Practice Nurse

NHS; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater Manchester is looking for an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join their team. Candidates must have NMC registration and experience in General Practice. Responsibilities include patient assessment, chronic disease management, and providing health education. The ideal candidate will demonstrate independence but also work well in a team. The role offers a chance to deliver high standards of care in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in General Practice with chronic disease management.
• Ability to work under own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment, treatment, and screening of patients.
• Manage chronic diseases and develop management plans.
• Administer immunisations and provide health education.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Health education services

Effective communication

Independence

Education

Registered Nurse – NMC registration

Tools

EMIS clinical system

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse. Experience of working in General Practice is essential. You must be ready to embrace new projects and provide a high standard of patient care.

Responsibilities

Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients. The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners. The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.

• Chronic disease management
• Cytology
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Routine adult and child immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients
• Requesting and interpreting blood tests
• New patient health checks / NHS health checks
• Health promotion

Clinical Duties

• Management of chronic disease – identify abnormalities, develop management plans.
• Therapeutic monitoring – check compliance, recognise abnormalities, recommend changes.
• Patient health checks – obtain information, identify health promotion issues, develop management plans.
• Risk assessment – recognise issues, gather information, refer appropriately.
• Health screening – recognise issues, provide advice, undertake monitoring tasks.
• Travel health – administer injections, provide guidance, identify problems.
• Immunisation (adult and child) – administer appropriate immunisation autonomously, work with complex issues.
• First contact – work independently or alongside the GP and make decisions/recommendations.
• Minor operations – assist the GP and undertake simple procedures.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse – NMC registration.
• General Practice Experience – chronic disease experience, infection control, health and safety, safeguarding knowledge.
• Experience using EMIS clinical system (desirable).

Essential Skills

• Work under own initiative within role boundaries.
• Articulate and knowledgeable to deliver high standard of care.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, carers and multidisciplinary team.
• Pride in quality of care, learning from successes and setbacks.

Location

Pemberton Primary Care Resource Centre, Sherwood Drive, Pemberton, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN5 9QX

Contact

Reference number: A5947-25-0000
Job posted: 09 October 2025
Employer: Newtown Medical Practice
Website: https://www.newtownmedicalpractice.nhs.uk/