Practice Nurse in North East

Job summary

The Practice Nurse is a key member of the primary care team, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in a general practice setting. Working with GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Associates, Healthcare Assistants, and other team members. The Practice Nurse plays a vital role in managing long-term health conditions, promoting health and supporting screening programmes. The role involves autonomous clinical practice within NMC scope, including Long term condition management (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD), interpretation of pathology results, wound care, immunisations, cervical cytology, family planning, and lifestyle advice. The nurse also contributes to audits, quality improvement initiatives, and service development aligned with national and local healthcare priorities. Strong clinical skills, experience of working in general practice, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, and a commitment to continuous professional development and patient-centred care are essential.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be providing a patient facing nursing service to the practice population. The role is expected to include but not be limited to:

• Women's health
• Vaccination and immunisation programme (including seasonal vaccinations)

About us

Collingwood Health Group is a progressive, patient-focused GP practice dedicated to delivering high-quality primary care services. We foster a collaborative and supportive team environment and are committed to the ongoing professional development of all staff. Serving a patient population of approximately 24,500 across four sites, we are a well-established, forward-thinking practice providing care to diverse communities. Our scale and multi-site presence enable us to offer a dynamic and resilient approach to service delivery. Our organisation is led by a team of 9 dedicated GP Partners and supported by a wide-ranging multidisciplinary team that includes Salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Practice Nurses, a Physician Associate, Nursing Associate and Healthcare Assistants. We are also fortunate to have an integrated pharmacy team comprising Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, who contribute significantly to the safe and effective management of prescribing and medication use. This robust clinical workforce is underpinned by a highly skilled and efficient administrative team that ensures the seamless operation of the practice. Together, our multidisciplinary team is committed to providing outstanding care and continually improving health outcomes for the communities we serve.

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of this post but will depend on whether the successful candidate has undertaken the relevant training and competencies.

• Act independently and collectively within the practice team
• Support the management of long term conditions including Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, IHD and LD
• Manage own clinical practice and that of other members of the nursing team to ensure safe effective care
• Accept delegated responsibility and inherent accountability for the quality of own practice
• Assess, plan and evaluate clinical nursing care to meet the needs of the individual and/or identified group
• Assess, diagnose and treat specific conditions in accordance with agreed professional protocols and guidelines
• Take the clinical lead in defined areas of nursing practice within the primary health care team.
• Monitor own and teams work areas and practices and ensure they are free from hazard and conform to safety legislation.
• Receive direct referral from health care professionals, other agencies and patients
• Plan, manager and deliver programmes to improve health and disease in individuals or groups.
• General practice nursing duties (including, but not exclusive to:
• Women's Health and screening
• Injections and vaccinations
• Health promotion
• Filing and actioning test results

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• Initiative and judgement (knowing when to ask for help)
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow policy and procedure
• Process improvement
• Knowledge of appraisal process and conducting appraisal
• Experience of long term condition management
• Experience of immunisation (routine, travel, childhood and seasonal)
• Experience in working under PGD's PSD
• Experience of wound care
• Good understanding of IPC
• Experience of women's health (contraception, HRT, cervical cytology)
• Significant experience as a practice nurse in primary care setting 2 years or more
• Experience of working with S1 clinical system

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Nurse Registration current
• Qualified to offer the management of long term conditions
• Qualified to offer cervical screening
• Qualified to offer childhood immunisation
• Teaching certificate
• Qualified non-medical prescriber

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).