Job summary
Practice Nurse
Flexible - 19 hours per week plus overtime. Salary Competitive. NHS Pension
Silton Surgery is seeking to recruit a motivated, committed and enthusiastic experienced Practice Nurse to work 19 hours per week starting at the beginning of January.
Main duties of the job
The successful post holder must have previous experience of working in primary care and proficiency in managing long term conditions.
In addition you will be required to undertake full treatment room duties, including immunisations, dressings, removal of sutures, cervical smear taking and anti-coagulation monitoring. Experience in additional areas including travel immunisations and family planning are desirable
The shift pattern comprises duties across four days of the week to dovetail with the other practice nurse. Flexibility is required to cross cover annual leave.
Mondays 8.30-3.30 7hrs
Tuesdays 2:00-7:00 5hrs
Wednesday day off
Thursday day off
Friday 8:30-3:30 7hrs Total: 19 Hours
About us
We are a small, supportive, forward thinking GP practice with a happy, experienced workforce providing care to approx. 2800 patients.
There is a strong emphasis on high quality person-centred patient care, education and personal development.
We are a rural dispensing practice situated at the intersection of Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset. We are a Wiltshire CCG practice.
The practice has a stable clinical team of a GP partner, a locum GP, two practice nurses, GP assistant and Pharmacy tec.
We are supported by an experienced admin team who cover reception, admin and dispensing.
We use Systm1 as a practice system supported with other software like INRstar and AccuRx.
Job responsibilities
The post holder must work as part of a team, have the ability to organise and prioritise their own workload on a day to day basis, and observe strict rules about confidentiality at all times. They must also know the limits of their own capabilities and seek direction from a GP.
They must have previous experience of working in primary care and proficiency in managing long term conditions. In addition you will be required to undertake full treatment room duties, including immunisations, dressings, removal of sutures, cervical smear taking and anti-coagulation. Experience in additional areas including travel immunisations and family planning are desirable.
Working strictly in accordance with specific practice or national guidelines, the Practice Nurse will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
The post holder must maintain registration with NMC, maintaining its Code of Conduct to protect the public through professional standards. Fulfil their learning requirements.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide efficient, professional nursing care to patients
- Manage chronic diseases e.g. Hypertension, Asthma, COPD. Developing an integrated approach to chronic diseases within the Primary Health Care Team and being actively involved in their clinical management.
- Carry out immunisation clinics and associated admin
- Carry out travel immunisation clinics and associated admin.
- Undertake preventative and treatment clinics for the general nursing care of patients including dressings, removal of sutures, ECGs, and blood pressures.
- Undertake wound management (e.g. leg ulcers)
- Provide a comprehensive vaccination service
- Provide nursing care in minor injuries
- Provide a cervical smear service, family planning information and advice
- Health promotion activities like NHS health checks and smokestop.
- Ear syringing is performed at the practice.
- Maintain clinical areas and equipment, sterilisation of instruments, stock control, drugs and sundry items
- Keep accurate, contemporaneous records, both written and electronic
- Establish diagnoses to set protocols (e.g. BP, blood tests, ECG recordings etc)
- Participate in clinical call and recall systems and record results
- Undertake clinical audits and assist with administration of recalls
- Perform other clinical tasks as trained and agreed to meet the needs of the practice
- Be involved in identifying practice clinical needs
- Perform any other tasks within the skills of the post holder
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Experience:
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse Experience of chronic disease management,
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures and CQC
- Clinical Knowledge & Skills
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Travel medicine
- Diabetes
- COPD
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.) Understanding the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
Desirable
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Primary Care)
- Spirometry
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.
Employer details
Silton Surgery
Address
Gillingham Road
Silton
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 5DF
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.siltonsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Practice Administrator
Georgia Hodges
silton.surgery@nhs.net
01747840226
Details
Date posted
28 September 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A3634-26-0001
Job locations
Gillingham Road
Silton
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 5DF
United Kingdom
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.
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Practice Nurse in Gillingham employer: Silton Surgery
Silton Surgery is an excellent employer, offering a supportive and collaborative work environment for locum GPs. With flexible ad-hoc shifts, you can enjoy a healthy work-life balance while contributing to the care of a close-knit community of patients. The practice values professional growth and provides opportunities to enhance your skills in a friendly setting near the beautiful landscapes of Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset.
