Job Summary
The Pall Mall Surgery are seeking an experienced and motivated Enhanced Practice Nurse with a specialist interest in diabetes to join our team on a part-time basis, for 20 hours per week. The postholder will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based diabetes care to our patient population, alongside other long term conditions and other practice nurse duties.
Main duties of the job
* Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
* Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
* Leading diabetes clinics, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
* General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
* Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
* Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
* Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
* Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
* Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
* Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
* Hypertension review and management.
* Running asthma, CHD, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
About Us
The Pall Mall Surgery is a large, modern GMS training practice operating from a contemporary health centre in Leigh On Sea. We support 21,500 patients and hold a Good CQC rating in all areas. We value knowledge sharing and a supportive team environment, with a focus on excellent patient care.
Job Details
Salary: £25.50 per hour
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Location: Leigh Primary Care Centre, 918 London Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 3NG
Date posted: 09 October 2025
Qualifications
Essential
* A relevant nursing degree.
* Current NMC registration with an active PIN
* Independent non-medical Prescriber
* Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
Experience
Essential
* Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, dressing and wound care.
* Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
* Knowledge and experience of supporting long-term conditions.
* Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Other requirements
Disclosure and Barring Service Check will be completed as part of the recruitment process. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For more information, see NHS Careers.
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