Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Health Shield plan

Employee assistance programme

Staff discount scheme

Additional holiday

Free onsite parking

Job summary

The practice nurse post at Fenny Compton Surgery is a part-time role serving rural communities across Fenny Compton and Shenington. You will perform routine care, organise nursing services, and run immunisation and cytology clinics under GP direction. Experience in baby and travel immunisations and diabetes management is essential.

Benefits include access to the NHS pension scheme, a healthcare plan, counselling support, staff discounts, extra holiday, and free onsite parking.

Qualifications

• Must hold NMC registration and be currently registered to practice.
• Experience with baby and travel immunisations and cytology is essential.
• Ability to manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine patient care under GP direction.
• Organise nursing services and delegate tasks to nursing staff.
• Run clinics including cytology, travel and childhood immunisations.
• Manage chronic disease care, especially diabetes and CHD.
• Perform venepuncture and wound care, ECGs, and basic procedures.
• Refer to GPs as appropriate and follow clinical protocols.

Skills

NMC registration

Diabetes management

Immunisations

Cytology

Venepuncture

Wound care

Job description

A part-time practice nurse post at Fenny Compton Surgery, a rural practice working across its Fenny Compton and Shenington sites, has opened up because the current nurse's personal circumstances have changed. The role covers routine patient care carried out on GP direction, organising nursing services and delegating work to other nursing staff, and running clinics including cytology, travel and childhood immunisations, and chronic disease management. Candidates are expected to already hold the full range of basic practice nursing skills, particularly baby and travel immunisations, cytology and diabetes management.

What the job involves

• Routine patient care tasks as directed by GPs
• Organising nursing services, including delegating duties to other nursing staff
• Chronic disease management, particularly diabetes and coronary heart disease
• Cytology
• Routine and childhood immunisations
• Travel clinic
• Wound and ulcer care, Doppler and removal of sutures
• Hypertension management
• Asthma and peak flow readings, and ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Family planning
• Requesting pathology tests and following agreed clinical protocols, referring to GPs as appropriate

What’s required

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Already holds all basic practice nursing skills

Skills & knowledge

• Baby immunisations
• Travel immunisations
• Cytology
• Chronic disease management, including diabetes

What’s offered

• Access to the NHS pension scheme
• Health Shield plan for healthcare costs such as dentist and optician, with family upgrade option
• Fully funded employee assistance programme with face-to-face counselling and no wait
• Staff discount scheme
• Additional holiday and a gift for long service
• Free onsite parking