Practice Nurse (Treatment Room)
Priory Medical Centre
Warwick, CV34 4NAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£16.73
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 November 2026
24 days leftJob description
Join a forward thinking, well resourced GP practice in the heart of Warwick excellent facilities, with strong clinical support and real opportunities ...
As a Practice Nurse at Priory Medical Centre, you will provide high quality, patient centred nursing care as part of our supportive multidisciplinary team.
Your role will include delivering treatment room services such as wound care, dressings, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring, venepuncture and NHS Health Checks. You will run nurse led clinics, including cervical cytology, childhood and adult immunisations.
You will offer health promotion and lifestyle advice, supporting patients to manage their conditions confidently and independently. Accurate record keeping, safe medicines management and adherence to infection prevention standards are essential parts of the role.
Working within a teaching practice, you will contribute to clinical governance, audits and quality improvement activity, while supporting trainees and learners where appropriate. You will manage your own clinic workload with the backing of an experienced nursing and administrative team, using digital systems to deliver efficient and accessible care.
Primary Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a
requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload
- Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing
staff and GPs
- Undertake Cytology
- Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
- Removal of Sutures
- New Patient Medicals/Urinalysis
- Undertake Travel Clinics and offer travel advice to patients
- Complete ECGs as required
- Complete Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
- Obtain blood samples from patients via Venepuncture
- Hypertension Management
- Conduct routine immunisations/childhood immunisations clinics
- Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by
another clinician
- Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
- Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
- Interest in Diabetes or Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception
- Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
- To support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and to work to the IPC Policy
supporting the implementation of audits, training, support and evidence of compliance
to the Executive Director
- To support the production of the IPC annual statement in conjunction with the
- To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate
incorporating evidence-based practice
- To develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
- To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions
preventing adverse effects to patients health
- As required, to provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical
based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
- To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of
practice
- To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is
within the scope of practice of the individual)
- To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and
national policies
- To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the triage nurse may be requested to:
- Support the nursing department
- Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
- Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
- Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
- Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives
where appropriate
- Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured
approach, i.e. root cause analysis (RCA)
- Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
- Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
- Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
- Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by the Lead Nurse, Operations
- Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
- Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
- At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
- A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of
assigned tasks
- Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required
- On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits
- Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Priory Medical Centre is a well-established Warwick GP Partnership with a list size of
approximately 19,000 patients and one branch surgery. We have 5 GP Partners and a full
complement of additional staff including Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice
Nurses, Health Care Assistants and administrative support. We are a recognised training
practice for GP Registrars & medical students.
In June 2021, the practice moved into a brand new purpose built surgery designed with patient
care in mind. The new building is a modern, energy efficient & fit for purpose building that enables the practice to provide better services to our patients.
The new facilities act as the main surgery, with a branch surgery still
available to patients on Woodloes Park at the following address: 1 Brese Avenue, Woodloes
Park, Warwick, CV34 5TS.
Our Vision
To provide accessible and cohesive patient centred care in a supportive town centre
environment that continually strives to improve
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered General Nurse
Desirable: - Post Graduate Diploma (or degree in Primary Care related subject); - Fundamentals of General Practice Nursing
Experience
Essential: - Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
Desirable: - Experience of working as a Practice Nurse or Community Nurse; - Experience of Chronic Disease Management
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Chaperone procedure
- Understand the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
Desirable
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Requesting pathology tests, processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS/Systmone/Vision user skills
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable: - Experience with audits and able to lead audit programmes; - Experience with clinical risk management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the
- patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilise resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Other Requirements
Essential: - Flexibility to work outside of core office hours; - Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check; - Occupational health clearance; - NMC registration
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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