Community Practice Nurse: Travel Health & Immunisations

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust; Dudley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join the community-based practice team, covering Chapel Street Surgery in Lye, Stourbridge, and High Oak Surgery at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre.

You will deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred nursing care in accordance with NMC standards and local policies, while working autonomously within your scope and collaborating with a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience and competence in children's immunisations.
• Experience in cervical screening.
• Experience in travel health and vaccines.
• Wound management skills and dressings.
• Understanding and working within QOF requirements.
• Chronic disease management experience is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, evidence‑based nursing care in line with NMC standards and trust policies.
• Assess clinical needs, plan and deliver care, evaluate outcomes.
• Administer routine and travel immunisations and vaccinations.
• Provide travel health assessments and patient education on risks.
• Undertake cervical screening and manage related follow‑ups.
• Assess and manage wounds with appropriate dressings and referrals.
• Support management of long‑term conditions and promote self‑management.
• Escalate deteriorations promptly and maintain infection prevention standards.
• Participate in audits, quality improvements and CPD.

Skills

Children's immunisations

Cervical screening

Travel health

Wound management

QOF requirements

Tools

EMIS Web

Job description

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join the community-based practice team, covering Chapel Street Surgery in Lye, Stourbridge, and High Oak Surgery at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre.

You will deliver high‑quality, patient‑centred nursing care in accordance with NMC standards and local policies, while working autonomously within your scope and collaborating with a supportive multidisciplinary team.