Practice Nurse - Newport Health Centre

The Methodist Church in Britain; Swindon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Newport Health Centre, a GP practice serving over 24,500 patients across two sites, is seeking a Practice Nurse to join its multi-disciplinary team. The post involves managing long-term conditions, immunisations, wound care, cervical cytology and venepuncture, with autonomous working and travel between sites.

You will hold an NMC registration, a DBS check and a relevant nursing or health degree, with good IT skills and the ability to plan, prioritise and evaluate treatment programmes while

Qualifications

• Relevant nursing or health degree required.
• Maths and English GCSEs (or equivalent) required.

Responsibilities

• Manage long‑term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension
• Deliver routine immunisations and vaccination programmes for adults and children, including travel vaccines
• Provide wound care, including opportunistic wound care
• Carry out cervical cytology and venepuncture
• Diagnose and treat minor illnesses
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate treatment programmes, including health promotion
• Respond to complex, urgent or emergency patient situations, including starting emergency care
• Plan and manage nursing appointments across both sites and oversee the clinical team's working day
• Apply infection prevention and control, and safe storage and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Keep accurate, complete patient records and protect confidential information
• Contribute to QOF achievement and maintain quality governance for the nursing team
• Work within safeguarding policies, referring family violence and vulnerable child or adult concerns as appropriate
• Flexible and cooperative, including outside core office hours
• Willingness to travel to other sites
• Motivated, proactive and forward thinking
• Resilient and able to work under pressure
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Maintains complete confidentiality at all times

Skills

NMC registration

IT skills

Time management

Planning & organising

Interpersonal skills

Autonomous working

Team collaboration

Vaccination delivery

Education

Relevant nursing or health degree

Maths & English GCSE or equivalent

Job description

Practice Nurse post at Newport Health Centre, a GP practice serving over 24,500 patients across two sites. The core work is managing long‑term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension, alongside wound care, cervical cytology, venepuncture and routine immunisations, with the post holder working autonomously. The role sits within a multi-disciplinary team, with full-time or part-time hours considered and willingness to travel between sites expected. NMC registration and a DBS check are required.

What the job involves

• Manage long‑term conditions such as asthma, diabetes and hypertension
• Deliver routine immunisations and vaccination programmes for adults and children, including travel vaccines
• Provide wound care, including opportunistic wound care
• Carry out cervical cytology and venepuncture
• Diagnose and treat minor illnesses
• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate treatment programmes, including health promotion
• Respond to complex, urgent or emergency patient situations, including starting emergency care
• Plan and manage nursing appointments across both sites and oversee the clinical team's working day
• Apply infection prevention and control, and safe storage and disposal of vaccines and drugs
• Keep accurate, complete patient records and protect confidential information
• Contribute to QOF achievement and maintain quality governance for the nursing team
• Work within safeguarding policies, referring family violence and vulnerable child or adult concerns as appropriate

What’s required

Qualifications

• Relevant nursing or health degree
• Maths and English GCSE or equivalent experience

Registration & licences

• NMC registration

Skills & knowledge

• Good interpersonal skills and communication with a diverse range of people
• Strong IT skills
• Effective time management, planning and organising
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check

Other

• Flexible and cooperative, including outside core office hours
• Willingness to travel to other sites
• Motivated, proactive and forward thinking
• Resilient and able to work under pressure
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Maintains complete confidentiality at all times

Nice to have

• Clinical skills in cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, ear care, wound management, minor illness and contraception
• Experience of nurse‑led management of long‑term conditions
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Knowledge of public health issues and promotion
• Knowledge of clinical governance in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and engagement