Treatment Room Nurse
The Surgery, Stuart Road
Pontefract, WF8 4PQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 November 2026
7 days leftJob description
Due to ongoing expansion of our workforce, a rare opportunity has arisen for a part-time Treatment Room Nurse to join our small, but dedicated team he...
Main duties and responsibilities
- Measuring and recording blood pressure, pulse, oxygen saturations, height, weight and BMI.
- Venepuncture and collection of clinical specimens.
- Undertaking foot checks and other routine observations for patients with diabetes, following appropriate training.
- Performing ECGs.
- Smears
- Wound assessment, wound care and dressing changes within competence.
- Suture and clip removal.
- Urinalysis and testing as required.
- Supporting vaccination and childhood immunisation programmes where appropriately trained.
- Providing health promotion and lifestyle advice, including smoking cessation, diet, physical activity and cardiovascular risk reduction.
- Assisting with infection prevention and control procedures.
- Maintaining accurate, contemporaneous patient records.
- Supporting stock control, equipment checks and maintenance of clinical areas.
- Working in accordance with practice policies, clinical protocols, NICE guidance and local pathways.
- Maintaining professional development and completing mandatory and role specific training.
- Undertaking part 1 reviews for diabetes (foot checks) and learning disabilities.
Participate in an annual appraisal
Actively participate in clinical and practice meetings
Help develop clinical protocols for the surgery and the team.
Clinical duties
Perform cervical screening and promote breast awareness
Administer adult and paediatric injections
Provide adult and child immunisations ensuring full
achievement of targets
Ensure safe storage, rotation, and disposal of vaccines and
drugs
Undertake venepuncture and electrocardiography
Undertake wound care/ management / dressing techniques
Undertake leg ulcer management, dopplers and compression
bandaging
Provide advice on lifestyle issues, assisting and supporting
patients in changing their unhealthy behaviours and refer appropriately
Participate in the smoking cessation service
Deliver travel health care, including vaccinations and
advice for patients
Recognise the signs of child abuse, family violence,
vulnerable adults, substance abuse, addictive behaviours, suicidal tendencies,
and be aware of local, referral procedures
Work with safeguarding teams where relevant
Ensure that current evidence-based approaches to patient
care are standard practice
Apply infection control measures when collecting and
handling of laboratory specimens, disposing of waste materials, dealing with
blood and body fluids spillages and report and treat sharps injuries
Audit outcomes of care against standards and initiate change
as necessary ensuring follow-up audit cycle
Stuart Road Surgery is conveniently located on the edge of Pontefract town centre. Recently inspected and rated good by CQC with recent accreditation as a GP training practice.
We have a small, but mighty workforce consisting of two GP partners, six salaried GP's, two practice nurses, one HCA, one pharmacy technician and a range of PCN appointed ARRS staff who work both on and off site for our surgery; all supported by our Practice / Business Manager, Operations Manager and our wonderful reception / admin team.
Qualifications
Essential: - Relevant nursing degree and current registration with the NMC; - Previous experience of working in primary care.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of providing direct patient care.
- Ability to undertake basic clinical observations and recognise abnormal findings.
- Venepuncture skills
- Good understanding of infection prevention and control.
- Good understanding of safeguarding adults and children.
- Ability to recognise deterioration in a patients condition and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Understanding of confidentiality, consent and information governance.
- Commitment to delivering safe, evidence-based and patient centred care.
Desirable: - Experience of using SystmOne
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
13 November 2026
Last checked
13 November 2026
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