Practice Nurse

Job summary
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Practice Nurse, you will be responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services care to the practice population. Supported by the Lead Nurse and General Practitioners within the practice, you will deliver care within the boundaries of your scope of practice, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring and management of long-term conditions, health prevention, wound care and screening activities that may include cervical screening, baby immunisations and travel health. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
Work Pattern
This position is for 25 hours spread across three days of the week. One of these days must be a Monday. The practice's preference would be for the other two days to be Wednesday and Friday however there may be some flexibility for the right candidate. We would ask that one of the mornings is a 7.15 to help the practice meet it's enhanced access requirement.
Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work autonomously and efficiently
• Support GPs and ANPs to help improve efficiency in GP and ANP workload, allowing GPs to focus on more complex care.
• Protection and potential enhancement of QOF and enhanced service income
• Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
• Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition. Including Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, Hypertension, CVD and other conditions.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Registered first level nurse (NMC)
• Evidence of recent CPD and training
• Experience of working in General Practice

About us
PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks.
Benefits of working for PICS

• NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

Details
Date posted: 21 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £21.13 to £23.60 an hour
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: E0220-26-0014SC
Job locations: Saxon Cross Surgery, Church Street, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, NG9 8DA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
KEY COMPETENCIES

• Including thorough understanding of QOF requirements / enhanced services / contribute to audits / governance structures / leaning from incidents / active participant in nursing and clinical meetings
• Undertake assessment and interventions (ear irrigation)
• Understanding of screening programmes, practice uptake and contribute to maximising uptake in practice population
• Cervical screening: Undertake procedure, follow practice protocol, interpret results, audit results
• Understand national schedules, administer from PGD or PSD as appropriate, ability to fully meet patients needs for information and guidance
• Accurately assess travel health needs, administer any vaccines needed.
• Understand risks, importance of early detection, assessment and management. Work within team to support patients will the full range of mental health conditions as well as their physical health needs.
• Provide advice, support and signposting regarding choices of contraception, fertility, pre-conception care, sexual health including STI / HIV / GUM services

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Practice:

• Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.
• Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.
• Assist in the development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups and individuals.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication in relation to long term conditions
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care.
• Assess and care for patients presenting with leg ulcerations and general wound care, advising prescribing clinicians regarding wound care products based on clinical assessment and local formularies.
• Support and advise women requesting information relating to Contraception and Sexual Health issues.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations.
• Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.
• To assist in the supervision and support NHS Health checks.

Communication:

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• 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.
• Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders.
• Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues view points to others.

Delivery Quality Service:

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008).
• 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 National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, local 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 organisation and its activities.
• Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
• In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, 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, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework.
• 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 relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate.

Team Working:

• Understand own role and scope in the organisation 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 assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties.
• Ensure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice.
• Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded in own practice.
• 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, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements.
• Undertake mandatory and statutory training and ensure that this is up to date.
• Apply infection control measures within the practice according to practice, local and national guidelines.
• Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care 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 about patients in order 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 own and others responsibility to the individual organisation 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 good practice relating to equality and diversity.
• 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.

Professional:

• It is essential that you are registered with the NMC.
• Adhere to the Code of Professional Practice.
• To be a member of a professional body.
• Ensure regular attendance to clinical and nurse meetings.
• Maintain record of professional development.
• To attend yearly appraisals and ensure job description is up to date.

Person Specification
Knowledge and skills
Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

Qualifications
Essential

• Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary.
• Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

Experience
Essential

• Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.

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: Primary Integrated Community Services
Address: Saxon Cross Surgery, Church Street, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, NG9 8DA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Salaried GP, Arka Chattopadhyay, View email address on meeveem.com