Practice Nurse

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive primary care team. The successful candidate will provide high-quality, patient‑centred nursing care, including chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical screening, health promotion, and long‑term condition reviews. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, delivering safe, evidence‑based care while contributing to the ongoing development of our practice.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a welcoming practice that values teamwork, professional development, and delivering outstanding care to our patients.

• Deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred nursing care within the GP practice.
• Undertake chronic disease management and long‑term condition reviews.
• Provide immunisations, vaccinations, and cervical screening.
• Promote health and wellbeing through patient education and lifestyle advice.
• Perform routine clinical procedures, including blood pressure monitoring, ECGs, and venepuncture where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate clinical records using the practice's electronic patient record system.
• Work collaboratively with GPs and the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, effective care.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives, and mandatory training.
• Adhere to professional standards, infection prevention and control, safeguarding, and practice policies.

Job Title: Practice Nurse

Reports To: Lead Practice Nurse / GP Partners / Practice Manager

Job Purpose: The Practice Nurse will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to provide high‑quality, evidence‑based nursing care to the practice population. The post holder will deliver a wide range of nursing services, promote health and wellbeing, support the management of long‑term conditions, and contribute to the achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets and Enhanced Care Coordination (BECCOR) initiatives where applicable.

• Provide safe, effective, patient‑centred nursing care within own scope of practice.

• Undertake chronic disease management clinics including:
  Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Hypertension, Cardiovascular disease.

• Deliver cervical screening in accordance with the NHS Cervical Screening Programme.

• Administer childhood and adult immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national guidance and Patient Group Directions (PGDs).

• Remove sutures and clips.

• Perform venepuncture, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring, urinalysis and other routine clinical procedures.

• Carry out NHS Health Checks where appropriate.

• Provide contraception advice and family planning services (where trained).

• Promote healthy lifestyles and provide health education and smoking cessation advice.

• Recognise deteriorating patients and escalates concerns appropriately.

• Undertake structured annual reviews for patients with long‑term conditions.

• Develop and review personalised care plans.

• Support self‑management and patient education.

• Monitor treatment effectiveness and refer appropriately.

• Contribute to the achievement of QOF indicators through effective clinical management and accurate coding.

• Ensure clinical documentation is complete, accurate and recorded promptly.

• Identify patients requiring recall and follow‑up.

• Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement activities.

• Work with the wider team to improve clinical outcomes and performance against QOF targets.

• Support enhanced care coordination for patients with complex health needs, frailty, and multiple long‑term conditions.

• Work collaboratively with GPs, care coordinators, social prescribers, community nurses, pharmacists, and wider multidisciplinary teams.

• Participate in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings where appropriate.

• Assist in developing personalised care plans that reflect patients' clinical and social needs.

• Support proactive care for vulnerable patients to reduce avoidable hospital admissions and improve continuity of care.

• Promote disease prevention and healthy lifestyle choices.

• Provide…