GP Practice Nurse

This Practice Nurse post sits within the clinical team at Kingskerswell & Ipplepen Medical Practice, working alongside GPs, healthcare assistants and administrative staff. The work centres on long‑term condition management, immunisations and travel vaccinations, cervical screening, wound care and family planning. The practice is keen to hear from candidates with respiratory experience, and the role suits someone with a primary care or community nursing background.

Active NMC registration is required.

• Manage long‑term conditions and preventative care, including reviewing medication and supporting adherence
• Deliver adult and childhood immunisations and travel vaccinations
• Carry out cervical cytology screening
• Provide family planning and sexual health services
• Provide wound care, dressings and minor injury treatment
• Assist with minor procedures and phlebotomy
• Deliver health promotion and self‑care education to patients
• Manage urgent and emergency situations, including initial emergency care
• Recognise, assess and refer patients with mental health needs
• Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement and governance
• Manage stock, cold chain, controlled drugs and PGD sign‑off for vaccines and drugs
• Apply infection control measures and mentor students

• First level RGN or equivalent
• Relevant nursing or health degree

• Active NMC registration

• Experience of managing long‑term conditions
• Experience working in a primary care or community setting

• Clinical skills in cervical cytology, immunisation, wound care and phlebotomy
• Clinical skills in ear care, assisting minor surgery, travel health, sexual health and contraception
• Chaperoning, blood pressure measurement and ECG
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict management
• IT skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to support other staff
• Enthusiastic
• Flexible
• Polite and professional

• Respiratory experience
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Knowledge of QOF and GP contracts
• Systm One knowledge
• Practice nurse qualification Specialist qualification or diploma in diabetes, asthma ‑ COPD
  • Mentorship qualification