Practice Nurse
Primary Care Careers
Swaffham, PE37 7HJ
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
11 days left
In plain English
What this job actually involves
As a Practice Nurse, you'll work 25-30 hours a week at Plowright Medical Centre, caring for patients, performing health assessments, and managing long-term conditions. You'll work closely with a friendly team in a semi-rural area. This role suits someone who enjoys patient care, is organised, and can work independently.
What you'll need
- You'll need a nursing qualification, such as an RGN or RPN, and experience in a similar role.
- You should be able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- You'll need to be able to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare professionals.
- You should have knowledge of national and local policies and guidelines for patient care.
- You'll need to be able to work with patients who have complex needs and emergencies.
How to boost your chances
- Consider gaining experience in a similar role or volunteering to build your skills and confidence.
- Make sure you understand the job specification and requirements before applying.
- Research the Swaffham area and the practice to get a sense of the community and the team.
- Highlight your relevant experience and skills in your application.
- Be prepared to negotiate salary and discuss your benefits package.
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Job description
Plowright Medical Centre has a great opportunity for a practice nurse to join their busy practice, covering 25 to 30 hours a week, to care for a stabl...
- Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
- Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
- General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
- Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
- Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
- Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
- Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
- Hypertension review and management.
- Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
- New patient and health checks.
If you would like to find out more information about this
role, please see the attached job specification.
Plowright Medical Centre is conveniently situated within 3050 minutes of both Norwich and Kings Lynn,surrounded by picturesque villages, beautiful countryside, and great beaches. We are a friendly, forward-looking team working in a well organised practice with a list ofaround 7,000 patients. The practice is semi-rural with a branch surgery in the nearby village of Necton. At the same time as being traditional, relaxed, supportive and friendly, we are also highly organised and efficient, with tremendous support teams, this enables the GPs to concentrate on the work for which their skills are best utilised.
We are part of the Swaffham and Downham PCN and have full support and access to a diverse healthcare team including, health and wellbeing coach, mental health practitioners, physiotherapists, social prescribers, pharmacists and practice funded in-house counsellors. We use SystmONE and have a full complement of back office staff removing some GP admin workloads, with a very strong IT, admin and secretarial support. The practice receives a high QOF achievement annually and receives great feedback from our patients.
We offer our nurses: Access to the NHS pension scheme. A minimum of 5 weeks FTE annual leave, with enhancement for long service. Free on site parking
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
Experience
Essential
- Competence to undertake long term condition reviews ideally asthma and COPD, holding relevant certificates.
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
- Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
- Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
14 August 2026
Last checked
18 August 2026
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