Practice Nurse; Part-Time

A part-time practice nurse post at St George's Medical Centre, a practice-owned training practice with about 12,000 patients, reporting to the Practice Manager and Lead Practice Nurse. The work centres on long‑term conditions, medication reviews, health promotion, vaccinations, wound care and NHS screening. Up to three days a week with flexible hours, and diabetes management experience is an advantage. NMC registration and two years' post‑registration experience are needed, and agencies are not considered.

• Diagnose, monitor and manage long‑term conditions
• Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness
• Run health promotion, such as smoking cessation and weight management
• Give adult, child and travel vaccinations
• Deliver wound care and NHS health programmes such as cervical screening
• Practise within the NMC code and keep accurate patient records
• Align care with NICE, CQC and NSF guidelines
• Take part in clinical audits and QOF searches
• Follow data protection and infection control rules, including bodily fluid spill management
• Identify and refer domestic abuse and vulnerable people
• Take part in appraisals and clinical supervision, and support colleagues' training
• Delegate duties by competence and attend team meetings

• First level nurse registration
• Trained in diabetes reviews, or willing to train
• Trained in cervical screening, immunisations and travel clinic advice

• NMC registration

• 2+ years post‑registration experience
• Evidence of post‑registration training and education

• Good time management and organisation
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Computer literate
• Multidisciplinary team working

• Self‑motivated and enthusiastic
• Self‑aware about strengths and weaknesses
• Reliable, flexible and responsive to change
• Works autonomously and under pressure
• Willing to undertake education and training

• Diabetes management experience
• Management of long‑term conditions and health promotion
• Knowledge of local and national primary care issues
• Awareness of clinical governance in primary care
• Clinical skills as set out in the job description
• QOF experience
• Practice nurse foundation course or equivalent, or specialist practice nurse training
• Asthma and COPD training

• Staff car park
• NHS Pension
• Flexible working hours
• Indemnity costs included in pay