Practice Nurse in North East

Practice Nurse in North East

North East Full-Time On-site
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This is a permanent practice nurse post at Clifton Court Medical Practice, a training practice, working alongside GPs, the Lead Nurse and healthcare assistants. The core work is patient-centred clinical care, from ECGs, dressings and cervical smears to vaccinations, wound management and reviews for people with long-term conditions. Hours are full or part time, with flexibility, within a multidisciplinary team that also includes pharmacists and care coordinators. Active NMC registration is needed, and interviews are likely on 23 November 2026.

What the job involves

  • Provide patient-centred clinical care, including ECGs, dressings, cervical smears, vaccinations, wound management and chronic disease reviews
  • Manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, respiratory conditions and hypertension, helping patients self-manage
  • Carry out venepuncture, diagnostic tests and specimen handling
  • Deliver adult, child and travel immunisations and vaccinations
  • Administer medicines, injections and vaccinations under legal authority, including PSDs and PGDs
  • Carry out new patient checks, health assessments and opportunistic screening
  • Provide health promotion and preventive care, helping patients make informed choices
  • Maintain accurate, up-to-date clinical records in line with NMC guidelines
  • Ensure compliance with infection control, safeguarding and health and safety standards
  • Contribute to audits, quality improvement and disease registers
  • Support junior staff and take part in team meetings, training and development
  • Communicate clearly and kindly with patients, carers and colleagues, keeping information confidential

Qualifications

  • Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
  • Current training or competence for the clinical duties undertaken

Registration & licences

  • NMC registered nurse with active registration

Experience

  • Delivering safe, person-centred nursing care
  • Assessing patients and planning, delivering and evaluating nursing interventions
  • Supporting patients with long-term conditions
  • Working autonomously within professional competence
  • Working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records

Nice to have

  • Experience in general practice or another primary care setting
  • Experience managing respiratory long-term conditions
  • Experience of cervical screening, with a sample-taking qualification and current competence
  • Experience of adult and childhood immunisation programmes, with training covering both
  • Experience or training in travel health
  • Experience of clinical audit, quality improvement or maintaining disease registers
  • Recognised training in long-term conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes or cardiovascular disease
  • Independent or supplementary prescribing qualification

What’s offered

  • Regular team events
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Work-life balance, which the practice describes as central to its culture
  • Flexible full or part-time working

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Contact Details:

The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team