Practice Nurse

• Delivering a range of nursing services including wound care, cervical screening and immunisations
• Supporting patients living with long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, and hypertension
• Providing health promotion and lifestyle advice to help patients improve their overall wellbeing
• Undertaking clinical procedures including venepuncture and ECGs
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to the delivery of safe, effective care
• Working closely with GPs and colleagues to provide the best possible patient experience

• Delivering evidence-based nursing care within the practice setting.
• Managing and supporting patients with long-term conditions including diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
• Undertaking chronic disease reviews.
• Providing cervical screening, immunisations, vaccinations, travel health advice, and wound care services.
• Supporting patients with lifestyle changes and delivering health promotion and wellbeing initiatives.
• Identifying patients at risk of developing long-term conditions and providing proactive interventions.
• Supporting patients with medication management and self-care.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to quality improvement programmes.
• Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team and external healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated patient care.
• Supporting safeguarding, infection prevention, and clinical governance activities within the practice.

Essential

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Chaperone procedure
• Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Chronic disease management

Desirable

• Spirometry
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies

Essential

• We are looking for someone who:
• Is a Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Has experience in general practice nursing or a strong interest in primary care.
• Is confident in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Enjoys working both independently and as part of a team.
• Is committed to continuous professional development and service improvement.
• Shares our values of kindness, teamwork, and putting patients at the heart of everything we do.

Desirable

• Mentor or teaching qualification
• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management)
• Nurse prescriber
• Family planning qualification