Practice Nurse

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and patient-centred Practice Nurse / General Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive primary care team.

This role would suit a Practice Nurse who is trained and confident delivering core general practice nursing services and is ready to work autonomously as part of a multidisciplinary general practice team.

The successful candidate will be the practices main nurse and will therefore play an important role in supporting the safe, effective and well-organised delivery of nursing services across the practice. The role does not require independent prescribing or advanced nurse practitioner qualifications but as the practices only nurse, would need to have the ability to deliver core nursing provision autonomously.

The postholder will provide a range of general practice nursing services, including cervical screening, childhood immunisations, adult immunisations, travel vaccinations, wound care and dressings, B12 injections, other injections under appropriate PGDs or PSDs, health checks, phlebotomy where appropriate, and support for long-term condition reviews within their competency.

As the practices nurse, the postholder will also support key nursing processes, including recall systems, vaccine ordering and stock management, cold-chain monitoring, infection prevention and control, nursing protocols, clinical audits and quality improvement work.

The successful candidate will work closely with the GP partners, Practice Manager, pharmacists, ACPs, HCAs, care coordinators, administrative colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team. They will be expected to work within their own professional competency, elevate appropriately where clinical issues fall outside their scope of practice, and contribute to the ongoing development of safe and effective nursing services for our patients.

Depending on experience, the successful candidate may also have the opportunity to act as the practices Safeguarding Lead, working with the GP partners, Practice Manager and wider team to support safeguarding processes, training, escalation and liaison with external agencies.

Morris House is situated in Tottenham in a large, modern and airy purpose-built Medical Centre, which we share with district nurses, community physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, tissue-viability nurses and a sexual health clinic. Our list size is about 15,000 patients. It is a diverse area and a cultural melting-pot.

Our practice has a very strong teaching ethos. We train GP registrars, medical students, physician associates and foundation year 2 doctors among others. We have close links with Kings Medical School and the St Georges Physician Associate teaching programme. We provide training to GP trainees from the Enfield and Haringey VTS and Foundation Year 2 doctors from the North Middlesex Hospital rotation programme.

We perform the full range of clinical roles that you would expect in primary care. In addition, we offer high-level minor surgery and specialist tongue tie release services. We have diabetes, learning disability and spirometry clinics. We offer a range of face-to-face and telephone appointments.

We are a friendly and interactive practice. We support our staff with study leave allowance, study leave funding, regular meetings, morning coffee, teaching and social events. We conduct regular satisfaction surveys.

You can find more information about our practice by visiting our website:

For any informal queries or visits please contact our deputy practice manager Ms Michaela Ramgoolam:

The postholder will provide high-quality core general practice nursing services and will be ready to work autonomously as part of the wider General Practice team. The role does not require independent prescribing, advanced nurse practitioner qualifications or routine minor illness management.

The successful candidate will be the practices main nurse and will therefore have an important role in supporting the safe, effective and well-organised delivery of nursing services across the practice. This will include routine nursing clinics,…