Job summary
We are looking for a Practice Nurse to join our close-knit team at
Downton Road Surgery. We are a well
organised, well regarded training practice in South Bristol, with a strong
presence in our PCN and with well established links in our community.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have proven experience of working in Primary Care, and be competent in all core nursing services including smears, child vaccinations and dressings as well as Chronic Disease Management.
About us
Downton Road Surgery was forged in January 2024 following the merger of the Crest and Merrywood practices within the William Budd Health Centre in Knowle West. We serve a population of 14,500 patients in a deprived but supportive suburban area.
Our team is made up of 14 GPs, 2 ANPs, First Contact Physio, a mental health worker and 3 Clinical Pharmacists, alongside nurses and HCAs in our treatment room. We also have a highly trained administrative support team meaning administrative workload is low volume & efficient for clinical staff.
We place a high value on Education, with 3 Educational supervisors working in the practice. We are proud to train medical students through the year, in addition to our GPST trainees and F2 doctors.
Above all, we recognise that high quality patient care comes from happy, motivated staff and this is reflected in both our historically excellent patient survey feedback and very low levels of staff turnover. We are proud to be a happy and stimulating place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Downton Road Surgery
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Practice Nurse
Reports to: Partner (clinically)
Practice Manager (administratively)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical:
- To be responsible for all aspects of Treatment Room care as an autonomous practitioner.
- To provide a high quality of patient/ client care and demonstrate a clear understanding of, and strong commitment to, clinical governance within practice.
- Participate in setting standards for care and auditing clinical outcomes,
- Participate in developing strategies and implementing health promotion programmes for clients and carers and facilitate screening clinics and chronic disease clinics in liaison with practice doctors.
- Provide specialist nursing care in a variety of treatment room settings
Professional Job Role:
- To be personally accountable for professional practice and delivering clinical responsibilities.
Organisational:
- To maintain clear and accurate records and data on all treatment room and patient activities making efficient use of the practice EMIS computer system.
- To work as an effective member of the overall practice treatment room teams and promote a team approach to patient care through liaison with other Primary Health Care members.
Education and Research:
- To maintain knowledge of nursing developments within primary care and to ensure that all new clinical guidelines are implemented and adhered to.
- To take responsibility for own professional development undertaking training for specific clinical tasks including advanced practice.
Equality Statement:
- To act in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and the law relating to equality, diversity and rights, and to treat everyone with whom you come into contact equitably, with respect and without discriminating.
- To recognise and appreciate that people, both colleagues and service users are different and to act in ways that are consistent with their needs and preferences.
Confidentiality Statement:
- All information relating to the Practice patients and staff must be treated as strictly confidential at all times, and you may not divulge to any other person except with the authority of the Partners or Practice Manager.
- Such authority may only be given when it is in the patients or staffs own interest and is a necessary part of treatment.
- Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information will result in disciplinary action and may lead to your dismissal.
Job Description Review:
- This job description is not a complete list of duties, but is intended to give a general indication of the work undertaken and will vary in detail in the light of changing demands and priorities within practice. Significant changes in the range of work undertaken will be carried out only after consultation with the post holder. The job description will be kept under review to ensure that it remains up to date.
Nov 2025
.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Downton Road Surgery
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Practice Nurse
Reports to: Partner (clinically)
Practice Manager (administratively)
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical:
- To be responsible for all aspects of Treatment Room care as an autonomous practitioner.
- To provide a high quality of patient/ client care and demonstrate a clear understanding of, and strong commitment to, clinical governance within practice.
- Participate in setting standards for care and auditing clinical outcomes,
- Participate in developing strategies and implementing health promotion programmes for clients and carers and facilitate screening clinics and chronic disease clinics in liaison with practice doctors.
- Provide specialist nursing care in a variety of treatment room settings
Professional Job Role:
- To be personally accountable for professional practice and delivering clinical responsibilities.
Organisational:
- To maintain clear and accurate records and data on all treatment room and patient activities making efficient use of the practice EMIS computer system.
- To work as an effective member of the overall practice treatment room teams and promote a team approach to patient care through liaison with other Primary Health Care members.
Education and Research:
- To maintain knowledge of nursing developments within primary care and to ensure that all new clinical guidelines are implemented and adhered to.
- To take responsibility for own professional development undertaking training for specific clinical tasks including advanced practice.
Equality Statement:
- To act in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and the law relating to equality, diversity and rights, and to treat everyone with whom you come into contact equitably, with respect and without discriminating.
- To recognise and appreciate that people, both colleagues and service users are different and to act in ways that are consistent with their needs and preferences.
Confidentiality Statement:
- All information relating to the Practice patients and staff must be treated as strictly confidential at all times, and you may not divulge to any other person except with the authority of the Partners or Practice Manager.
- Such authority may only be given when it is in the patients or staffs own interest and is a necessary part of treatment.
- Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information will result in disciplinary action and may lead to your dismissal.
Job Description Review:
- This job description is not a complete list of duties, but is intended to give a general indication of the work undertaken and will vary in detail in the light of changing demands and priorities within practice. Significant changes in the range of work undertaken will be carried out only after consultation with the post holder. The job description will be kept under review to ensure that it remains up to date.
Nov 2025
.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management of patients with long-term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
- Local and national health policy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directives and associated policy
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
- Resource management
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Audit
- Relevant nursing health degree
- Highly motivated
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
- Ability to work across boundaries
- Proactive
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues
- Able to identify determinates on health in the area
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Health-needs assessment
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Management of patients with long-term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
- Local and national health policy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directives and associated policy
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
- Resource management
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Audit
- Relevant nursing health degree
- Highly motivated
- Flexible
- Enthusiastic
- Team player
- Ability to work across boundaries
- Proactive
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues
- Able to identify determinates on health in the area
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Health-needs assessment
- Clinical supervision training and experience
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).