General Practice Nurse in Wolverhampton

Are you a compassionate, skilled nurse ready to make a real difference within the local community? Join our friendly, innovative and forward-thinking GP practice, providing services to a diverse population, where your expertise will be valued and your development supported. We have a multidisciplinary clinical team consisting of GPs, Physician Assistants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Specialist Nurses, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Trainee Nurse Associate, Health Care Assistants, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Dietician (this list is by no means exhaustive).

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver high quality nursing care to patients across all age groups
• Manage chronic disease clinics / reviews (e.g., diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension)
• Cervical screening
• Wound care and dressings
• Health promotion and lifestyle advice
• Supporting minor illness clinics and triage
• Vaccinations and Immunisations (Travel, Flu, Childhood and Adult)
• Infection Prevention and other audits
• Health Assessments
• Contraceptive reviews
• Minor surgery assistance to GPs
• Injections (B12, hormonal, depo etc)
• Collaborate with GPs and the wider multi-disciplinary team
• Supporting junior members of the clinical team

About us:

We are a professional and friendly GP Practice looking after around 13,500 patients based in the Wednesfield/Bushbury area.

What We Offer:

• A supportive, collaborative team environment
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Free Car Parking
• Provision of staff uniform
• 5 weeks annual leave and 8 days Bank Holiday (pro-rata for part-time employees)

Ready to Join Us? Apply today and become part of a practice that puts people first, patients and staff alike. An informal visit with the Lead Nurse is encouraged prior to any interview. Please contact Jane Tipper, HR Officer on jane.tipper@nhs.net or Natalie Bettles, Finance and HR Admin Assistant on natalie.bettles@nhs.net.

Job responsibilities:

The General Practice Nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing personal and contracted medical services to the patients of the practice.

Practice Values:

• Provide a professional service
• Working together as one
• Respect for each other and our patients
• Offer a patient led service
• Adhere to NMC code of conduct and other nursing standards

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
• Long Term Condition reviews
• Cytology
• Removal of Sutures
• Travel Clinic
• Ear examination
• Routine / Childhood and travel immunisations
• Chaperoning and assisting patients, where appropriate, who are being examined by another clinician
• Assisting GPs with minor surgery, coil fittings and implants
• Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swab
• Mentor / Supervisor to HCAs, new Nurses and student Nurses
• Follow agreed clinical protocols, policies and procedures
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs when called upon to do so
• Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms when called upon to do so
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Infection Prevention and Control management and standards
• Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
• Maintain timely and accurate patient records
• Advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within a range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required
• On occasion there may be a requirement to undertake home visits

Confidentiality:

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 will 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 confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with GDPR, practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
• Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
• Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
• Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
• Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, implementation of and adherence to those protocols across the practice
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
• Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate
• Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
• Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum once annually) via in-house online training system (BlueStream)
• Routine management of own and other clinical environments and maintenance of work space standards
• Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
• Spillage control procedures, management and training
• Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
• Maintenance of sterile environments
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Equality and Diversity:

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

• 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
• Appraisal of junior clinical staff
• Maintaining ones own registration / revalidation with the NMC and ensuring it is always in date for continuing practice

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

Updated October 2025

Person Specification:

Clinical skills:

• Understand the importance of evidence-based practice and clinical effectiveness
• Understand the principles of clinical governance
• Concise and accurate clinical documentation
• Previous experience of electronic recording, storage (and interpretation) of chronic disease data such as blood results

Qualifications:

• Registered General Nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree relating to primary care

Experience:

• Current registration with NMC
• Post graduate experience working in a nursing environment in primary or secondary care
• Post graduate experience in one or more areas of chronic disease

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.