Oakley Medical Practice Salaried LEAD PRACTICE NURSE

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leeds; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oakley Medical Practice in Leeds seeks a salaried lead practice nurse to join a multidisciplinary primary care team within the South and East Leeds GP Group. The role focuses on long-term condition management, immunisations, wound care, and non-medical prescribing where appropriate.

You will work across sites, support quality improvement initiatives, and supervise nursing staff while maintaining high standards of patient care and record keeping.

Qualifications

• First level degree in nursing
• Diploma in chronic disease management (respiratory, diabetes, CHD) or willingness to pursue one
• Qualifications or signed competencies in phlebotomy, immunisation, wound management, health screening and travel health, or willingness to work towards them

Responsibilities

• Manage long-term conditions (asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD, hypertension) and NHS health checks
• Deliver immunisations and manage vaccine stock
• Provide wound/ulcer care and Doppler assessment
• Assist with contraception, device fitting, cervical cytology, minor surgery support
• Carry out phlebotomy, venepuncture, ECGs, urinalysis, new patient medicals
• Request pathology tests and administer medicines under prescribing frameworks
• Provide travel health advice and chaperone during examinations
• Maintain accurate records to NMC standards and share information with the team
• Follow protocols and participate in quality improvement and meetings

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

IT literacy

Team collaboration

Independent working

Clinical decision reporting

Education

Nursing degree

Chronic disease management diploma or plan

Phlebotomy/Immunisation/Wound care qualifications or progress plan

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Salaried lead practice nurse post at Oakley Medical Practice, part of the South and East Leeds GP Group and serving around 5,500 patients. The work centres on long-term condition management for asthma, COPD, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension, alongside health screening, immunisations, wound care and phlebotomy. The role sits within a multidisciplinary primary care team, with scope for non-medical prescribing and flexible working across sites. Current NMC registration and a chronic disease diploma, or a commitment to work towards one, decide fit.

What the job involves

• Manage long-term conditions including asthma, COPD, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypertension, and deliver health screening and NHS health checks
• Deliver routine childhood and adult immunisations and order vaccine stock
• Provide wound and ulcer care, Doppler assessment and suture removal
• Provide contraception advice, device fitting and removal, and cervical cytology, and assist GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
• Carry out phlebotomy, venepuncture, ECGs, urinalysis and new patient medicals
• Request pathology tests such as bloods, urine cultures and swabs
• Administer medicines under non-medical prescribing, patient specific direction or patient group direction frameworks
• Provide travel health advice
• Chaperone patients during examinations by other clinicians
• Keep accurate patient records to NMC standards and share information appropriately with patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
• Follow agreed clinical protocols, referring to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate, and undertake home visits when required
• Take part in quality improvement, clinical audit and practice meetings

What’s required

Qualifications

• First level degree in nursing
• Diploma in chronic disease management (respiratory, diabetes, CHD), or willingness to work towards one
• Qualifications or signed competencies in phlebotomy, immunisation, wound management, health screening and travel health, or willingness to work towards them

Registration & licences

• Registered general nurse with current NMC PIN

Experience

• Working in a multidisciplinary team
• Multi-skilled approach to chronic disease management
• Using electronic healthcare records systems

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of the general practice environment
• Knowledge of quality assurance processes
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work alone without direct supervision when appropriate
• Able to report on autonomous clinical decisions
• IT skills

Other

• Ability to work core hours
• Excellent team player
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines

Nice to have

• Experience working with primary care team members such as community pharmacists and dietitians
• Minor illness management
• Triage in healthcare
• Participation in research
• Knowledge of current national developments and trends in healthcare
• Knowledge of the audit process in healthcare
• Awareness of issues across the wider health economy
• Ability to work flexibly to provide cover