Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Education and personal development

Job summary

Silton Surgery is seeking a Practice Nurse for 19 hours per week, starting in January. The post focuses on managing long-term conditions such as hypertension, asthma, and COPD, alongside full treatment room duties. Shifts align with the current practice nurse and include cover during colleagues' annual leave.

Applicants must have current NMC registration and prior experience in a primary care setting. This role requires strong clinical skills and commitment to evidence-based practice within a GP

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration.
• Experience in primary care advantageous.
• Knowledge of managing chronic diseases (e.g., hypertension, COPD, diabetes).
• Infection prevention and control and awareness of CQC standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic diseases within the primary care team.
• Carry out immunisation clinics and related admin.
• Provide cervical cytology and family planning information and advice.
• Undertake treatment room duties (dressings, sutures, ECGs, venepuncture).
• Wound management including leg ulcers and minor injuries care.
• Anticoagulation monitoring and care planned per protocols.
• Deliver health promotion and NHS health checks.
• Carry out ear syringing and maintain clinical areas and records.
• Conduct clinical audits and support recalls within practice guidelines.

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Silton Surgery, a rural dispensing GP practice, needs a Practice Nurse for 19 hours a week, starting in January. The work centres on managing long-term conditions such as hypertension, asthma and COPD, alongside full treatment room duties. The shifts are set to dovetail with the other practice nurse and include cover for colleagues' annual leave. Candidates need current NMC registration and previous experience in primary care.

What the job involves

• Manage chronic diseases such as hypertension, asthma and COPD within the primary care team
• Carry out immunisation clinics, including travel immunisations, and the associated admin
• Provide the cervical smear service and family planning information and advice
• Undertake treatment room duties such as dressings, suture removal, ECGs and blood pressure checks
• Undertake wound management, including leg ulcers, and provide nursing care for minor injuries
• Carry out anti-coagulation monitoring and establish diagnoses against set protocols
• Deliver health promotion, including NHS health checks and smoking cessation support
• Perform ear syringing at the practice
• Maintain clinical areas and equipment, including sterilisation, stock control and drugs
• Keep accurate written and electronic clinical records and record call and recall results
• Undertake clinical audits and assist with administering recalls
• Work to practice and national guidelines, seek GP direction where needed, and support the clinical team's care programmes

What’s required

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Previous experience in a primary care environment
• Experience as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures and CQC standards

Skills & knowledge

• Wound care and removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs and venepuncture
• New patient medicals and chaperoning
• Travel medicine and immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Clinical knowledge of diabetes, COPD, hypertension, asthma and CHD
• Women's health, including cervical cytology and contraception

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure and Barring Service check

Other

• Evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Accurate clinical note-keeping
• Working within own scope of practice and knowing when to refer to a GP

Nice to have

• Postgraduate diploma or degree in primary care
• Spirometry
• Experience of travel immunisations and family planning
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

What’s offered

• NHS Pension
• Support for education and personal development