Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS or NEST pension

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Job summary

Weymouth Bay Medical Practice in Weymouth is seeking a part-time Practice Nurse to deliver nursing care for a patient list of 26,500 across three surgeries. The role focuses on long‑term condition monitoring, health promotion and screening, as well as vaccinations, wound care and cervical cytology.

The post offers flexible hours (10–25 per week) and a supportive team environment with 22 GP partners and ongoing professional development opportunities; registration with the NMC and a professional

Qualifications

• Membership of a professional body
• Registered adult nurse with NMC
• Experience in nursing generally
• Knowledge of long-term conditions and health promotion
• Awareness of clinical governance in primary care
• Ability to manage change and support patients to adopt healthier lifestyles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to the practice population autonomously and as part of a team
• Monitor and manage long-term conditions including QOF reviews
• Deliver health promotion, prevention and screening activities
• Give injections and vaccinations including travel vaccines and manage immunisation programmes
• Provide wound care, dressings, sutures and clip removal, Doppler and bandaging
• Run a cervical cytology sampling programme and audit at least 20 smears per year
• Respond to complex or urgent situations including seizures and cardiac events
• Maintain patient records on SystmOne with Read codes
• Liaise with local support services and make referrals as needed
• Assist with minor surgery, venepuncture and ECGs
• Prescribe medicines if qualified to do so
• Mentor junior staff and students and assist with ordering supplies

Skills

Long-term condition knowledge

Health promotion

Clinical governance awareness

Change-management

Communication skills

Negotiation and conflict management

IT skills

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Weymouth Bay Medical Practice, a GP practice with three surgeries in Weymouth, is seeking a part-time Practice Nurse to deliver nursing care for its patient list of 26,500. The work centres on long-term condition monitoring, health promotion and screening, alongside vaccinations, wound care and cervical cytology. Hours are flexible within 10 to 25 a week, and the practice is a training site with a team of 22 GP partners. Applicants must be registered adult nurses and hold membership of a professional body.

What the job involves

• Deliver practice nursing care to the practice population, working autonomously and as part of a team with senior nurses
• Monitor and manage long-term conditions, including QOF reviews, and support patients' self-care
• Deliver health promotion, prevention and screening, including NHS health checks and national screening programmes
• Give injections and vaccinations, including travel vaccinations, and run immunisation programmes with safe storage and cold chain checks
• Provide wound care, dressings, suture and clip removal, Doppler assessments and multilayer bandaging
• Run a cervical cytology sampling programme and audit at least 20 smears a year
• Respond to complex, urgent and emergency situations, including seizure, collapse, cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis
• Keep computerised patient records on SystmOne using correct Read codes
• Work in integrated multidisciplinary teams, make referrals and liaise with local support services
• Assist with minor surgery, carry out venepuncture and ECGs
• Prescribe medicines where the nurse holds a recognised prescribing qualification
• Mentor new and junior colleagues and students, and help with ordering and checking supplies

What’s required

Qualifications

• Membership of a professional body

Registration & licences

• Registered adult nurse

Experience

• Nursing experience

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of long-term condition needs and health promotion strategies
• Awareness of clinical governance in primary care and the accountability of each role in a nurse-led service
• Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• IT skills

Other

• Effective organisational and time management
• Gets on well with people at all levels
• Flexibility, including for cover and core hours
• Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
• Team player
• Positive role model

Nice to have

• Experience in primary care
• Specialist Practitioner qualification
• Diploma in chronic disease
• Clinical skills in cervical cytology, immunisation, ear care, minor surgery and wound care
• Knowledge of local public health issues and the determinants of health
• Awareness of local and national health policy and the wider health economy
• Uses initiative

What’s offered

• NHS or NEST pension
• Pay placement negotiated on skills and experience
• Hours and working pattern can be negotiated
• Induction, training and support to achieve competence