Practice Nurse
Penny's Hill Practice
Ferndown, BH22 9HBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
11 days leftJob description
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly team at Penny's Hill Practice. Week 1 25 hours Mon 09:00-13:00 / 14:00-18:00 Tue 08:30-13:00 ...
Applicants should be
able to work in a busy environment and be confident in the following clinical
- Long-term condition management, including hypertension reviews and blood
pressure assessment.
- Adult and childhood immunisations, influenza vaccination and
administration of prescribed injections, including vitamin B12.
- Cervical screening and travel health advice and vaccination.
- Wound and ulcer care, dressings and suture removal.
- Phlebotomy/venepuncture, ECG recording, routine clinical observations and
memory assessments.
- Specimen collection and requesting appropriate basic pathology
investigations within agreed protocols.
- Health promotion, patient education, chaperoning and other appropriate
clinical duties.
Please find attached a job description document outlining a summary & the responsibilities within the role.
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our team
here at Penny's Hill Practice. We are based in Ferndown Town Centre in walking
distance to all amenities and the local supermarket. The practice shares the
purpose built premises with Orchid House Surgery with a range of community
services also being provided from attached facilities.
Pennys Hill Practice is a six partner practice providing
a range of primary care and community health services from Ferndown Medical
Centre. We run a personal list system for our 6 GP's and have approximately 7500 patients registered with us. We also have 2 practice nurses, 1
Phlebotomist, 1 Phlebotomist / HCA, 1 tracker nurse / HCA and our reception
team.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of Microsoft office software
- Experience of dealing with the public/patients
- 2 years + experience in primary care
- Up to date with the following skills: cervical screening, dressings, wound care and leg ulcer care
Desirable: - Experience of SystmOne clinical system; - Leadership and management experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education
- GCSE mathematics or equivalent
- GCSE English or equivalent
- A Degree in Nursing or equivalent
- Registered with the NMC
- A demonstrable commitment to professional development
Qualities/Attributes
Essential
- Able to demonstrate enthusiasm to develop Practice Nursing skills
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
- Pleasant and articulate
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Able to use own initiative
Other
Essential: - Flexibility of working hours/ability to work at desired times
Desirable: - Car driver/clean licence
Knowledge
Essential: - Competent in Practice Nurse duties required for the post; - Excellent communication skills
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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