Practice Nurse

Unity Health; York; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider based in York is seeking a committed Practice Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing chronic diseases, delivering quality clinical care, and supporting the healthcare needs of local patients. Essential qualifications include active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and a commitment to patient care. Experience in a practice nursing role is desirable but not required. Suitable candidates will enjoy a collaborative working environment with ample development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active NMC membership required.
• Experience in chronic disease management is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver efficient and quality clinical care following guidelines.
• Manage chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes.
• Conduct patient health checks and provide vaccinations.

Skills

Registered Nurse

IT literacy

Chronic disease management

Teamwork

Customer focus

Education

Registered and ongoing membership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Safeguarding Adult & Children Level 3 training

Job description

Job Summary

Thank you for your interest in our vacancy for a Practice Nurse. We are looking for a committed, enthusiastic person to join our innovative multi‑disciplinary team based in York's newest purpose‑built primary care facility. As the successful candidate you will be a key part of our two Partner practice and will work alongside a growing team, delivering healthcare to people who live and work in York, staff and students at the University of York. Unity Health currently operates two surgeries to the South and East of York, close to excellent local amenities. We are a consistently high QOF achiever, a supportive member of the Humber & North Yorkshire ICB and an active member of the Student Health Association (SHA).

Main Duties

• Accountable for the delivery of efficient, quality and evidence‑based clinical care in accordance with professional standards, guidelines and code of conduct (Safeguarding, Nursing and Midwifery Council, NICE, Local Authority Guidelines).
• Chronic disease management: asthma, vascular disease (including IHD/Stroke/PVD), COPD, diabetes and hypertension.
• Conduct new patient health checks, wound management, spirometry, urinary dip tests and monitoring of long‑term contraception and hypertensives.
• Family planning including cervical cytology screening.
• Assist in the delivery of specific campaigns (e.g., flu/shingles).
• Delivery of routine childhood vaccinations.
• Maintain stock of drugs and equipment and advise nurse management of equipment failure/maintenance requirements.
• Contribute to QOF data collation as required.
• Record all patient contact on the practice medical record system in a timely manner.
• Review and amend nurse protocols as required.

About Us

Unity Health is a York‑based GMS practice serving more than 19,000 patients. It has a long history of family medicine dating back over 60 years and over 30 years of experience in student health, providing care to the University of York. Clinicians benefit from a wide range of conditions presented by a variety of patients, making it a good learning ground for professionals wishing to progress.

Job Responsibilities

Competencies & Behaviours:

The post‑holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Teamwork: Work effectively and professionally within the wider Practice clinical team and as a local surgery team by proactively supporting and assisting peers and colleagues.
• Autonomy: Ability to work independently by making informed decisions based on knowledge and clinical judgement, and recognise when a problem/issue should be escalated.
• Positive challenge response: Ability to react to and face challenges or setbacks in a positive manner, with a commitment to continuous improvement of skills and the service.
• Customer focus: Provide excellent patient and internal customer service.
• Efficiency: Work efficiently and meet strict deadlines, driven by setting and achieving individual and team targets.
• Data handling: Gather, process, analyse and input large volumes of information to deadlines whilst maintaining high levels of attention to detail.
• Confidentiality: Exercise and adhere to the Practice confidentiality policies.
• Organisation: Prioritise and manage own work demands by assessing urgency and importance.

Skills:

• Identify patients’/internal customers’ needs calmly, professionally and efficiently.
• Deliver patients’/customers’ needs with a warm reassuring demeanour.
• Skilfully signpost/referral to appropriate person or solution.
• Risk management: Willingness to access support and advice as appropriate, awareness of scope/boundaries of responsibilities, and ability to assertively and appropriately escalates as needed.
• IT competency: Navigate and interrogate systems, input data with attention to detail, follow designated processes and procedures.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Registered and ongoing membership with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), ensuring professional skills and knowledge up to date and upholding professional standards.
• Safeguarding Adult & Children Level 3 training (can be provided).
• Certification of Enhanced Criminal Record Check with children’s and/or adults barred list check(s).

Information regarding patients and confidentiality is treated as strictly confidential. All privileged information may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with Practice policies and procedures.

Health & Safety: Assist in promoting and maintaining health, safety and security. Use personal security systems, identify risks, maintain work areas tidy and safe, report potential risks.

Equality and Diversity: Support equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues. Act in a welcoming, non‑judgemental manner respecting privacy, dignity and beliefs.

Personal/Professional Development: Attend training programmes, participate in annual performance reviews, maintain record of personal/professional development, take responsibility for learning and performance.

Quality: Maintain quality within the Practice, alert team members to issues, assess own performance and contribute to team effectiveness, manage time, workload and resources.

Communication: Recognise importance of effective communication within the team, communicate effectively with patients and carers, respond to alternative methods of communication as required.

Contribution to Implementation of Services: Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance; discuss with team how policies affect work; participate in audits where appropriate.

Person Specification

Essential

• NMC registered nurse
• IT literate

Desirable

• Practice Nurse experience
• Understanding of chronic disease management
• Cervical screening sample taker
• Spirometry

Experience

Desirable

• Practice nurse experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer Details

Employer Name

Unity Health

Address

Kimberlow Hill
York
North Yorkshire
YO10 5LA

Employer's Website

https://www.unityhealth.info/ (Opens in a new tab)

Depending on experience