Job Summary
We are looking for a kind, compassionate Practice Nurse to join our forward-thinking, tight-knit team. Working in general practice will enable you to build meaningful relationships with patients, play a vital role in a practice team alongside a range of health professionals, and give more personal care to patients.
We are offering 16‑20 hours per week, with scope to increase overtime as we continue to grow (or to become a job-share).
Our operating hours are Monday to Friday 08:00–18:30. We need cover on Fridays and are happy to be flexible on other days.
Key Information
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part‑time (16‑20hrs/week)
* Location: Quedgeley, Gloucester, GL2 4NF
* Date posted: 16 Oct 2025
* Salary: Depends on experience (Equivalent AfC B5‑B6)
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include:
* Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long‑term conditions, preventing adverse effects on patient health
* Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical evidence (e.g. NICE)
* Provide vaccination and travel medicine services
* Provide wound care (ulcer, compression bandaging, Doppler, etc.) to patients
* Phlebotomy
* Request pathology services as necessary and process pathology results
* Provide long‑term condition clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
* Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure read codes are used effectively
* Maintain long‑term condition registers
* Assess and treat minor illness
* Provide and implement well‑woman and well‑man clinics
* Provide and implement vaccination programmes
* Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
* Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
* Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over‑the‑counter medicines within own scope of practice
* Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
* Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
* Maintain baby immunisation records and smears results logs
* Act as the Practice Infection Prevention and Control Lead
* Manage emergency drug kit and resuscitation kit
* Support the Practice to achieve its annual performance targets (e.g. QOF) through recall, review, and assessment of patients
Qualifications
Essential:
* Nursing degree or equivalent experience
* Registered Nurse (NMC)
Desirable:
* Evidence of immunisation training and assessment of competence in last two years
* Trained and registered to take smears (or working towards this)
* Diploma(s) in long‑term condition(s) such as Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Coronary heart disease
Skills and Experience
Essential:
* Ability to record accurate clinical notes
* Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to senior clinicians
* Understanding of the importance of evidence‑based practice
* Understanding of the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
* Competent in the use of patient record management systems (e.g. SystmOne)
* Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable:
* Immunisations
* Travel medicine
* Pathology tests and processing results, advising patients accordingly
* ECGs
* Wound care / minor injuries
* Women's health
* Review of long‑term conditions
Experience
Essential:
* Experience of working within hospital, primary care, or community service setting (either as a qualified RGN or as part of RGN training)
Desirable:
* Long‑term condition management
* 2+ years working in a primary care environment in the last five years
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information see the NHS Careers website.
About the Practice
Quedgeley Medical Centre (QMC) is a family‑run GP practice in Quedgeley, a suburban town of Gloucester, located 3.5 miles southwest of the city centre. With approximately 7,500 patients, QMC is a growing practice with a relatively small team comprised of doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants, administrative/secretarial staff, pharmacists, and others. The tight‑knit team has a wonderful dynamic of mucking in and supporting one another, sharing responsibilities, and being confident and enabled to speak up and ask for help.
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