Overview
Job Description Post Title: Practice Nurse
Hours: Up to full-time hours available (flexible working considered)
Salary: Competitive, dependent on skills, qualifications, and experience
Responsible to: Lead Nurse / Partners
Location: Queen Square Medical Practice (Lancaster & Caton sites)
Qualifications: Registered General Nurse (RGN)
Job Purpose To provide high-quality nursing care, health promotion, and chronic disease management within the practice, working as part of the Primary Health Care Team. The post-holder will support patients in managing their health, promote wellbeing, and help prevent illness, in line with practice protocols, current evidence-based guidelines, and the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
Key Responsibilities
* Clinical Undertake holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.
* Provide chronic disease management clinics (e.g. Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, Hypertension, CHD, Epilepsy, Mental Health, Rheumatoid Arthritis).
* Deliver immunisations and vaccinations (childhood, adult, seasonal, and travel).
* Perform cervical cytology screening in line with national guidelines.
* Provide wound care, dressings, suture removal, and management of minor injuries.
* Conduct health screening and health checks (e.g. new patient checks, NHS health checks, vascular risk assessments).
* Support patients with long-term conditions, encouraging self-management and lifestyle change.
* Assist GPs with minor surgery procedures when required.
* Carry out diagnostic tests and monitoring (e.g. ECGs, peak flow, spirometry, blood glucose, INR).
* Deliver travel health advice and vaccinations, supporting the practice travel clinic.
* Provide contraceptive and sexual health advice within scope of practice.
* Identify mental health concerns and signpost or refer to appropriate services.
Professional Responsibilities
* Maintain accurate and timely patient records, both written and electronic.
* Ensure confidentiality at all times.
* Work collaboratively with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team.
* Maintain professional registration and participate in revalidation.
* Engage in regular clinical supervision, audits, and reflective practice.
* Participate in clinical governance, quality improvement, and achieving QOF/IIF targets.
* Take responsibility for ongoing professional development in line with NMC and practice requirements.
Leadership & Teamwork
* Support, mentor, and supervise Health Care Assistants (HCAs).
* Contribute to service development and implementation of new protocols.
* Share responsibility for stock management, vaccine storage, and infection control.
* Participate actively in practice meetings and training sessions.
Administrative & Organisational
* Assist in maintaining registers for chronic disease management and recall systems.
* Record all clinical activity accurately on the clinical system (EMIS Web).
* Work within Health & Safety and infection control policies.
* Contribute to the smooth day-to-day running of treatment rooms and clinics.
* Provide cover for nursing colleagues and HCAs during absences where possible.
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