Practice Nurse Fixed Term

The Blackmore Vale Partnership; Shaftesbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A general practice in Shaftesbury is seeking a skilled Practice Nurse to join their team. You will be responsible for managing chronic diseases, administering immunizations, and providing wound care. Ideal candidates will be NMC Registered Nurses with excellent communication skills. This position offers flexible working hours, training opportunities, and a supportive environment. Salary ranges from £35,424.91 to £44,270.97, pro rata depending on experience.

Benefits

Flexible working

Access to CPD and training

Free parking

Good transport links

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse with recent primary care experience.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage chronic diseases such as diabetes and asthma.
• Administer immunizations and health promotions.
• Provide wound care and suture removal.

Skills

Chronic disease management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Calm under pressure

NMC Registration

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

30 Hours Fixed Term Contract. (Possibilityof permanent position in the future).

Are you a passionate, patient-loving, jab-giving,health-promotion hero?Do you love the smell of fresh dressing packs in the morning?Can you take blood, do smears, give vaccinations, AND chat about the weatherwith a smile?

If so we want YOU to join our fabulous team!

About Us:

We're a warm, friendly General Practice with a great senseof humour and a genuine passion for excellent patient care. Our nursing team isat the heart of what we do and now we're looking for a new superstar to joinus!

Main duties of the job

What Youll Be Doing:

• Chronic disease management; diabetes, asthma, hypertension we love a good template
• Immunisations and travel health; passport not required
• Cervical cytology; because screening saves lives!
• Wound care, leg ulcer dressings, compression and suture removal, your bandaging skills will be admired!
• Health promotion and lifestyle support, yes, even for those who "don't really drink".
• Working as part of a supportive, fun, multidisciplinary team

About You:

• NMC Registered Nurse, with recent primary care or transferable experience.
• A people-person with excellent communication and clinical skills
• Calm under pressure even when someone says, I hate needles
• Organised, proactive, and ready to make a real difference

About us

Perks of the Job:

• Flexible working and great team support
• Access to CPD and training opportunities
• Lovely patients (and the odd grumpy one but we share those out)
• Free parking / good transport links / decent coffee

Sound like your kind of practice? We'd love to hear from you. For more information or an informal chat, contact one of our Team Leads at [e-mail]

Salary: Band 6 £35,424.91 to £44,270.97 pro rata depending on experience.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and references.

Closing date for applications: *7.10.2025

Interviewing 14.10.2025

*Please be aware the advert will close earlier than advertised if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

For full Job Description and Person Specification see attached file.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and reliable Practice nurse to join our friendly team, who is able to provide us with some of the following skills:-

Leg Ulcer, Dressings and Compression Knowledge.

To share in the responsibility for the clinical nursing and health education of the practice population.

Ensuring accurate, coded, up to date and retrievable data is recorded in the patients computerised records on the practice clinical system.

Collaborate with the Primary Health Care Team on local and national healthy living initiatives to enable patients to access holistic care.

To ensure that the personal dignity of each patient is promoted and upheld and that their privacy is respected.

To support the patient through the treatment process by ensuring their healthcare needs are met

Person Specification

Qualifications

• For full Job Description and Person Specification see attached file.
• For full Job Description and Person Specification see attached file.

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.

£35,424.91 to £44,270.97 a yearPro rata depending on experience