Practice Nurse Tonbridge Primary Care Network
West Kent Primary Care
Tunbridge Wells, TN2 4TA · TONBRIDGE, TN11 8BP · TONBRIDGE, TN10 3ET · TONBRIDGE, TN12 6AX · TONBRIDGE, TN9 1LA · TONBRIDGE, TN9 1EP · TONBRIDGE, TN11 0ETView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £42,000
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
4 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
We are seeking a motivated Band 5 or Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our expanding Single Neighbourhood Team within the PCN. This is an exciting oppor...
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our frailty cohort, including palliative care patients, housebound individuals, and those living with frailty. You will contribute to the delivery of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments (CGAs) and work with GPs and the multidisciplinary team to coordinate ongoing care and treatment.
The role also involves delivering a range of nurse-led clinics and housebound and care home visits, including vaccinations and, where appropriately trained, procedures such as FeNO testing, ECGs, and ear irrigation etc.
We welcome applications from experienced Band 5 nurses developing within primary care, newly qualified nurses with a strong interest in community and frailty care, and Band 6 nurses seeking a varied and autonomous role. You will be confident working independently across the PCN, demonstrate excellent communication skills, and support multidisciplinary working to improve patient outcomes.
This position offers an excellent opportunity to develop clinical skills, build strong relationships across practices, and make a meaningful contribution to integrated neighbourhood healthcare delivery.
- Support public health and screening
programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations, where appropriate.
- Completing CGAs and Respect forms.
- Deliver expert nursing assessments and
manage complex care needs of housebound and care home residents within
Tonbridge PCN in partnership with GP.
- Support patient and public involvement
to enhance patient care and service delivery.
- Deliver a range of nurse-led
clinics and undertake housebound and care home visits, including providing
vaccinations and, where appropriately trained, carrying out procedures such as
FeNO testing, ECGs, ear irrigation, and other clinical interventions.
- Create a trusting partnership with
patients and/or relatives/carers to communicate and explain complex medical
issues
- Mentor, support, and supervise
new-to-general-practice nurses, student nurses, and other healthcare
professionals (e.g., nursing associates, HCSWs) across the PCN by agreement and
when appropriate.
- Be proficient in use of digital
technologies applicable in the workplace to enhance personalised care.
- Advocate for people and nursing.
- Undertake mandatory training and CPD
to meet NMC revalidation and practice needs.
- Provide clinical support and guidance
to care home staff to improve patient safety and health outcomes.
- Identify own personal development
needs, proactively seek feedback, and take effective action to address them
using a mix of strategies.
- Work collaboratively across the PCN
actively engaging with community services, secondary care, social care, and
voluntary sector providers to ensure integrated and holistic care pathways.
- Reflect on learning using appropriate
frameworks (e.g. NMC Code).
- Adhere to CQC standards, infection
prevention and control protocols, and safeguarding responsibilities.
- Participate in audits, significant
event reviews, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Maintain confidentiality, information
governance, and data protection in line with NHS standards.
- Recognise and work within own
competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
- Ensure that their own practice is kept
updated, using an acceptable model of clinical supervision.
- Take every opportunity to expand
individual practice in line with the principles contained within the Nursing
and Midwifery Councils (NMC) document The Code (2015) (or equivalent
professional body).
Serving approximately 70,000 patients; Tonbridge PCN strives to develop collaborative working across Tonbridge GP practices and local health and care services. Tonbridge recently won a Kent and Medway award for its Integrated Home Visiting Service, jointly staffed by PCN GPs, paramedics and local community nursing teams.
The PCN aims to support and strengthen delivery of primary care, offering high standards of patient care centred on the needs of our population, whilst working to support a happy and resilient workforce through the development of robust multi-disciplinary teams. A Same Day Access PCN Hub service with GP supervision using ACP clinical skills is currently in development, and we hope this will not only support patient access but provide a greater range of clinical experience for ACPs working at PCN level.
West Kent Primary Care is an innovative GP Federation whose shareholders include all 50 practices in West Kent, covering nearly 500,000 patients. Within this, the practices are divided into 9 Primary Care Networks (PCN). We are made up of a core operations team, a PCN based workforce made up of clinical and non-clinical staff and a Board of Executive Directors consisting of four local GPs and twelve PCN clinical directors. The federation also offers a variety of services including, but not limited to, the Community Diabetes Service and a Frailty Service.
Other
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner
- Highly motivated
- Committed to continuous professional development
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Partner collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, individuals, families and carers to make clinical decisions.
- Conscious of the need to act sustainably.
- Able and willing to travel to various care homes within the Ridge locality.
- Must have a clean driving license and access to a vehicle.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Nursing or Registered Nurse Degree
- Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- More than one post-registration qualifications and CPD, for example certificates, diplomas or professional development courses at level 6 (e.g. long-term conditions care and/or public health initiatives)
Skills
Essential
- Clinical examination skills
- Ability to use clinical systems (Emis)
- Ability to use Microsoft 365 products (Outlook, Word, Excel).
- Ability to communicate and compassion and integrity.
- Conflict management skills
- Able to combine theory and practical skills to develop nursing practice and judgment.
Knowledge
Essential
- Management of patients with long-term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Local plan and national health policy
- Understanding of a range of assessment methods.
Desirable: - Knowledge of public health issues in the area; - Project management
Experience
Essential
- Experienced level of practice
- Working within frailty or management of patients with long-term conditions
- Primary Care or Community nursing experience
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
- Audit
- Research
- Clinical Leadership
Desirable: - Nursing in care home settings; - Nurse prescribing; - Experience in clinical leadership
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
22 September 2026
Last checked
24 September 2026
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