Symphony Healthcare Services Limited

Treatment Room Nurse - Burnham, Berrow & Highbridge (Somerset)

The closing date is 11 November 2025

Job summary

Burnham, Berrow and Highbridge Medical Centres (known as Symphony North) are looking to recruit a Treatment Room Nurse to join their dedicated Nursing Team on a 12-month fixed term basis, working 34 hours per week across all three sites.

The salary for this role is £36,784 per annum (pro rata for part time hours).

You will be part of a nursing team responsible for ensuring that the practice provides optimum care relevant to the practice population, either in practice or the home environment.

You will focus on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long-term conditions, health prevention and screening activities in line with the objectives and vision of Symphony Healthcare Services. They will work collaboratively with the whole general practice team to meet the needs of patients and supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

You will also demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making, assessment and expert care.

Main duties of the job

Assist the whole practice team to help deliver effective implementation of management of patients and their needs.
Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease, employing recall systems suitable to the practice needs. This includes using the practice computer systems for input of information for recall and screening purposes. Accurate and efficient input of data for contract purposes is also required
Contribute to the development of policies / protocols / guidelines within the practice.
Aid the practice team with implementation of new initiatives in the delivery of chronic disease management services.
Encourage the development of integrated services within Primary Care to include integrated practice based teams and multidisciplinary working.
Recognise the opportunities for working in partnership with the Primary Health care team.
Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

About us

Symphony Healthcare Services Limited was established in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing new models of care. We now support 16 practices across Somerset providing care for over 100,000 patients.

Symphony has developed a model where each practice is encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset Foundation Trust (SFT), and with backing from a central support team (HR, finance, corporate and strategic management matters).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and practices in Somerset and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care provision.

We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance and transform patient care and working practices, with innovation and technology at our core.

Symphony welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all.

Symphony offers many fantastic employee benefits, including the option to join a NHS or NEST pension scheme, plus varied salary sacrifice options (see attached poster), plus generous annual leave, flexible working from day one of employment and home working options where appropriate to the role.

Thank you for your interest in joining Symphony! We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application.

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,784 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0215-TRNBBH10-2025

Job locations

Burnham Medical Centre

Love Lane

Burnham-on-sea

Somerset

TA8 1EU

Highbridge Medical Centre

Pepperall Road

Highbridge

Somerset

TA9 3YA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
Urinalysis
Spirometry
Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
Cytology
Warfarin (INR) monitoring
Assist with Coil removal
Maintaining Thyroxine register
Ear Syringing
ECG
BT, BP and Weight
Diet and Lifestyle advice
Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
Travel Vaccinations
Stock checking and ordering of vaccines

Chronic Disease Management skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

Hypertension
Mental Health
Diabetes
Asthma/COPD
CHD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

Wound care, dressings and general treatment room skills
Urinalysis
Spirometry
Contraceptive advice, Family planning, Sexual Health
Cytology
Warfarin (INR) monitoring
Assist with Coil removal
Maintaining Thyroxine register
Ear Syringing
ECG
BT, BP and Weight
Diet and Lifestyle advice
Immunisations (childhood, flu, pneumonia, pertussis, shingles etc.)
Injections (B12, Triptorelin, Zoladex, and Depo etc.)
Travel Vaccinations
Stock checking and ordering of vaccines

Chronic Disease Management skills will include some or all of the following (this list is not exhaustive):

Hypertension
Mental Health
Diabetes
Asthma/COPD
CHD

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse.
Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.

Desirable

Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.
Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
Primary Care Experience.

Desirable

Suitable post registration experience.
Experience of working in a General Practice setting.
Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
Basic/advanced certificate of life support.
Awareness of the national service framework guidelines.
Understanding of health and safety issues.
Undertaken mentorship training.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to teamwork.
Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions.
Excellent communication skills.
Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.

Desirable

Able to use own initiative
Able to work under pressure
Able to work in a changing environment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse.
Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.

Desirable

Post-registration study in topics allied to general practice.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
Interest and basic knowledge in long-term conditions.
Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
Primary Care Experience.

Desirable

Suitable post registration experience.
Experience of working in a General Practice setting.
Experience of using a GP Clinical System (EMIS preferred).
Basic/advanced certificate of life support.
Awareness of the national service framework guidelines.
Understanding of health and safety issues.
Undertaken mentorship training.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to teamwork.
Knowledge of the needs of patients with long-term conditions.
Excellent communication skills.
Evidence of problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Aware of accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service.
Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
Awareness of clinical governance issues in primary care.
Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy.

Desirable

Able to use own initiative
Able to work under pressure
Able to work in a changing environment

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.