PCN - Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supportive learning environment

Opportunities for professional develop

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a PCN Nurse to join Worcester City Primary Care Network's multidisciplinary team, covering GP practices across the network. The role focuses on treatment room clinics, including wound care, cervical screening, immunisations, and long-term condition management.

NMC registration is required with a cervical sampling qualification or willingness to train; responsibilities include health promotion, lung health checks, and safeguarding.

Qualifications

• NMC registration as an Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Cervical Sample Taker qualification or willingness to train
• BLS certification and CPD evidence

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centred nursing care across network treatment room, preventative and screening services
• Deliver wound care and compression therapy
• Carry out cervical screening
• Give immunisations and perform venepuncture
• Complete learning disability annual health checks
• Deliver health promotion and preventative interventions
• Support patients with long-term conditions
• Contribute to cardiovascular disease prevention programmes
• Deliver Lung Health Checks, risk assessments and smoking cessation advice under the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme
• Engage patients to reduce health inequalities
• Work within the multidisciplinary team to national guidelines
• Maintain clinical records and contribute to quality improvement

Skills

Communication

Autonomous working

Clinical judgement

Patient-centred care

Safeguarding

IT skills

Education

Cervical Sample Taker qualification

Current Basic Life Support certification

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

The PCN Nurse post sits within Worcester City Primary Care Network's multidisciplinary team and covers a number of GP practices across the network. The work centres on treatment room clinics, including wound care, compression therapy, cervical screening and immunisations, alongside long-term condition management and health promotion. The role also supports the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme through lung health checks and smoking cessation advice, and includes learning disability health checks. Current NMC registration is required, plus a cervical sampling qualification or willingness to train.

What the job involves

• Provide patient-centred nursing care across network treatment room, preventative and screening services
• Deliver wound care and compression therapy
• Carry out cervical screening
• Give immunisations and perform venepuncture
• Complete learning disability annual health checks
• Deliver health promotion and preventative interventions
• Support patients with long-term conditions
• Contribute to cardiovascular disease prevention programmes
• Deliver Lung Health Checks, risk assessments and smoking cessation advice under the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme
• Engage patients proactively in population health initiatives to reduce health inequalities
• Work within the multidisciplinary team to national and professional guidelines
• Maintain clinical records and standards, and contribute to quality improvement

What’s required

Qualifications

• Cervical Sample Taker qualification or willingness to train upon appointment
• Current Basic Life Support certification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as a Registered Nurse (Adult)

Experience

• Significant post-registration nursing experience in primary care, general practice, community nursing or similar
• Independently managing treatment room clinics
• Wound care, complex dressings, compression bandaging and leg ulcer management
• Cervical screening, venepuncture and preventative health interventions
• Holistic clinical assessment, history taking, and escalation or onward referral of patients
• Multidisciplinary team working and audit, service improvement or quality activities

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent communication and consultation skills
• Autonomous working and sound professional judgement
• Strong assessment and clinical decision-making
• Patient-centred care, health promotion and commitment to reducing health inequalities
• Understanding of safeguarding, clinical governance and risk management
• Competent IT and clinical system skills, including electronic records

Nice to have

• Experience working within a Primary Care Network
• Experience in respiratory services, cancer screening or prevention programmes
• Experience delivering population health management initiatives
• Experience leading service development or quality improvement projects
• Experience supporting patients with long-term conditions

What’s offered

• Supportive learning environment
• Opportunities for professional development