Practice Nurse (Maternity Cover)

NHS; Exmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Devon is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse for a maternity cover position. This role involves delivering high-quality care within a busy practice, working collaboratively with the team to manage patient health, and facilitating health promotion. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in primary care and be confident in their clinical skillset.

Qualifications

• Confident in delivering high-quality care.
• Experience working as a practice nurse or community nurse.
• Understanding of evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions.
• Support adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Participate in local implementation strategies.

Skills

Experience in primary care

Wound care/removal of sutures

Chronic disease management

Understanding of infection control measures

Ability to record clinical notes

Education

Registered Nurse

Post graduate diploma or degree in Primary Care

Tools

ECGs

Venepuncture

Spirometry

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Practice Nurse, on a maternity cover basis, to join our friendly supportive and dynamic team in Exmouth, which is on the beautiful East Devon coast. This is a key role within the clinical team and we are looking for someone confident and competent in delivering high-quality care in a busy general practice setting.

We are a very happy practice with strong positive working relationships which contribute to fantastic team working and morale. We have a good reputation as an employer and hold the best parties!

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of general practice nursing to the whole practice population. To deliver evidence-based practice for patients presenting with a long-term condition and the provision of preventative health care to the practice population. As an autonomous practitioner the nurse is responsible for the care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making in the management of patients. They will work collaboratively within the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, support the delivery of policy and procedures.

About Us

Rolle Medical Partnership provides high quality primary care under a General Medical Services Contract delivering full general practice and additional enhanced services as well as care and support for our patients with long term conditions who live within our area.

Our list size is around 27,000 and we monitor our size and workload to ensure we have adequate clinical and administrative staff to adapt accordingly. We have four surgery sites, including our dispensing surgery in Lympstone.

We strive to be as effective and efficient as possible in terms of the healthcare we provide. We will be focussed on providing excellent primary care services for patients and listen to feedback to reflect. We will provide a rich educational environment for our under and post graduate learners and encourage personal and career development for our staff to enhance their skills. We will maintain our commitment to improvement, by use of innovation, technology and review of our systems. We will continue to build on our excellent practice team working and our mutual support networks.

Details

Date posted: 09 September 2025

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: A4668-25-0004

Job locations: Exmouth Health Centre, Claremont Grove, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2JF

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Clinical practice

• Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes that promote health and well-being
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
• Work with other health care professionals to monitor, manage and treat long-term conditions, including non-drug-based treatment methods using a management plan, and in line with national and local policies and practice needs
• Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols with support from NMP or GP
• Work with patients in order to support adherence to prescribed treatments
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
• Advise, support and administer vaccinations where appropriate for patients travelling abroad
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions
• Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care

Communication

• Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
• Communicate with and support patients receiving bad news
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
• Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment and with external stakeholders
• Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues

Delivering a quality service

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
• Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the practice
• Evaluation of the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
• Collaborate on improving the quality of health care in partnership with other clinical teams, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
• Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
• Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
• Participate in the management and review of patient complaints and identify learning from clinical incident and near-miss events
• Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery
• Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
• Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
• Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate

Leadership - personal and people development

• Take responsibility for own development learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
• Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
• Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice
• Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services
• Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of GPN services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority
• Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
• Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS), and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
• Promote the role of the senior GPN in the provision of care

Team working

• Understand own role and scope, and identify how this may develop over time
• Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
• Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
• Ensure clear referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient need
• Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team
• Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery
• Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
• Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team

Management of risk

• Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
• Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health and safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements
• Support members of the nursing team to undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
• Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
• Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to healthcare for all
• Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Utilising information

• Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
• Review and process data using accurate Read codes to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
• Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition
• Understand the responsibility of self and others regarding the Freedom of Information Act

Learning and development

• Act as mentor to students, assessing competence against set standards as requested and if appropriately qualified
• Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments
• Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
• Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Equality and diversity

• Identify patterns of discrimination, take action to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
• Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
• Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
• Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
• Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice
• Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care
• Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care

Qualifications and requirements

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post graduate diploma or degree Primary Care
• Prescribing Nurse

Experience and knowledge

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of infection prevention and control measures
• Experience of chronic disease management

Clinical knowledge and skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• Chaperone procedure
• Travel medicine
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• Spirometry
• CHD
• Understanding the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
• Women\'s health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc)

UK Registration and other checks

• UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require a DBS disclosure.
• Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered.

Notes

• From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants to enter the UK may need to present a criminal record certificate from certain countries.
• UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer: Rolle Medical Partnership

Address: Exmouth Health Centre, Claremont Grove, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2JF

Employer website: https://www.rollemedicalpartnership.co.uk/

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