Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

The GP practice at Darton Health Centre, Dr Gerald Eko's Surgery, is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to join the clinical team on Fridays. This 10-hour weekly post is ideal for a nurse with strong immunisation, chronic disease management and health-promotion skills.

You will work alongside the existing practice nurse, deliver planned nursing care, maintain records, and contribute to audits and quality improvement within a friendly, multidisciplinary primary care setting.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to nursing practice.
• Experience in general practice or primary care preferred.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate clinical records.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver nursing care for registered patients, alongside the existing practice nurse and wider clinical team.
• Carry out routine nursing appointments, including assessment, nursing care and advice.
• Administer routine adult and childhood immunisations, seasonal flu programmes and travel vaccinations, where trained.
• Manage long-term conditions through structured reviews, monitoring and self-management advice.
• Take clinical observations, perform venepuncture and handle specimens, and carry out ECGs or spirometry where trained.
• Provide wound care and dressing procedures.
• Deliver health promotion, lifestyle and smoking cessation advice, NHS health checks and cardiovascular risk assessment.
• Provide cervical screening and sexual health and contraception advice where trained.
• Recognise and manage clinical emergencies, including anaphylaxis, and raise concerns to clinicians.
• Arrange follow-up, recall and onward referral.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, clinical coding and safeguarding documentation.
• Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, infection prevention and control, and stock and equipment checks.

Skills

NMC registration

CPD

Communication

Time management

Team working

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Practice Nurse post at Dr Gerald Eko's Surgery, a GP practice based at Darton Health Centre, working alongside an existing practice nurse. The work covers planned nursing care for registered patients, including immunisations, health promotion, observations, wound care and long-term condition reviews. It is a regular 10-hour weekly commitment on Fridays, suited to an experienced nurse with other commitments. Current NMC registration is required.

What the job involves

• Plan and deliver nursing care for registered patients, alongside the existing practice nurse and wider clinical team
• Carry out routine nursing appointments, including assessment, nursing care and advice
• Administer routine adult and childhood immunisations, seasonal flu programmes and travel vaccinations, where trained
• Manage long-term conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension and atrial fibrillation through structured reviews, monitoring and self-management advice
• Take clinical observations, perform venepuncture and handle specimens, and carry out ECGs or spirometry where trained
• Provide wound care and dressing procedures
• Deliver health promotion, lifestyle and smoking cessation advice, NHS health checks and cardiovascular risk assessment
• Provide cervical screening and sexual health and contraception advice where trained
• Recognise and manage clinical emergencies, including anaphylaxis, and raise concerns to clinicians
• Arrange follow-up, recall and onward referral
• Maintain accurate clinical records, clinical coding and safeguarding documentation
• Contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, infection prevention and control, and stock and equipment checks

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to nursing practice

Experience

• Working as a registered nurse
• Assessing patients and providing appropriate nursing care
• Working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Maintaining accurate clinical records

Skills & knowledge

• Working within scope of practice and recognising when advice or escalation is required
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Working effectively as part of a small practice team
• Good organisational and time management skills

Nice to have

• Experience of working in general practice or primary care
• Long-term condition management
• Immunisations and vaccinations
• Health promotion and preventative healthcare
• Experience using EMIS
• Understanding of QOF and primary care quality improvement, and experience of clinical audit or quality improvement
• Practice Nurse or Primary Care Nursing qualification, or equivalent experience
• Additional clinical qualifications or training, such as immunisation, cervical screening, diabetes or respiratory care