Job summary
Practice Nurse (Part-Time, approx. 21 Hours)
Are you a caring and experienced Practice Nurse looking for a new opportunity in a friendly and supportive environment?
Paston Surgery is a close-knit GP practice in North Walsham, and we have an exciting opening for a Practice Nurse to join our friendly team. This part-time position is approximately 21 hours per week, and we are flexible about how those hours are arranged.
If you're passionate about patient care and want to work with a team that feels like family, we'd love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
About the Role
We're looking for an NMC registered Practice Nurse who can bring experience, enthusiasm, and compassion to our team. In this role, you will need to be a team player and:
* Help with Chronic Disease Clinics: Support patients with long-term conditions
* Lead Respiratory Care: Take charge of our asthma and COPD services. You will need to be on the ARTP register.
* Provide General Treatment Room Care: Carry out some of the usual practice nurse duties.
You will work as part of a close team, collaborating closely with our GPs, nurse colleagues, healthcare assistants, and administrative staff to ensure the practice runs smoothly. We believe in a true team approach — you'll always have friendly colleagues ready to support you on a busy day or when facing a challenge.
This position is part-time and approx 21 hours p.w. We understand that flexibility is important, so we are open to discussing how you'd like to spread these hours across the week.
About us
About Paston Surgery
Paston Surgery is a well-established, family-friendly GP practice serving over 6,700 patients in North Walsham and the surrounding villages.
We are committed to high-quality patient care and continuous improvement. Paston Surgery is also proud to be a training practice. We regularly host medical students from the UEA Medical School and support the development of all our staff.
Details
Date posted: 19 May 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £20 to £24.43 an hour (Depends on experience)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A2738-25-05-19
Job locations:
* 9-11 Park Lane
* North Walsham
* Norwich
* Norfolk
* NR28 0BQ
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Nursing duties
* Provide nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and local requirements
* Appraise wounds and other minor injuries, administer dressings; refer to a practice doctor or the hospital as appropriate
* Take swabs, cervical smears
* Provide immunisations and injections to children and adults
* Assist with Chronic Disease Management using the principles of MECC to maximise encounters and minimise patient visits
* Take a lead in Respiratory chronic management
* Support the Nursing team in dealing with clinical emergencies
* Monitor the blood pressure of patients and consider indications for referral back to the doctor
* Assist with ECGs and report the findings to the doctors
* Assist the phlebotomists with venepuncture
* Insert ring pessaries as directed by the doctor
* Assist with INR clinics, including patient dosing using INRstar when a suitable Health Care Assistant is not available
Chronic Disease Management
* Help maintain chronic disease registers
* Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on health
* Lead in Respiratory (Asthma and COPD)
* Manage conditions like CHD, Hypertension, Diabetes, and support smoking cessation
* Manage other
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