Practice Nurse in Sheffield

Killamarsh Medical Practice are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and versatile Practice Nurse to join our friendly team.

The successful candidate will work 37.5 hours per week

The working pattern is flexible to be agreed between the successful candidate and Killamarsh Medical Practice.

The post holder will also be expected to participate in a shared extended access rota to support service provision which take place every Wednesday and every fourth Friday.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered General Nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care within a supportive primary care environment. The successful candidate will provide a wide range of nursing services, supporting patients across all age groups and contributing to the effective management of both acute and long-term health conditions.

We pride ourselves on fostering a positive team culture where reliability, integrity and teamwork are highly valued.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a broad range of clinical services, including cervical cytology, chronic disease management, wound care, immunisations and health promotion activities. They will undertake reviews and management of long-term conditions such as diabetes, COPD, asthma, hypertension and ischaemic heart disease, whilst supporting patients with contraception.

Additional responsibilities will include venepuncture, ECGs, spirometry, pathology requests, vaccine administration, stock management, accurate clinical record keeping using SystmOne, and participation in home visits where appropriate. The post holder will also assist in maintaining safe and effective clinical environments.

About us

Clinical team of 2 Partners, 5 salaried GP's, 1 Physician Associate, 2 ACP's, 1 Practice Nurse, 2 HCA's & 2 Phlebotomist's.

Excellent supportive reception and administration team.

Actively involved in North East Derbyshire PCN with a rapidly developing wider primary health care team - ACP's, home visiting team, social prescribing link worker's, clinical pharmacists and first contact physiotherapist's.

We are fortunate to have a highly skilled community team that look after our housebound, care home and elderly patient population. We have recently been awarded the 'Carers Quality Mark' by Derbyshire All Age Carers Service (the first practice to achieve this in Derbyshire). We also have carers, young carers and employee carers champions.

CQC rating is good in all areas [2025], and we have a high QoF achievement.

We have a staff wellbeing lead and focus on ensuring the wellbeing of staff is at the forefront of decision making and daily practice. We dedicate two QUEST sessions per year to staff wellbeing and collaborate closely with Derbyshire Hub Plus.

Benefits of working for Killamarsh Medical Practice:

• Enrollment in NHS Pension Scheme
• Supportive team working

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

The Practice Nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing General Medical Services to the patients of Practice.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by the Practice Manager and GPs
• Urinalysis
• Patient observations, BP, weight, BMI
• Venepuncture
• Cytology
• Long Term Conditions Management I.e. Asthma, Diabetes Insulin initiation, COPD Spirometry
• Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
• Suture removal
• Drug administration
• INR monitoring
• ECGs
• Health Promotion
• Travel Risk assessment and vaccination
• Contraception
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Ordering of pharmaceuticals, vaccines & equipment
• Assist with Infection Prevention & Control
• Cold chain management
• QOF
• Chaperoning patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Home visits when required
• Following agreed clinical protocol and helping with future development of policies
• Maintain clinical records
• Attend and participate in relevant practice meetings including clinical update, nursing team and QUEST training sessions.
• Supervision of Health Care Assistants
• Assist with additional adhoc clinical work when requested.

Other tasks will include

Deputising for the HCA:

• Maintaining equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms
• Chaperoning patients who are being examined by another clinician.
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

Ensuring familiarity with and abiding by all policies such as Health and Safety and Confidentiality.

Equality and Diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples 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.

Personal/Professional Development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• 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

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

• 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 teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the Implementation of Services:

The post-holder will:

• Apply Practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate

Other

This Job Description is neither exhaustive nor exclusive and will be reviewed periodically in conjunction with the post holder. The post holder is required to carry out any duties that may reasonably be requested by the Partners or the Practice Manager. The Practice reserves the right to make changes to the Job Description when required.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions
• Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse led service
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
• Ability to identify determinants on health in the local area
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of local and national health policy
• Awareness of issues within the wider health economy

Qualifications

• Nursing & Midwifery NMC Registered
• Minimum 1 year post registration experience
• Qualified to undertake Cytology
• Qualified in phlebotomy
• Completed immunisation foundation training
• Anaphylaxis and CPR certification
• Travel risk assessment and vaccination training
• Full UK Driving Licence with business use insurance

Experience

• Experience of working as a practice nurse
• Previously worked in a General Practice setting undertaking long terms conditions i.e Diabetes, COPD, Asthma etc
• Use of SystmOne, Ardens, INR Star, Accurx and teamnet.

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.