Lea Vale Medical Group have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Associate to join our supportive team.
You will provide a full range of nursing support to the Practice Nurses and General Practitioners to ensure provision of holistic and person-centred care for our patient population.
What does Lea Vale offer:
* Competitive Salary
* Friendly, approachable team
* Support to guide your personal and professional development
* Excellent training opportunities
Salary: Equivalent to Agenda for Change Band 4 (Depending on Experience)
Main duties of the job
You will assist clinical staff across the practice in the provision of treatment, preventative care and health promotion. You will work as a member of the Nursing team, under the guidance of a Registered General Nurse, and must work at all times within your own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
You will play a key role in delivering high-quality patient care, with a focus on promoting health and wellbeing, monitoring long-term conditions, providing health education and preventative advice, and carrying out screening activities. Working collaboratively with the wider team, you will ensure patient needs are met while upholding the highest standards of care and supporting the implementation of policies and procedures.
The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be organised, patient and empathetic.
About us
We are a CQC outstanding rated practice who believes in delivering high quality primary care services through effective teamwork and constant learning.
We are looking for clinicians who share the same teamworking ethics to join our team.
We learn from the past but are always looking to the future. This is true for when we look for new staff as well, your skills and experience will be what make you suitable for this role, but we are more interested in your ideas for the future How you want to develop yourself and how that will improve our practice and the service we offer to our patients.
Job responsibilities
* Work as part of the Practices Multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care, under direct or indirect supervision
* Perform and record clinical observations such as blood pressure, temperature, respirations, and pulse
* Provide wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
* Perform ECGs, and venepuncture, and other relevant clinical tasks as required by the practice, in line with the competencies of the role
* With additional training take part in the routine vaccination programme using Patient Group Directives
* Promote health and well-being to all patients, for example undertaking the NHS health check
* Care for individuals with complex conditions such as dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities
* Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services
* Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the Practice, attending and contributing to meetings as required
Please see:
for full job description and person specification.
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register
* Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
* Detailed knowledge and understanding of appropriate procedures and treatment plans
Desirable
* Experience of working in a primary care environment
We work with people to understand what being safe means to them as well as with our partners on the best way to achieve this. We concentrate on improving people's lives while protecting their right to live in safety, free from bullying, harassment, abuse, discrimination, avoidable harm and neglect. We make sure we share concerns quickly and appropriately.
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.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee discount
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
Application question(s):
* Are you a Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC Register
* Do you have a Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 28/09/2025