Go back The Village Surgery, Pinxton and South Normanton
Practice Nurse - Primary Care
The closing date is 24 May 2026
We are looking for a compassionate and experienced Practice Nurse to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will play a key role in delivering a variety of nursing services to our patients, from chronic disease management to health promotion and preventative care. You will work closely with GPs, healthcare assistants, and administrative staff to ensure that patients receive comprehensive and coordinated care.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide general nursing services, including immunisations, wound care, cervical smears, and travel advice.
* Assist in the management of long-term conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and hypertension.
* Perform health assessments and offer lifestyle advice to patients.
* Support the provision of health promotion and preventative care services.
* Collaborate with GPs and the wider healthcare team to manage patient care and treatment plans.
* Maintain accurate patient records in line with practice policies and confidentiality guidelines.
* Participate in practice meetings and contribute to the development of service improvements.
* Respond to patient queries and provide education and support where needed.
About us
We are a friendly team of General Practitioners, Nursing Team and an admin and reception team. We have around 9,600 patients across both sites.
We have two locations, South Normanton and Pinxton Surgery where our staff work across both sites.
Job responsibilities
Description
Job responsibilities:
Experienced Practice Nurse
* Asthma and COPD
* Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
* Cytology
* Removal of Sutures
* ECGs
* Venepuncture
* Ear syringing
* Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
* Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
* Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
* Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
* Interest Coronary Heart Disease and Contraception.
* Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
* Other tasks will include
* Clean and sterilise equipment using autoclave monitoring autoclave
* Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
* Maintaining GP and Nurses rooms, stocking, and rotating items as required
* Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
* Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
* Maintain stock of waiting room leaflets as instructed by partners and Practice Manager
* Ordering of Health Promotion Literature
* Ordering of vaccinations to maintain stock levels
* Participation in administrative systems in the Practice
* At all times there will be a need to maintain accurate records
* A duty to 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
* Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post
Confidentiality
* While 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 may 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 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 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):
* 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 specimen's 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
* Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
* Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
* Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness, and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
* 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
Any other duties as deemed necessary by management or the Partners of the business
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
* Post graduate diploma or degree (Chronic Disease Management) Family planning qualification
Experience
* Experience of working in care as a practice nurse
* Experience of working autonomously
* Experience of infection prevention and control measure
* Experience of working within a nursing team
* Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
* Experience of working in primary care
* Experience of working in a GP practice
* Broad knowledge of clinical governance
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
* Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
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.
The Village Surgery, Pinxton and South Normanton
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