Practice Nurse

St Mary's Surgery; Southampton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St Mary's Surgery in Southampton is seeking a dedicated Practice Nurse to join a busy, multi-disciplinary team. You will deliver high-quality nursing care, support clinical procedures, provide patient education, and contribute to long-term condition reviews.

The role involves administering medications under PGDs, arranging pathology tests, delivering women’s health services, and supporting students and staff with mentoring and training. A collaborative, patient-centred approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care.
• Provide health education and advice on lifestyle changes and disease prevention.
• Perform long-term condition reviews and administer medications as per PGDs.
• Support IPC and participate in audits and training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence based and person-centred nursing care to patients
• Provide health education and advice to patients regarding lifestyle changes and disease prevention
• Provide long term condition reviews
• Administer medication for patients in accordance with patient group directives (PGDs)
• Request pathology services and process pathology results as required
• Deliver women's health services (e.g. cervical smears)
• Support other members of the practice clinical team with nursing services including supporting clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer/signpost patients to other members of the practice clinical team and/or external partner agencies as required
• Support the practice in offering student nurse placement mentoring, coaching and teaching
• Liaise with external services/agencies where necessary to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
• Safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that concerns are escalated appropriately in accordance with local and national policies.
• Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and the implementation of the IPC policy taking part in audits, training and support
• Participate in supervision, peer support and professional development arrangements
• Participate in continuous professional development activities to enhance nursing skills.

Skills

Patient care

Clinical procedures

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Infection prevention and control

Mentoring/teaching student nurses

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Diploma/Degree in Nursing

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Practice Nurse to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care, assisting with clinical procedures, and ensuring the smooth operation of the practice. This position requires excellent communication skills, a strong commitment to patient welfare, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. We are welcoming applicants from newly qualified nurses.,

• Deliver high quality, compassionate, evidence based and person-centred nursing care to patients
• Provide health education and advice to patients regarding lifestyle changes and disease prevention.
• Provide long term condition reviews
• Administer medication for patients in accordance with patient group directives (PGDs)
• Request pathology services and process pathology results as required
• Deliver women's health services (e.g. cervical smears)
• Support other members of the practice clinical team with nursing services including supporting clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer/signpost patients to other members of the practice clinical team and/or external partner agencies as required
• Support the practice in offering student nurse placement mentoring, coaching and teaching
• Liaise with external services/agencies where necessary to ensure the patient is supported appropriately
• Safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring that concerns are escalated appropriately in accordance with local and national policies.
• Support the Infection Prevention Control (IPC) lead and the implementation of the IPC policy taking part in audits, training and support
• Participate in supervision, peer support and professional development arrangements
• Participate in continuous professional development activities to enhance nursing skills., We have well established and experienced multi-disciplinary clinical team providing excellent care to our communities. We strive to provide high quality, patient centred care whilst supporting staff wellbeing and development. As a nurse joining our team, we will provide you with opportunities to develop your skills in a supportive and collegiate environment.

Sea City Partnership

Sea City Partnership is a large training practice serving some of the most vibrant and diverse communities in Southern England. We operate from 4 sites - St Marys Surgery, Mulberry House Surgery, Telephone House Surgery and Victor Street Surgery. We are committed to working with our communities to develop our services for the future.