Practice Nurse

TQI Solutions; Banbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Banbury is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to join their team. The ideal candidate should be a registered nurse with experience in a primary-care setting, particularly with chronic disease management. Responsibilities include assessing patients, providing treatment, and ensuring high-quality care within a friendly, supportive environment. This full-time role offers a salary of £35,000 to £40,000 based on experience and is fixed-term for 9 months.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC.
• Certification of competency in child immunisation.
• Clear understanding of clinical governance and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Assess problems presented by patients.
• Provide continuing care to patients.
• Perform holistic assessment of patients.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Physical examination skills

Immunisation skills

Good time-management

Ability to make complex clinical judgments

Education

Registered with the NMC

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Tools

EMIS Web

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to complement the role of the GP and other Health Professionals and be an integral part and key member of the care team. You will use your clinical skills within the practice to promote well‑being, maximise health gain for patients, and provide a safe, high‑quality, accessible treatment‑room service to our registered patients. We value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment.

The ideal candidate will have experience in a primary‑care setting, preferably as a Practice Nurse, with additional qualifications in long‑term conditions such as COPD, asthma, diabetes and CHD desirable, as are qualification in contraception and travel vaccination.

As a training practice we are fully committed to training and development opportunities to progress your career. We are also an active primary‑care research practice, including treatment‑room participation. If you want to be part of an expanding team dedicated to providing quality care and making a difference in our patients’ lives, we would love to hear from you.

Note: This vacancy could close early once sufficient applications are received.

Purpose of This Role

• Compliment the role of the GP and other Health Professionals as an integral part and key member of the care team.
• Make the best use of clinical skills within the practice to promote well‑being and maximise health gain for patients.
• Provide a safe, high‑quality and accessible treatment‑room service to the practice population.

About Us

PML is a successful not‑for‑profit, GP‑led organisation providing various NHS community and primary‑care clinical services to patients across Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. We employ around 300 staff with a turnover of circa £16 m, hold GMS contracts and act as a GP Federation representing about 50 GP practices covering approximately 650,000 patients.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and circumstances and people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Job Responsibilities

Professional

• Assess problems presented opportunistically by patients.
• Provide continuing care to patients across the practice population.
• Initiate laboratory requests, collect specimens and interpret specified results.
• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for ear irrigation.
• Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence‑based guidelines.
• Suture/clip removal.
• ECG.
• Perform holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear.
• Advise about vaccinations and injections and ensure they are administered under relevant policies, guidelines and PGDs.
• Assist in the provision of minor surgery.
• Recognise and manage anaphylaxis and cardio‑pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
• Obtain and document informed consent (written or verbal).
• Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with other members of the primary health‑care team.
• Preserve confidentiality.
• Any other duties considered relevant to the post.

Managerial

• Assist patients to identify their health needs.
• Maintain accurate records in line with practice policy and NMC Guidelines using appropriate computer software.
• Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
• Maintain equipment and stock control, including refrigeration, vaccine ordering, single‑use equipment and stock of emergency rugs and equipment.
• Contribute a nursing‑level perspective to the Practice Development Plan.
• Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
• Preserve confidentiality of information gained at all times.

Educational

• Identify personal development and training needs with the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager.
• Participate in an annual individual performance review.
• Participate fully in practice audit and quality development programmes.
• Participate in formal tutorials and informal training of all treatment‑room trainees, GP trainees and other allied health professionals in the practice.

Management of Chronic Disease

• Develop knowledge and progress in managing chronic disease patients within the primary‑care setting.
• Diagnose, monitor and develop individual management plans.
• Check compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using a holistic, patient‑centred approach.
• Recognise abnormalities and identify the impact of treatment, recommending changes as appropriate.

Research Projects

• Co‑operate and participate in any research projects within the practice as required.

Health and Safety

• Assist in promoting and maintaining health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy.
• Use personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
• Identify risks involved in work activities and undertake them in a risk‑managed manner.
• Use appropriate infection control procedures and maintain tidy, safe work areas free from hazards.
• Report potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity

• Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, acting in a way that recognises the importance of rights and is consistent with practice procedures, policies and legislation.
• Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behave in a manner that welcomes the individual and is non‑judgmental.

Confidentiality

• Maintain confidentiality of information in accordance with professional and PML policy.
• Access information only on a need‑to‑know basis and divulge information only in the proper course of duties.

Safeguarding

• Recognise that safeguarding children, young people and adults is everyone’s business and access training and supervision as appropriate.
• Support the organisation in ensuring service users are protected from abuse and their human rights are upheld.
• Respond to concerns in line with the Safeguarding Adults Policy and Child Protection Policy.

Personal / Professional Development

• Participate in training programmes implemented by the practice, including annual performance reviews and self‑directed learning.
• Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrate skills to others undertaking similar work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Registered with the NMC.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
• Certification of competency in child immunisation.
• Certification of competency in cytology.

Desirable:

• Certification of competency in travel vaccination.
• General Certificate in Practice (Research).< /li>
• Diabetes diploma.
• Independent Prescriber.

Experience

Essential:

• Clear understanding of clinical governance and guidelines.
• Experience working in a primary‑care setting and in a GP practice.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with patients with long‑term conditions.
• Experience working autonomously and treating patients.
• Experience using EMIS Web.
• Asthma/COPD experience.
• Complex wound care experience.

Desirable:

• Experience working with young children.
• Supervisor/Assessor/Mentor experience.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential:

• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• Physical examination skills.
• Influencing and assertiveness skills.
• Understanding of team working importance.
• Commitment to ongoing training and development.
• Immunisation skills.
• Ability to work with patients and staff in emotional circumstances.
• Ability to make complex clinical judgments.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Good time‑management.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word.
• Flexible and adaptable to change.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Salary & Employment Details

• Salary: £35 000 to £40 000 a year FTE, depending on experience.
• Contract: Fixed term.
• Duration: 9 months.
• Working pattern: Full‑time.
• Reference number: E0176‑25‑0043.
• Job locations: Banbury Cross Health Centre, South Bar Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 9AD.

Contact

For informal enquiries please contact Roxanne Seeney.

Employer Details

Principal Medical Limited
Banbury Cross Health Centre
South Bar Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 9AD
Website: https://www.principal-medical.co.uk