Locum Practice Nurse

This role is being advertised on behalf of Littleborough Group Practice and the successful applicant will be directly employed by Littleborough Group Practice.

The Practice Nurse will provide high quality, patient centred care in a primary care setting. The post holder will undertake routine and complex clinical tasks, deliver preventative health interventions, and manage long term conditions. The nurse will work within the multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive patient care and support practice objectives.

About us

Littleborough Group Practice is a CQC-rated Good, EMIS Web practice caring for approximately 8,600 patients. We are a training practice and a member of Pennines PCN.

Our team:

• 3 GP Partners
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Practice Nurse
• Nursing Associate
• Social Prescriber

This skill mix means workload is genuinely shared, with patients seen by the most appropriate clinician.

About Littleborough

Littleborough is a picturesque market town on the edge of the South Pennines, with Hollingworth Lake and miles of moorland on the doorstep yet only 30 minutes by train to Manchester and a short drive from the M62.

Clinical Responsibilities

Conduct adult and child immunisations including COVID-19, influenza, MMR, pneumonia, RSV, shingles, whooping cough and other vaccines as per national guidelines.

Perform blood tests, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring, and routine physical health assessments.

Perform urinalysis testing and act on results as part of routine and chronic disease assessments.

Administer injections including B12, Decapeptyl, Nebido, Depo, Inclisiran, and Prostap injections.

Provide contraception services including contraceptive pill checks and Depo Provera (contraceptive) injections.

Undertake chronic disease management including asthma reviews, COPD reviews, CKD and CHD reviews, diabetes reviews, hypertension reviews, mental health reviews, learning disability reviews, and rheumatoid arthritis management.

Conduct new patient medicals and NHS Health Checks.

Perform cervical smears, spirometry, and swabs as required.

Deliver health promotion including smoking cessation advice, weight and BMI monitoring, and lifestyle support for self-management of chronic conditions.

Deliver patient education and support for self-management of chronic conditions.

Identify and escalate patient deterioration and safeguarding concerns to appropriate staff.

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records in line with professional and practice standards.

Professional Responsibility

Maintain current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Work in accordance with the NMC Code and professional standards.

Undertake ongoing continuing professional development to maintain clinical competence.

Comply with infection prevention and control policies and safety requirements.

• Current, unrestricted registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Experience of practice nursing or primary care nursing.
• Competent in cervical cytology, immunisations and injection techniques.
• Experience of chronic disease management and long term condition reviews.
• Proficient in the use of the EMIS Web clinical system, including consultations, clinical coding, searches and recalls.
• Sound working knowledge of QOF and NHS primary care contractual frameworks, and the ability to deliver against them efficiently.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Spirometry and/or advanced respiratory review competency.
• Experience of supporting practice audits and quality improvement activity

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.