Practice Nurse To Cover For Maternity Leave

Handforth Health Centre; Wilmslow; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Handforth Health Centre is seeking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join a small, friendly team of two nurses and three HCAs. The role is part-time (up to 25 hours per week) to cover maternity leave until March 2027. Salary negotiable depending on experience.

Prior primary care experience is essential and you may cover an extended Wednesday evening shift with another nurse and GP. The successful candidate will deliver nursing care across chronic disease management, health promotion,

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NHS primary care experience and essential chronic disease management
• Experience working as a practice nurse or community nurse is essential
• Strong knowledge of evidence-based practice and clinical governance

Responsibilities

• Deliver chronic disease clinics (CHD, etc.) and immunisations.
• Carry out health promotion and preventive nursing interventions.
• Manage travel medicine services and routine nursing care per evidence-based guidance.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and chronic disease registers.
• Support safeguarding and liaise with external agencies as needed.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and cover extended hours as required.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Clinical governance

Accurate clinical notes

Communication skills

EMIS user skills

Teamwork and independence

Education

Registered Nurse

Practice nurse experience

Chronic disease management

Tools

Office & Outlook

Job description

Job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Practice Nurse to join our small, dynamic and friendly team of two other practice nurses and three health care assistants to work up to 25 hours per week to cover for maternity leave until March 2027. The salary is negotiable depending on experience and qualifications. Previous experience in Primary Care is essential. We work extended hours every Wednesday evening until 8pm and the successful candidate would be required to cover this shift with another nurse and GP.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care. The practice nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management & health prevention, as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure.

Duties essential to the role include carrying out chronic disease clinics, including CHD, treatment room sessions, health promotion, travel vaccinations, baby immunisations and general immunisations.

About us

We are a nine doctor NHS General Practice based in Handforth, Cheshire, close to Manchester Airport and on good commuter routes, with a list size of approximately 10500 patients. We are a training practice for GP trainees.

We have a large reception and admin team to support our clinicians and we are part of CHAW Primary Care Network enabling us to work closely with other local practices on the delivery of care to our patients.

Details

Date posted: 23 October 2026

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 6 months

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: A2883-26-0004

Job locations: Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3HL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To work as part of the primary healthcare/nursing team with responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. The focus of the role is the delivery of evidence based practice for patients with long term conditions and management and preventative nursing interventions, delivering this care to patients in a range of clinics offering alternative appointments and times. The following are the core responsibilities of the practice nurse. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide travel medicine services
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• 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
• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Nurse
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of chronic disease management

Knowledge & Skills (Essential)

• Understands 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 understanding when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS user skills
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
• Experience with clinical risk management

Personal Qualities (Essential)

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Flexibility to work outside of core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health Clearance

Experience (Essential)

• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Practice Nurse.
• Experience of chronic disease and health promotion.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary environment with a wide range of individuals at different levels.
• Experience of developing relationships with external agencies and organisations.
• Experience of working across organisational boundaries within health or social care.

Experience (Desirable)

• Recent experience in primary and/or community nursing.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Handforth Health Centre

Employer's website: https://www.handforthhealthcentre.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details:

For questions about the job, contact: Practice Manager Fiona Edridge, [e-mail], 01625547580

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