Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Encouragement of personal development

Job summary

Leesbrook Surgery is recruiting a practice nurse to support clinics focused on long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and COPD. The role includes immunisations, cervical screening, health checks, and travel vaccinations.

You will work independently within a multidisciplinary team and must have prior primary care experience with NMC registration and a formal nursing qualification. The successful candidate will perform venepuncture, manage recalls, and contribute to infection control and

Qualifications

• Must hold a formal nursing qualification.
• NMC registration is required.
• Experience working in primary care.

Responsibilities

• Manage long-term conditions in clinic (asthma, diabetes, COPD).
• Deliver immunisations including flu and travel vaccines.
• Carry out cervical cytology and breast awareness teaching.
• Provide health promotion and smoking cessation support.
• Take venepuncture samples and arrange tests.
• Enter data and run recalls within the clinical system.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team with GPs.
• Maintain infection control and sterilise equipment.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Computer literacy

Time management

Problem solving

Autonomy

Interpersonal skills

Education

Formal nursing qualification

Tools

EMIS clinical system

Job description

Leesbrook Surgery, a GP training practice serving around 9,500 patients, is recruiting a practice nurse for its clinics. The post centres on managing long-term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and COPD, alongside immunisations, cervical screening, health checks and travel vaccinations. The nurse works independently within a multidisciplinary team and must bring prior primary care experience. NMC registration and a formal nursing qualification are required.

What the job involves

• Manage long-term conditions in clinic, including asthma, diabetes and COPD
• Run routine childhood and adult immunisations, including flu, pneumococcal, shingles and pertussis vaccines in pregnancy
• Carry out cervical cytology and teach breast awareness
• Deliver health promotion and smoking cessation support
• Provide travel health advice and vaccinations
• Carry out health checks for newly registered patients and NHS health checks
• Take venepuncture samples, prepare pathology samples, request tests and act on results
• Undertake LES, DES and QOF clinical and administrative work
• Enter information on the clinical system and run patient searches for clinics and recall
• Follow infection control procedures and clinical protocols, referring to GPs as appropriate
• Maintain treatment room equipment, including testing and recording, and clean and sterilise clinical equipment
• Order vaccines and equipment to maintain stock levels

Qualifications

• Formal nursing qualification

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Experience

• Experience working in primary care
• Demonstrable commitment to professional development

Skills & knowledge

• Computer literacy and IT skills
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Time management and working to deadlines
• Problem-solving skills
• Working unsupervised and on own initiative
• Tact, diplomacy and positive interpersonal skills

Other

• Treating people with dignity and respect
• Planning and organising
• Performing under pressure
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Teamworking and motivation
• Confidentiality

Nice to have

• Experience in chronic disease management (diabetes, COPD, asthma, CKD, stroke, hypertension)
• Emergency resuscitation training certificate within the last 12 months
• Experience of EMIS clinical system
• Conflict management
• Dealing with challenging situations and coping under pressure
• Interpersonal skills

What’s offered

• Encouragement of personal development