Job summary
We are seeking a motivated, forward-thinking Practice Nurse to join a progressive, multidisciplinary general practice delivering high-quality, population-focused care. This autonomous role suits a clinician passionate about evidence-based nursing, integrated services and improving patient outcomes.
You will deliver comprehensive practice nursing services while supporting patients and colleagues across the practice. Working collaboratively with community, secondary and social care partners, you will contribute to an integrated care model focused on prevention, early intervention and reducing health inequalities. Core responsibilities include chronic disease management, immunisations, screening programmes, infection prevention and control, health promotion and cervical screening.
This role offers excellent opportunities for professional development. You will benefit from robust clinical supervision and be encouraged to contribute to service development, training and continuous improvement within an evolving practice.
Main duties of the job
A practice nurse plays a vital role in supporting primary healthcare delivery within a general practice setting. Their main duties focus on promoting health, preventing illness, and managing long-term conditions in collaboration with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities include providing clinical care such as wound management, immunisations and vaccinations, cervical screening, health checks, and monitoring patients with chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, COPD and cardiovascular conditions. Practice nurses also conduct health assessments, manage treatment plans, and support patients in self-management of their conditions.
Health promotion and patient education are central to the role. Practice nurses offer advice on lifestyle choices including smoking cessation, diet, exercise, and sexual health, helping patients to make informed decisions about their wellbeing.
Additional duties involve infection control, maintaining accurate clinical records, following clinical governance and safeguarding procedures, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives. Practice nurses may also support training, audits, and the implementation of evidence-based practice within the surgery.
Overall, the practice nurse role combines clinical expertise, patient advocacy, and teamwork to ensure safe, effective, and person-centred care in a primary care environment.
About us
Whitewater Health is a progressive and patient-focused GP
practice located in Northeast Hampshire, operating across two sites in Hook and
Hartley Wintney. We serve a diverse and growing population of approximately
18,000, providing high-quality, accessible healthcare with a strong emphasis on
continuity of care, innovation, and collaborative working.
As a training and teaching practice, we are proud to support
the development of clinicians at all stages of their careers, fostering a
culture of learning, reflection, and clinical excellence. Our multidisciplinary
team includes GPs, ACP's, Frailty team, practice nurses, HCAs, pharmacists,
social prescribers, physiotherapists, and mental health practitioners, working
together to deliver holistic care tailored to the needs of our patients.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are
actively engaged in quality improvement initiatives across the practice and
wider Primary Care Network. Our commitment to staff wellbeing, professional
development, and inclusive practice makes Whitewater Health a rewarding and
supportive environment in which to thrive.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Practice Nurse plays a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based nursing care within general practice. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder contributes to population health management, long-term condition management, public health delivery and clinical governance, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care for the registered population.
Key responsibilities
Clinical care and patient management
The post holder will undertake holistic patient assessments, consulting with patients and, where appropriate, their families to identify and respond to clinical need. They will deliver routine and specialist nursing care in line with current clinical evidence, NICE guidance and National Service Frameworks, including the provision of wound care services such as ulcer management and Doppler assessments. The role includes providing travel health advice and associated clinical services, maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using SNOMED CT coding, and ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation. The Practice Nurse is expected to recognise the boundaries of their professional practice and refer patients appropriately to other clinicians or services when required.
Long-term conditions and population health
The Practice Nurse will support the management of long-term conditions, contributing to quality improvement activity, clinical assurance processes and the achievement of practice targets such as QOF. They will maintain chronic disease registers and operate effective call and recall systems. The role involves embedding population health management approaches within general practice, supporting improved access to services and addressing health inequalities. The post holder will also contribute to the development and delivery of care management approaches for frail and housebound patients.
Public health and prevention
The Practice Nurse will support and, where appropriate, lead public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations and cervical screening. They will lead on public health campaigns such as seasonal influenza programmes and provide opportunistic health promotion and preventative health advice to patients.
Governance, quality and safety
The post holder will support the Infection Prevention and Control lead and work in accordance with the IPC policy. They will work within national and local clinical protocols and contribute to their development, review and implementation. Participation in clinical audit, research activity and service evaluation is expected, with responsibility for implementing agreed changes. The Practice Nurse will contribute to the full spectrum of clinical governance activity, including incident reporting, learning from near-miss events and supporting the management of patient complaints when required. They will ensure compliance with safeguarding responsibilities for both adults and children, in line with current legislation and practice policy, and support the wider team in responding to clinical emergencies.
Leadership, education and collaboration
The Practice Nurse will support and mentor new-to-practice nurses and other healthcare professionals and provide education to patients and carers to support self-management of long-term conditions. They will liaise effectively with external services and partner agencies to ensure coordinated and appropriate care for vulnerable patients. The role includes supporting the practice team with the review and implementation of policies and protocols, ensuring ongoing compliance with extant legislation.
Professional development and organisational responsibilities
The post holder will complete all mandatory training and participate fully in induction programmes. They will attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months and engage proactively with ongoing objective-setting and performance review. The Practice Nurse is expected to maintain a clean, safe and effective working environment at all times and act as a chaperone where required.
