Lingwell Croft Surgery

Practice Nurse

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a well-qualified, enthusiastic and committed Practice Nurse to join our team part time or full time.

Salary equivalent NHS band 6-7 depending on experience.

We are a premises-owning, four-Partner, training practice with a growing list size, currently around 15,800. We have seven Salaried GP's, two Advanced Care Practitioners, a nursing team of 8, and a strong close-knit administrative team.

We want to recruit a great team-player, who is keen to get involved and is forward-thinking. We, as a Practice, pride ourselves in delivering high-standard clinical care, and we would anticipate the same qualities in any new team members.

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  1. Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to the nurse by a GP. This will usually be in the surgery but occasional home visits may also be required.

  1. Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognizing where modification of systems or referral is necessary.

  1. Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease. Accurate and efficient input of data for GMS contract purposes is also required.

About us

As well as the Practice staff, patients can also access additional roles including Social Prescribers, Health & Wellbeing coach, Mental Health Workers, First Contact Physio Practitioners, Occupational health, Pharmacist team through Middleton & Hunslet Primary Care Network.

We have a strong reputation as a teaching and training Practice. We share our passion for Primary Care through providing placements for sixth form students, teaching all years of medical/nursing students, allied health professionals and GP Registrars.

We are strongly embedded in our local community; the PCN Clinical director and PCN leads are all employed at this practice, driving forward shared services and new ways of working that are releveant to our patient demographics.

We aim to balance the quality of working life with the pressures of modern primary care.As we endeavour to meet upcoming challenges, we are open to discussing alternative approaches to the nursing role and welcome suggestions of different ways of working.

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,594 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3278-25-0005

Job locations

16 Shelldrake Drive

Middleton

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 3NB


Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To lead a nursing team, responsible for ensuring that the practice provides an optimum service of nursing care relevant to the patient population; working to agreed protocols.

Main duties and responsibilities to include the following:

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to the nurse by a GP. This will usually be in the surgery but occasional home visits may also be required.

Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognizing where modification of systems or referral is necessary.

Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease. Accurate and efficient input of data for GMS contract purposes is also required.

Prescribing

Ideally have the prescribing qualification, or be prepared to work towards it.

Long Term Conditions

Nurses to be qualified in at least two of the following long-term conditions one of which ideally diabetes, or be prepared to study diabetes:

Diabetes

Initiates the process of diagnosis of patients with suspected diabetes

Manages patients newly diagnosed with diabetes under protocols

Undertakes annual review of patients understanding and ability to self-manage

Refers to dieticians, chiropodist and diabetes and specialist nurses

Maintains a disease register

Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary

Cardiovascular Disease:

Works with patients to set action plans for changes of lifestyle

Provides support for patients by assessing interventions and treatments

Respiratory Care:

Manages newly diagnosed patients with asthma and COPD

Maintains a disease register

Work within agreed local guidelines to manage patients with asthma, aiding diagnosis, reviewing inhaler technique and advising on treatment changes

Clinical Nursing Practice:

Assess, plan, provide and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of individuals and groups in the practice population

Assess, diagnose and treat specific diseases in accordance with agreed medical/nursing protocols

Undertake diagnostic, health screening, health surveillance and therapeutic interventions within a broader health promotion/public health strategy

Wound care including compression

Womens health including cervical screening and contraception

Care and Programme Management:

Develop profile of the practice population in order to initiate, contribute and promote improved health and prevent disease in individuals and groups

Initiate and carry out programmes of health screening

Manage programmes of care for patients with acute and chronic diseases by planning, providing and evaluating care

Support and enable individuals, carers, groups and communities to take action to meet their priorities for health

Vaccinations and immunisations of babies, children and adults.

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To lead a nursing team, responsible for ensuring that the practice provides an optimum service of nursing care relevant to the patient population; working to agreed protocols.

Main duties and responsibilities to include the following:

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Meeting patients nursing care needs as identified, or where care has been transferred to the nurse by a GP. This will usually be in the surgery but occasional home visits may also be required.

Initiating and maintaining health screening and promotion clinics for identified areas of the practice population, recognizing where modification of systems or referral is necessary.

Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease. Accurate and efficient input of data for GMS contract purposes is also required.

Prescribing

Ideally have the prescribing qualification, or be prepared to work towards it.

Long Term Conditions

Nurses to be qualified in at least two of the following long-term conditions one of which ideally diabetes, or be prepared to study diabetes:

Diabetes

Initiates the process of diagnosis of patients with suspected diabetes

Manages patients newly diagnosed with diabetes under protocols

Undertakes annual review of patients understanding and ability to self-manage

Refers to dieticians, chiropodist and diabetes and specialist nurses

Maintains a disease register

Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary

Cardiovascular Disease:

Works with patients to set action plans for changes of lifestyle

Provides support for patients by assessing interventions and treatments

Respiratory Care:

Manages newly diagnosed patients with asthma and COPD

Maintains a disease register

Work within agreed local guidelines to manage patients with asthma, aiding diagnosis, reviewing inhaler technique and advising on treatment changes

Clinical Nursing Practice:

Assess, plan, provide and evaluate nursing care to meet the care needs of individuals and groups in the practice population

Assess, diagnose and treat specific diseases in accordance with agreed medical/nursing protocols

Undertake diagnostic, health screening, health surveillance and therapeutic interventions within a broader health promotion/public health strategy

Wound care including compression

Womens health including cervical screening and contraception

Care and Programme Management:

Develop profile of the practice population in order to initiate, contribute and promote improved health and prevent disease in individuals and groups

Initiate and carry out programmes of health screening

Manage programmes of care for patients with acute and chronic diseases by planning, providing and evaluating care

Support and enable individuals, carers, groups and communities to take action to meet their priorities for health

Vaccinations and immunisations of babies, children and adults.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a GP Practice

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bachelor degree in nursing
  • at least 1 x LTC

Desirable

  • Independant prescriber
  • Diabetes LTC diploma
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in a GP Practice

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care

Qualifications

Essential

  • Bachelor degree in nursing
  • at least 1 x LTC

Desirable

  • Independant prescriber
  • Diabetes LTC diploma

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lingwell Croft Surgery

Address

16 Shelldrake Drive

Middleton

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 3NB


Employer's website

https://www.lingwellcroft.co.uk/# (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lingwell Croft Surgery

Address

16 Shelldrake Drive

Middleton

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 3NB


Employer's website

https://www.lingwellcroft.co.uk/# (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Mrs Sophie A Leech

sophieleech@nhs.net

01132704848

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£35,594 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3278-25-0005

Job locations

16 Shelldrake Drive

Middleton

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS10 3NB


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