Dr Curran & Partners

Practice Nurse GP Surgery

The closing date is 10 September 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly and supportive team at Dr Curran & Partners, located in the heart of Clapham with excellent transport links. As a training practice with strong academic affiliations, we offer placements and professional development opportunities while providing care to a patient list of 11,000. Our team is committed to delivering safe, effective, and high-quality care in a collaborative environment.This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday).

Main duties of the job

Overall Job Responsibilities:

Deliver a high standard of patient care using high level autonomous clinical skills and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base
Deal with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting. Responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
Promote healthy lifestyles and participate in national immunisation and screening programmes.
Enable patients to manage their long term health care needs and to achieve their full potential in terms of independent living.
Actively encourage and facilitate choices for patients by providing health promotion during routine screening procedures e.g: new patient health checks, cervical cytology and long term conditions management.
Communicate complex information to patients and relatives where needed with a variety of diverse needs, using negotiation and persuasive skills to motivate.
Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure the National Service Frameworks are being delivered.

Clinical Responsibilities:

Undertake clinical duties with relevant training in some or all of the areas

Adult and paediatric immunisations
Smears
Management of chronic conditions
Dressings/stitch removal
Phlebotomy
Vaccinations

About us

Dr Curran & Partnersis a friendly, supportive, and high-performing training practice serving11,000 patientsin a desirable part of Clapham.

We offer strong clinical support within an establishedPrimary Care Network (PCN). Our experienced team includes nurses, HCAs, GP trainees, a Physicians Associate, a Pharmacist, and Social Prescribers. The practice benefits from a purpose-built surgery, an onsite pharmacy, good transport links, and a staff car park.

We are proud of our high-achieving team and ourGood CQC rating, reflecting our commitment to excellent patient care.

If you would like to learn more about joining our team, please get in touch.

Date posted

03 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A0431-25-0004

Job locations

86 Clapham Manor Street

London

SW4 6EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job description

The following are the core responsibilities of the ANP in delivering health services.

a. Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes

b. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice

c. Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients

d. Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health

e. Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

f. Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children

g. Request and collect pathological specimens. Upon receipt, to process and interpret pathology and other test results as required

h. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required

i. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation ensuring that SNOMED CT codes are used effectively

j. Maintain chronic disease registers and implement and embed an effective call/recall system

k. Develop, implement and embed well woman and well man clinics

l. Chaperone patients where necessary

m. Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately

n. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

o. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

p. Support in the provision of vaccination programmes for both adults and children

q. Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance

r. Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required

s. Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance

t. Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)

u. Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

v. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately

w. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the ANP has the following wider responsibilities:

a. Provide holistic support in the clinical governance spectrum assuming a senior role in its compliance

b. Support the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring compliance

c. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medications

d. Undertake overall management of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff

e. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

f. Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation

g. Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the organisation

h. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

i. Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

j. Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation