Nurse Associate

Nurse Associate vacancy 24 hours per week

Station Lane Medical Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and committed Practice Nurse Associate to join our friendly, supportive team.

We are a well established, forward thinking practice with approximately 8,200 patients, 4 GP partners, 2 salaried GPs, and an experienced multidisciplinary clinical and administrative team. We have strong clinical outcomes, good ratings and excellent patient reviews, and pride ourselves on providing high quality, patient centred care in a positive working environment.

This vacancy has arisen due to the retirement of a highly valued Practice Nurse with over 20 years service, and we are keen to find someone who will become an integral part of the team. The role is for 24 hours per week, with some flexibility in how these hours are arranged. Duties will include the full range of general practice nursing activities, with the opportunity to develop and specialise according to experience and service needs.

We offer:

• A supportive, approachable clinical and management team
• A well organised practice with established systems and processes
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development

If you are a motivated Practice Nurse Associate who enjoys working as part of a closeknit team and delivering high quality care, we would be delighted to hear from you.

• Long term condition reviews (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension) using practice and national templates.
• Treatment room work: wound care, dressings, suture removal, ear care, ECGs, injections.
• Vaccinations and immunisations: childhood schedule, adult vaccines, flu, shingles, pneumonia, travel.
• Cervical screening (smear tests).
• Health promotion and prevention: NHS Health Checks, lifestyle advice (smoking, weight, exercise), contraception advice within competence.
• Supporting QOF and other practice targets through accurate coding, recall and structured reviews.
• Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to MDT meetings and care planning.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records, following practice protocols, infection control and safeguarding procedures.
• Participating in audit, training and continuing professional development to maintain skills and meet practice needs.

Station Lane Medical Centre is a GP surgery based in Featherstone, Pontefract, serving a list size of approximately 8,200 patients. We are a well established practice with 4 GP partners, supported by a skilled and approachable multidisciplinary clinical and administrative team.

We serve an area of relatively high deprivation and are very aware of the additional health and social challenges this can bring for our patients. Despite this, we consistently deliver a high standard of clinical care, achieve good outcomes in our clinical indicators, and have strong CQC ratings, reflecting safe, effective and wellled services. Patient feedback is generally very positive, with good reviews highlighting our accessibility, continuity and caring approach.

The practice culture is friendly, supportive and team orientated. We value open communication, mutual respect and shared problem solving, and we work hard to maintain a positive working environment where staff feel listened to and supported. We are committed to ongoing quality improvement, staff development and providing high quality, patient centred care to our local community.

Job Title:

Nursing Associate

Base:
Station Lane Medical Centre, Featherstone, Pontefract

Responsible to:
Lead Nurse Practitioner and Business Manager

Accountable to: GP Partners

Job Summary

The Nursing Associate will workas part of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) at Station Lane Medical Centre toprovide and monitor high quality, personcentredcare under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or GP. The role supports the delivery of safe, effective services for our ~8,200 patients,helping to bridge the gap between Healthcare Support Workers and Registered Nurses in line with NMC standards for Nursing Associates.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical (within competence andlocal protocols):

Work as part of the PCN/practice MDT to provide and monitor care under direct or indirect supervision.

Perform and record clinical observations (BP, pulse, respirations, temperature, oxygen saturation, BMI).

Undertake basic clinical procedures and tests, such as urinalysis, peak flow, simple dressings, ECGs andvenepuncture (after training and signoff).

After appropriate training,support vaccination and immunisation programmes (e.g. flu and other agreed vaccines) in line with practice protocols.

Undertake Cervical Screening(smears)

Undertake wound care up to tier 3management

Support delivery of NHS Health Checks and other health promotion/prevention activities, including lifestyle advice and signposting.

Assist with longtermcondition reviews (e.g. CVD, respiratory, diabetes) using practice templates,escalating concerns to the supervising nurse or GP.

Support the care of patients with dementia, mental…