Primary Care Treatment Room Practice Nurse
The Apples Medical Centre
Sherborne, DT9 3DG
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
11 days left
Job description
We are seeking an experienced Practice Nurse or just qualified Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at The Apples Medical Centre on a part-t...
- Providing
assessment, screening and treatment services and health education advice
- Provide
nursing treatments to patients in participation with general practitioners or independently
to agreed protocols.
- Provide
general and specific health screenings to the practice patients (within agreed
protocols) with referral to general practitioners as necessary.
- Advise
patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as
necessary;
- Advise
patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to GPs as
necessary
- Phlebotomy
- Dressings
- Infection Control
To provide and
maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients, as well as providing
nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare
team. The duties will include all tasks
normally undertaken by an experienced RGN and any additional roles agreed
between the nurse and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current
training.
Typical duties include
- holding patient consultations within the surgery
- carrying out physical examinations and tests such as cervical smear
- treating wounds
- applying and removing dressings
- giving advice, education and information about stopping smoking and losing weight
- taking patient samples, swabs and specimens, and checking pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
- administering immunisations, travel vaccinations and infant injections
- writing records and keeping patients notes up to date
- assisting GPs with minor procedures.
The Apples Medical Centre is a long established five partner practice of 5624 patients within sight of both historic Sherborne Castles.
We are a modern thinking Dispensing Practice, with an emphasis on traditional continuity of care.
The Practice has a higher than average remuneration and a manageable doctor to patient ratio.
We achieve high QOF points and our latest CQC inspection rated the Practice as Good.
We have a high patient satisfaction rate and dispense to 1975 of our patient population.
We commenced with SystemConnect, in additional to our Telephone consultations and Email communication.
We offer of mixture of pre-bookable and book on the day
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration and active PIN
Desirable
- Minimum 1 year experience post registration.
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of GMS Contract and QOF requirements
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
NHS Jobs
First seen
23 August 2026
Last checked
25 August 2026
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