Job responsibilities
Role: Practice
Nurse for Maternity Cover December 2025 End of December 2026
Salary: Starting from £18.94 dependent on experience
Hours of Employment: 12 hours
Responsible to: Practice Manager Accountable to: GP
Partners & Nurse Manager
Job Summary
The post holder is an experienced Practice Nurse, who is
responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective patient care to the
practice population using autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth
theoretical knowledge base. The post holder will manage a diverse clinical case
load, dealing with the presenting patients needs within a primary care
setting. They will contribute to developing the nursing services offered by the
practice. The practice nurse works independently and contributes to audit,
research and supporting, implementing and evaluating local standards, policies,
guidelines and care pathways. NMC requirements will be met, and the individual
will work within the NMC Code of Conduct to agreed practice standards and
protocols.
Dimensions
- The
post holder is accountable for his/her own practice and will work independently
managing their own clinical workload responding effectively to patient needs
and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
- To
mentor and support other nurses and staff in developing and maintaining
clinical skills.
- To participate in
clinical supervision.
- To
have an awareness of budgetary constraints and help make cost effective
decisions.
- To
use referral pathways for nurses as appropriate.
- To
provide input and advice on evidence-based practice and care interventions
within their sphere of knowledge.
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Flexibility of working the occasional Saturday.
Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility
Clinical Role
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Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes for patients
that promote health and well-being.
- Help
the practice develop and deliver specialist primary nurse led services,
including chronic disease management (including for all areas of QOF). Manages
programmes of care for patients with chronic diseases by planning, providing
and evaluating care under agreed guidelines and patient group directions.
Maintains disease registers in liaison with administrative staff. Undertakes
annual reviews of patients understanding and ability to self-manage.
- Make
professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable and provide
safe, evidence based, cost effective, individualised patient care.
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Where necessary evaluate patient test results in conjunction with the patient
and their GP and ensure the appropriate course of treatment is initiated.
- Make
appropriate referrals to other members of the primary, community and secondary
care teams.
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Undertake regular medication reviews for patients for groups of patients deemed
suitable by the clinical team.
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Provide comprehensive travel health advice for patients prior to travel
including malaria prophylaxis, safe sex, sun protection, food hygiene, first
aid and emergency medication, health insurance and vaccinations.
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Administer child and adult immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with
national and local programmes. Competent in anaphylaxis and resuscitation
techniques. Ensuring safe storage, rotation and disposals of vaccines and drugs
and that adequate stock levels are maintained
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Undertake procedures including, I.M and subcutaneous injections, venepuncture,
BP management, urinalysis, peak flow, pregnancy testing, stitch/clip removal,
acute and chronic wound management and cytology.
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Provide support and chaperoning to clinicians as required.
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Promote health and well-being, giving general education advice on diet,
contraception, smoking chronic disease management, exercise etc...
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Initiate and carry out programmes of health screening as agreed with the
practice clinical team.
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Enables, supports and encourage individuals, families and groups to address
issues which affect their health and social well-being.
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Contribute to the practice achieving its GMS contract obligations including
quality, organisational and access targets.
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Participate in clinical supervision with an identified senior nurse.
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Maintain accurate records according to NMC rules.
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Ensure all data protection requirements are met when gathering, recording and
storing patient data.
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Liaise and maintain good working relationships with all members of the practice
team. Work within the multi-disciplinary team within the practice and across
the wider health system.
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Undertake any additional training requirements
deemed necessary for the success of the role.
- Teaching & Mentoring Role
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Promote a learning environment for patients, nurses and other health
professionals.
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Assist with the planning and implementation and teaching for practice staff
including medical students, nurse students, nurses and health care assistants.
Professional Role
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Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings as required
including practice clinical meetings, PLT meetings and nurse team meetings.
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Maintain a personal progress and training plan to keep up to date with current
thinking and developments as well as identifying own training deficiencies and
attending suitable courses and appropriate.
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Promote evidence-based practice through use of the latest research-based
guidelines.
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Monitor the effectiveness or their own clinical practice through quality
assurance strategies such as the use of peer audit and review.
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Maintain professional registration.
- Work
within the latest NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
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Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with NMC
guidance and other standards.
- Keep
up to date with pertinent health policy and work with the practice team to
consider the impact and strategies for implementation.
- Work
collaboratively with colleagues both internally and externally.
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Demonstrate leadership.
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Pro-actively promote the role of specialist nursing expertise within the
practice and with the public.
Managerial Support Role
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Participate in protocol development.
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Identify opportunities to delegate tasks to junior members of the nursing team.
- Help
the practice develop in a cost-effective manner, monitoring and using resources
appropriately e.g. stock control of dressings, vaccinations.
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Participate in practice meetings as required.
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Participate in audits and inspections as required.
- As
part of the nursing team ensure all appropriate practice policies are fully
implemented.
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Promotes effective communication, relationships and team working within the
practice.
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Provides clinical educational advice to support development of the team and
range of services provided.
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Partakes in clinical supervision for own development purposes.
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Facilitates and promotes the use of up-to-date technology to develop practice.
Working Conditions
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Exposure to body fluids, blood, wounds etc...
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Occasional exposure to aggressive behaviours.
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Requirement to travel between sites and run clinics in branch surgeries along
with occasional home visits (mileage reimbursed from base).
Terms & Conditions
Superannuation: This post is superannuable
Health Assessment: This post is subject to a
satisfactory pre-employment health assessment.
Criminal Records: The successful applicant will be
required to complete a Criminal Records bureau (Disclosure) form. Because of
the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provisions of the
Rehabilitation of offenders Act 1974. Applicants are not entitled to withhold
information about convictions which for other purposes are spent and failure
to do so could result in disciplinary action or dismissal.
NMC: The post is subject to the successful candidate
holding a current, full NMC registration.
Data Protection: All members of staff are bound by
the requirements of the Data Protection Act 198 and any breaches of the Act of
the confidential nature of the work of this post could lead to dismissal.
General: The post holder must always comply with the
Practice health and Safety Policies and report any incidents to the Practice
Manager
