Practice Nurse (Diabetes Focus Part Time)

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a friendly, forward-thinking, and close-knit GP surgery based on the outskirts of Ipswich, serving a thriving and engaged patient population. We pride ourselves on creating a genuinely supportive and welcoming environment where every member of the team feels valued.

We are proud to have achieved a Good CQC rating, reflecting our commitment to delivering high-quality, safe, and patient-centred care.

At our practice, we embrace innovation and smarter ways of working. We use SystmOne alongside the Anima platform to enhance patient access and streamline workflows, helping our clinicians focus on what matters most: patient care.

We understand that a great workplace is about more than just the role. Thats why we actively promote a healthy work-life balance, offer a well-managed and realistic workload, fostering a culture where colleagues support one another.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Practice Nurse with a diabetes focus. to join our team and make a real difference. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care across chronic disease management, health promotion, screening, and preventative services.

Youll be supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team and encouraged to develop your skills, particularly in diabetes care, while contributing to a service that is responsive, patient-focused, and continually improving.

Main Duties of the Role

The Practice Nurse will:

• Deliver nursing care to patients across a range of clinical areas
• Support the management of patients with long-term conditions, with a focus on diabetes
• Promote health and wellbeing through preventative care and education
• Work both independently and as part of the wider practice team

Job Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Provide high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in line with NICE guidelines
• Deliver routine nursing services including:
• Wound care and dressings
• Suture and staple removal
• Cervical cytology
• Immunisations (routine, childhood, and travel)
• ECGs and spirometry
• Undertake new patient health checks and routine screening

Chronic Disease Management

• Support the management of patients with long-term conditions, including:
• Diabetes (essential)
• Asthma and COPD
• Hypertension
• Carry out reviews, monitoring, and patient education
• Support patients to self-manage their conditions

Health Promotion & Prevention

• Deliver opportunistic health promotion and lifestyle advice
• Support national and local health campaigns (e.g. vaccinations, NHS health checks)
• Promote patient wellbeing and disease prevention

Infection Prevention & Control

• Work in accordance with infection prevention and control policies
• Support IPC audits and compliance activities as required

Medicines Management

• Administer medications in accordance with PGDs and scope of practice
• Provide advice to patients on medication use, side effects, and compliance

Patient Management & Administration

• Request and process pathology tests as appropriate
• Maintain accurate, clear, and contemporaneous clinical records
• Refer patients to GPs or other healthcare professionals when appropriate

Team Working

• Work collaboratively with GPs, nursing colleagues, and the wider MDT
• Support colleagues and contribute to a positive team environment
• Participate in practice meetings and training

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Diabetes qualification or relevant training/experience
• Experience in chronic disease management
• Immunisation and vaccination training

Desirable:

• Cervical cytology training

Experience

Essential:

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience managing long-term conditions, particularly diabetes
• Experience working autonomously within scope of practice

Desirable:

• Experience with audit or quality improvement
• Experience with elderly or housebound patients

Clinical Skills & Knowledge

Essential:

• Chronic disease management (including diabetes)
• Wound care and dressings
• Immunisations and vaccinations
• Cervical cytology
• Spirometry and ECGs
• Pathology testing and results handling
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and NICE guidelines
• Understanding of PGDs

Personal Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Good time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Professional, patient-focused approach

Additional Information

• Subject to DBS check and referencing
• Must hold current UK professional registration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Diabetes qualification or relevant training & experience
• Experience in chronic disease management
• Immunisation and vaccination training
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience managing long-term conditions, particularly diabetes
• Experience working autonomously within scope of practice
• Chronic disease management (including diabetes)
• Wound care and dressings
• Immunisations and vaccinations
• Cervical cytology
• Spirometry and ECGs
• Pathology testing and results handling
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and NICE guidelines
• Understanding of PGDs

Desirable

• Desirable:
• Cervical cytology training
• Experience with audit or quality improvement
• Experience with elderly or housebound patients

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

Martlesham Heath Surgery

Address

Martlesham Heath Surgery

23 The Square

Martlesham Heath

Ipswich

IP5 3SL

Employer's website

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