Practice Nurse

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS North Of England Commissioning Support Unit is recruiting a part-time Practice Nurse at North House Surgery in Crook, offering a fixed term role with supportive colleagues and a focus on chronic disease management and immunisations.

The successful candidate will work within nurse boundaries and provide high-quality care, including women's health, screening, and vaccinations, contributing to patient care in a busy GP practice.

Qualifications

• Experience working autonomously in a primary care setting.
• Knowledge of infection prevention and control measures.
• Experience as a Practice Nurse or community nurse is desirable.
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and ensure evidence-based care.
• Identify and support patients at risk of long-term conditions.
• Conduct long-term condition reviews (e.g., respiratory, diabetes).
• Provide routine nursing care and immunisations.
• Administer injections and medication per PGDs and scope.
• Support GPs with minor surgery and clinical emergencies.
• Maintain accurate records and read codes.
• Support safeguarding and health promotion initiatives.

Skills

Autonomous working

Infection prevention and control

Primary care experience

Cervical screening knowledge

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Go back NHS North Of England Commissioning Support Unit

Practice Nurse

The closing date is 25 September 2026

North House Surgery, located in Crook, have an exciting opportunity for a part-time, fixed term Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at North House Surgery.

North House Surgery is a friendly Practice with an approximate list size of 13500 patients. We are a busy Practice situated in the heart of Crook. We are looking forward to welcoming a Practice Nurse to enhance our team.

As well as general practice nursing duties (including, but not exclusive to, women's health and screening, vaccinations, injections and health promotion), this post has a substantial focus on delivering effective individualised care to patients living with a chronic disease.

The successful candidate will be required to work within the professional boundaries of a qualified nurse and provide an extremely high standard of nursing care for patients registered at the practice.

Main duties of the job

• To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate, incorporating evidence-based practice.
• To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health.
• To carry out long term condition reviews e.g. respiratory reviews, diabetes reviews etc.
• As required, to provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
• To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.
• Provide wound management/wound care.
• To request pathology services and process pathology results as required.
• To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
• To assist GPs with minor surgery when required.
• To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• To administer adult and child vaccinations.
• Women's Health And Screening.
• To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
• To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual).
• To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

About us

Our current clinical team consists of 6 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 2 ANPs and 2 GP Registrars.

Our surgery is housed in purpose-built accommodation located in the semi-rural town of Crook. We also serve the surrounding villages of Howden-le-Wear and Witton-le-Wear.

North House Surgery is a well-established training practice. We have a strong focus on education and we run regular in-house teaching sessions.

We have a fantastic nursing team including 4 Practice Nurses, 1 Nursing Associate, 4 Health Care Assistants, and a Phlebotomist. North House Surgery is also well supported by Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Social Prescribers and Wellbeing Coach.

Our CQC inspection was very positive with us gaining an overall score of Good. The Practice is actively involved in our local PCN and Federation.

Our Clinicians are supported by an excellent administrative team led by our experienced Practice Manager. They work hard to ensure the Practice runs smoothly.

North House Surgery is a GMS practice.

• We are offering a salary which is negotiable depending on experience
• CQC Good rating from 2018
• High QOF achievers
• SystmOne practice

We're a friendly bunch here at North House Surgery and we're looking for a couple of like-minded Practice Nurses who would be willing to help the Practice to continue to provide a high level of care.

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

To work within the professional boundaries of a qualified nurse. To provide and maintain an extremely high standard of nursing care for patients registered at the practice as well as providing nursing assistance to the GP/Nurse Practitioner Team.

Responsible for working as part of the primary care team providing a comprehensive range of general nursing and clinical duties.

The Practice Nurse will be responsible for providing a range of treatment room procedures including wound care, removal of sutures, injections, immunisations, health checks, cervical screening and chronic disease management (please also refer to primary key responsibilities and person specification below).

North House Surgery will ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the organisation to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.

Primary Key Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• To assess the needs of patients ensuring the provision of healthcare is appropriate, incorporating evidence-based practice.
• To develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
• To identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to patients health.
• To manage patients with chronic disease e.g. respiratory reviews, diabetes reviews etc.
• As required, to provide routine nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF.
• To prescribe medication for patients in accordance with PGDs and own scope of practice.
• Provide wound care.
• To request pathology services and process pathology results as required.
• To maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation.
• To ensure read codes are used effectively by all members of the nursing team.
• To ensure compliance with the practice chaperone policy.
• To assist GPs with minor surgery when required.
• To prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately.
• To support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
• To recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
• To administer adult and child vaccinations.
• Women's Health And Screening.
• To liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.).
• To delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual).
• To support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies.
• To understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
• To deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

Secondary Responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Practice Nurse may be requested to:

• Develop and review audit protocols and process for the practice, effectively utilising the audit cycle.
• Develop, review and implement nursing protocols in conjunction with the partners.
• Support all members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, participating in appraisals and training needs analyses as required.
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice in order to improve patient care.
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach, i.e., root cause analysis (RCA).

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures.
• Experience of working in a primary care environment.
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse.

Personal Qualities

• Polite and confident.
• Flexible and co-operative.
• High levels of integrity and loyalty.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort.
• Motivated, forward thinker.
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations.

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples.
• ECGs.
• Venepuncture.
• New patient medicals.
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly.
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice.
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy.
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs.
• Chaperone procedure.
• Womens health (cervical cytology).
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel).
• Chronic Disease Management.
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area.
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Effective time management (planning and organising).
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Clear, polite telephone manner.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council).

Other Requirements

• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours.
• Occupational Health clearance.
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of a Practice Nurse.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

NHS North Of England Commissioning Support Unit