication and wound dressings with a GP/Non Medical Prescriber as part of a

plan of care for an individual patient as needed.

To assess those

patients wishing to travel. To offer basic vaccination, malaria prophylaxis and

advice about where to seek more specialist advice.

To provide

contraceptive, sexual health, coil check and menopause advice and administer

depo-provera injections according to protocol. To ensure patients are monitored

appropriately depending on their chosen method of contraception or menopause

treatment.

To provide a

cervical screening service in accordance with the National Policy and local NHS

recall system.

To be able to

carry out routine swabs as part of a request by GP/ANP as required.

To provide

childhood and adult immunisations in accordance with the British Vaccination

Schedule.

To provide

screening examinations e.g. new patient health check, elderly screening and

lifestyle advice as requested by GP colleagues or as part of a recall system.

To visit

patients in their homes to undertake work on behalf of the Practice as

requested by the GP/Practice Nurse Manager.

This is a key time to join the nursing team and be part of a programme of change and development, future planning, and organisation of our nursing services.

For an application pack please apply via NHS jobs

Closing date - 4th November 2026

Previous applicants need not apply

Experience

Essential: - Practical experience of working with others; - Experience of using own initiative

Desirable: - Experience of working within a Primary Care setting; - Practical experience of System one record keeping system

Skills

Behaviours

Essential: - Planning and organising; - Performing under pressure; - Adaptability; - Team working; - Self motivated; - Flexibility; - Confidentiality

Qualifications

Essential: - Good standard of general education; - Registered Nurse; - Membership of professional body; - 1 year post qualifying experience

Desirable: - Supervisory Management qualification; - Non Medical Prescriber

Knowledge