There may be occasions where the post holder is required to undertake additional duties commensurate with the role, reflecting service demand, staffing levels and evolving organisational priorities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Practice Nurse plays a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based nursing care within general practice. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder contributes to population health management, long-term condition management, public health delivery and clinical governance, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care for the registered population.
Key responsibilities
Clinical care and patient management
The post holder will undertake holistic patient assessments, consulting with patients and, where appropriate, their families to identify and respond to clinical need. They will deliver routine and specialist nursing care in line with current clinical evidence, NICE guidance and National Service Frameworks, including the provision of wound care services such as ulcer management and Doppler assessments. The role includes providing travel health advice and associated clinical services, maintaining accurate and contemporaneous clinical records using SNOMED CT coding, and ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation. The Practice Nurse is expected to recognise the boundaries of their professional practice and refer patients appropriately to other clinicians or services when required.
Long-term conditions and population health
The Practice Nurse will support the management of long-term conditions, contributing to quality improvement activity, clinical assurance processes and the achievement of practice targets such as QOF. They will maintain chronic disease registers and operate effective call and recall systems. The role involves embedding population health management approaches within general practice, supporting improved access to services and addressing health inequalities. The post holder will also contribute to the development and delivery of care management approaches for frail and housebound patients.
Public health and prevention
The Practice Nurse will support and, where appropriate, lead public health and screening programmes, including immunisations, vaccinations and cervical screening. They will lead on public health campaigns such as seasonal influenza programmes and provide opportunistic health promotion and preventative health advice to patients.
Governance, quality and safety
The post holder will support the Infection Prevention and Control lead and work in accordance with the IPC policy. They will work within national and local clinical protocols and contribute to their development, review and implementation. Participation in clinical audit, research activity and service evaluation is expected, with responsibility for implementing agreed changes. The Practice Nurse will contribute to the full spectrum of clinical governance activity, including incident reporting, learning from near-miss events and supporting the management of patient complaints when required. They will ensure compliance with safeguarding responsibilities for both adults and children, in line with current legislation and practice policy, and support the wider team in responding to clinical emergencies.
Leadership, education and collaboration
The Practice Nurse will support and mentor new-to-practice nurses and other healthcare professionals and provide education to patients and carers to support self-management of long-term conditions. They will liaise effectively with external services and partner agencies to ensure coordinated and appropriate care for vulnerable patients. The role includes supporting the practice team with the review and implementation of policies and protocols, ensuring ongoing compliance with extant legislation.
Professional development and organisational responsibilities
The post holder will complete all mandatory training and participate fully in induction programmes. They will attend a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months and engage proactively with ongoing objective-setting and performance review. The Practice Nurse is expected to maintain a clean, safe and effective working environment at all times and act as a chaperone where required.
There may be occasions where the post holder is required to undertake additional duties commensurate with the role, reflecting service demand, staffing levels and evolving organisational priorities.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Broad knowledge of general practice and experience of working as a Practice or Community Nurse
- Experience with chronic disease management
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
Desirable
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
- An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationship between individual organisations, PCNs and the commissioners
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of Practice Nurse skills including wound care, ECG, venepuncture, immunisations, new patient medicals and womans health (cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Request pathology tests and process the results, advising patients accordingly
- Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice
- Ability to promote best practice regarding nursing matters
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Good clinical system IT knowledge and an ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people by telephone, email and face to face
- Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, QOF and enhanced service
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
Desirable
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena and knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Knowledge of national standards that inform general practice (NSF NICE guidelines)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
- Has evidence of working at the relevant level of practice as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework
Desirable
- Mentor or teaching qualification
- Family planning qualification
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/local policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational Health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for professional revalidation
- Evidence of CPD commensurate with the role
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
Desirable
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Broad knowledge of general practice and experience of working as a Practice or Community Nurse
- Experience with chronic disease management
- Experience of working autonomously
- Experience of infection prevention and control measures
- Experience of managing elderly and housebound patients
Desirable
- Experience of quality initiatives, i.e., benchmarking
- An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationship between individual organisations, PCNs and the commissioners
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Experience of Practice Nurse skills including wound care, ECG, venepuncture, immunisations, new patient medicals and womans health (cervical cytology, contraception etc.)
- Request pathology tests and process the results, advising patients accordingly
- Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice
- Ability to promote best practice regarding nursing matters
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Good clinical system IT knowledge and an ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people by telephone, email and face to face
- Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, QOF and enhanced service
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
Desirable
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena and knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Knowledge of national standards that inform general practice (NSF NICE guidelines)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
- Has evidence of working at the relevant level of practice as described in the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career and Core Capabilities Framework
Desirable
- Mentor or teaching qualification
- Family planning qualification
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Ability to follow legal, ethical and professional policies/local policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational Health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for professional revalidation
- Evidence of CPD commensurate with the role
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
Desirable
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet
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).
