Job summary
Hours: 16-34
hours per week, depending on
applicant availability
Salary: Dependent on experience and qualifications
The Hadleigh Practice is a forward-thinking Practice with a
Multidisciplinary Team of dedicated Clinicians, Managers and Administration
staff, providing high quality GMS services.
We are based over two sites with a total of 20,500 patients.
Due to
maternity leave we are looking for a dynamic and compassionate qualified nurse
to join our team of friendly and supportive nurses, to cover maternity leave
for a 12 month period, starting late December 25.
Applicants
must be RGN registered with at least one year years post registration
experience and have experience in primary care practice nursing. A recognised qualification and/or experience
in at least one respiratory Long-Term Condition (Asthma/COPD) is desirable but
not essential.
This is a
great opportunity for a motivated nurse who enjoys a diverse clinical role and is
committed to providing patient centred care.
For further information or to apply, please contact Jo
Spraggs via jo.spraggs@dorsetgp.nhs.uk. Applications
by CV and covering letter.
Closing date for
applications: 28th September 2025
Main duties of the job
- Will deliver care flexibly within the boundaries of their role and according to the NMC Code of conduct, focusing upon providing high standards of nursing care, supporting patients to be healthy, managing the care of patients with a long-term condition, promoting health and screening activities.
- Support the Team Leader in maintaining and developing services, managing change, undertaking audit, and implementing policy improvements when designated.
- Take an active role in national health strategies and health campaigns
About us
You would be joining a friendly and professional team of nurses and HCAs. The practice is based over two sites and we currently have 20,500 patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Title: General Practice Nurse (GPN), maternity leave Hours of duty: 16-34 hours per week Reporting to: Practice Nurse Team Leader Job summary
The post holder will:
- Will deliver care flexibly within the boundaries of their role and according to the NMC Code of conduct, focusing upon providing high standards of nursing care, supporting patients to be healthy, managing the care of patients with a long-term condition, promoting health and screening activities.
- Support the Team Leader in maintaining and developing services, managing change, undertaking audit, and implementing policy improvements when designated.
- Take an active role in national health strategies and health campaigns
Key responsibilitiesClinical practice
- Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate care programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being
- Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition including lower leg conditions.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
- Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad
- Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions
- Assist senior practitioners in providing minor-surgery sessions
- Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds
- Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs
- Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-care
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
- Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens
- Anticipate barriers to communication and act to improve communication
- Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders
- Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news
Delivering a quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to the NSF and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and evidence-based care
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
- Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
- Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
- Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
- Participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis)
- Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
- Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
- Work within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
Team working
- Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties
- Ensure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice
- Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded in own practice
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
Management of risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training
- Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
- Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
- Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Utilising information
- Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
- Review and process data using accurate Read codes about patients to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
- Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition
- Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information Act
- Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
Learning and development
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
- Actively participate in educational meetings, presenting case studies, audits and relevant learning.
Equality and diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination, act to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
- Act as a role model in good practice relating to equality and diversity
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
Job description
Job responsibilities
Title: General Practice Nurse (GPN), maternity leave Hours of duty: 16-34 hours per week Reporting to: Practice Nurse Team Leader Job summary
The post holder will:
- Will deliver care flexibly within the boundaries of their role and according to the NMC Code of conduct, focusing upon providing high standards of nursing care, supporting patients to be healthy, managing the care of patients with a long-term condition, promoting health and screening activities.
- Support the Team Leader in maintaining and developing services, managing change, undertaking audit, and implementing policy improvements when designated.
- Take an active role in national health strategies and health campaigns
Key responsibilitiesClinical practice
- Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate care programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being
- Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition
- Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition including lower leg conditions.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children
- Advise, support and, where appropriate, administer vaccinations for patients travelling abroad
- Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions
- Assist senior practitioners in providing minor-surgery sessions
- Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds
- Support and advise women requesting information relating to family planning needs
- Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and encourage principles of self-care
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the National Framework (NSF) for Mental Health
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
- Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens
- Anticipate barriers to communication and act to improve communication
- Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders
- Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news
Delivering a quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to the NSF and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and evidence-based care
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
- Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
- Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
- Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
- Participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events utilising a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis)
- Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate
- Understand and apply legal policy that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, being aware of statutory child/vulnerable adult health procedure and local guidance
- Work within policies relating to domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
Team working
- Understand own role and scope in the organisation and identify how this may develop over time
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of those taking on delegated duties
- Ensure clear understanding and utilisation of referral mechanisms within the practice
- Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded in own practice
- Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery Participate in team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in and support local projects as agreed with the practice management team
Management of risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs is undertaken. Where appropriate, oversee the monitoring, stock control and documentation of controlled drug usage according to legal requirements
- Undertake mandatory and statutory training
- Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines
- Apply policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all
- Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Utilising information
- Use technology as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring, presenting and communicating information
- Review and process data using accurate Read codes about patients to ensure easy and accurate retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
- Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases, for example, the retrieval of relevant information for patients on their condition
- Understand own and others responsibility to the individual organisation regarding the Freedom of Information Act
- Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
Learning and development
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Make effective use of learning opportunities within and outside the workplace, evaluating their effectiveness and feeding back relevant information
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
- Actively participate in educational meetings, presenting case studies, audits and relevant learning.
Equality and diversity
- Identify patterns of discrimination, act to overcome this, and promote diversity and quality of opportunity
- Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture
- Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights
- Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies
- Act as a role model in good practice relating to equality and diversity
- Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care. Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Foundation Degree in general Practice Nursing
- Care and Management of patients with a long-term condition
- Diploma in Asthma/COPD/Diabetes or experience in managing reviews through another accredited course.
- Previous experience in Community or Practice nursing
- Evidence of competency in the management of Leg Ulcers and Doppler assessment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Foundation Degree in general Practice Nursing
- Care and Management of patients with a long-term condition
- Diploma in Asthma/COPD/Diabetes or experience in managing reviews through another accredited course.
- Previous experience in Community or Practice nursing
- Evidence of competency in the management of Leg Ulcers and Doppler assessment
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
