Practice Nurse (Treatment Room)
Bicester Health Centre
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Job summary
Bicester Health Centre is seeking an experienced Practice Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care within a busy GP practice. The role offers flexible working patterns, with options for full-time, part-time or job share, and a competitive benefits package.
The post requires an Adult Nurse Registration with the UK NMC, with a minimum of two years post-registration experience. Training and development opportunities are provided, including pay enhancements for extra hours.
Qualifications
- Adult nurse registration with UK NMC.
- Minimum 2 years post-registration experience.
- Desirable: audit experience.
- Desirable: experience working in a GP Practice.
Responsibilities
- Provide holistic nursing care to patients and support doctors and the primary healthcare team.
- Administer vaccinations and travel health advice under guidelines.
- Run well-person clinics and health promotion programs with lifestyle advice.
- Perform venipuncture, wound care, ECGs, and basic clinical procedures.
- Maintain infection control and stock/equipment management.
Education
Job description
Join our dynamic healthcare team as a Practice Nurse. In this vital role, you will deliver high-quality, patient-centered nursing services within a busy clinical setting. Your expertise will ensure smooth day-to-day operations, support patient recovery, and promote overall well-being. Were looking for energetic, motivated professionals eager to make a positive impact on patient health and experience. This paid position offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in a supportive environment dedicated to excellence in primary care. We are open to appointing either one full-time candidate (37.5 hours per week) or two part-time candidates whose combined hours total 37.5 hours per week. We welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time or full-time working arrangements.
Job Summary: To provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as providing nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team. The duties will include all tasks normally undertaken by an experienced practice nurse and in addition any roles agreed between the nursing team manager and the doctors as appropriate, having regard to current training.
- Progression routes funded (if appropriate)
- Rewards package
- Monthly staff award
- Cycle to work incentive
- Discounts package
- Recommend a friend
- One paid volunteering day per year
- Generous social fund
- Company pension
- Free on-site parking
- Opportunity to access additional hours at enhanced pay evenings/weekends
25 days plus bank holidays pro rata.
- Bicester OX26: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
This role is perfect for proactive nurses passionate about delivering exceptional patient care while working in a fast-paced, team-oriented setting. If you thrive on making a difference through compassionate service and clinical expertise, we want to hear from you!
Date posted: 21 October 2026 Pay scheme: Other Salary: Depending on experience Contract: Permanent Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share Reference number: A4196-26-0002 Closing date: 06 November 2026
- Offer a holistic approach to travel health by providing comprehensive advice to patients prior to travel including; vaccinations and medicines, safe sex, food hygiene, sun protection.
- Offer advice about childhood and adult vaccinations and ensure vaccines are administered under patient group directions.
- Running well person clinics and health promotion programmes by providing a holistic assessment and lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake and exercise. Facilitates change.
- Assessing problems presented opportunistically by patients, dealing with minor injury or minor illness.
- Able to document Consultations according to NMC guidelines
- Ensures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child abuse.
- Perform a holistic assessment of patients attending for cervical cytology smear tests.
- Perform venepuncture
- Provide a holistic approach to wound management and implement wound care in line with current evidence based guidelines.
- Suture/staple removal.
- Take ECGs
- Able to recognize and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.
- Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
- Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
- Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
- Ability to monitor and manage maintenance of stock and equipment to include refrigeration and emergency equipment.
- Confidentiality of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
- Carry out occupational health checks / medicals / new registration checks / drug and alcohol screening as per practice protocols
- Act as the practice nursing team lead in cervical cytology, childhood immunisations and travel health
- Contribute to the assessment of service needs.
- Assist patients to identify their health needs.
- Contribute a nursing perspective to the Practice development plan.
- Manage and organise individual patient consultations.
- Aware of identification and reporting procedures related to professional standards.
- To attend staff meetings as required.
- Ensure effective relationships and communications with the ICB and other agencies.
- Support the Practice clinical governance agenda.
- Identify changes to clinical practice that are required to implement evidence-based guidelines.
- Identify personal development and training needs in conjunction with the manager.
- Participate in clinical supervision.
- Support others with their training and development needs.
- To participate in continuing education and maintain a contemporary level of professional knowledge and skills.
- Maintain good industrial relations.
- Take reasonable care of his/her own safety and that of other persons who may be affected by his/her act or omission.
- Co-operation with the Practice to ensure all members of the team adheres to statutory regulations/policies and codes of practice and departments safety rules.
- Offer innovative ways of working and opportunities to facilitate learning.
- Facilitates a learning environment within the team.
- Maintains a caring environment through the support of colleagues.
- In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
- In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
- Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
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:
- Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
- Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
- Reporting potential risks identified
- Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
- Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
- Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
- Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance
- Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Communicate effectively with other team members
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers
- Recognize people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
- Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
- Adult Nurse Registration
- Clinical supervision training and experience
- Minimum 2 years post registration experience
- Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
- Audit experience
- Experience working in a GP Practice
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Bicester Health Centre
Address: Coker Close, Bicester, OX26 6AT, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.bicesterhc.co.uk
Jo Martin, 01869249333
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