Job responsibilities

Job Statement

The Practice Nurse delivers highquality, patientcentred nursing care within the primary care environment. The role combines autonomous clinical practice with collaborative multidisciplinary working, supporting longterm condition management, preventative health interventions, urgent care, and treatmentroom services. The postholder contributes to safe, effective, and compassionate care while supporting the operational and clinical priorities of the practice and wider PCN.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Provide evidencebased nursing care to patients across the lifespan.
• Deliver longterm condition management (e.g., asthma, COPD, diabetes, hypertension, CVD).
• Undertake cervical cytology, immunisations, wound care, ear irrigation, ECGs, and phlebotomy.
• Support urgent care through assessment, triage, and treatment planning within scope.
• Provide health promotion, lifestyle advice, and selfmanagement support.
• Interpret clinical findings and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical records in line with NMC and organisational standards.

Professional Leadership & Governance

• Work in accordance with the NMC Code and professional standards.
• Adhere to safeguarding, infection prevention and control, medicines management, and clinical governance frameworks.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement, and service development.
• Maintain uptodate competencies and mandatory training, including safeguarding levels 13 as required.
• Contribute to the development of clinical pathways, protocols, and best practice guidance.

Teamwork & Collaboration

• Work closely with GPs, ANPs, HCAs, ARRS roles, and administrative teams.
• Support induction, supervision, and development of junior nursing staff and HCAs.
• Participate in MDT meetings, case discussions, and PCNwide initiatives.
• Provide clinical advice and support to colleagues within scope of practice.

Patient Experience & Communication

• Build positive, trusting relationships with patients and carers.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information clearly and compassionately.
• Promote shared decisionmaking and personalised care.
• Ensure patients understand treatment plans, medications, and followup requirements.

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 years post registration experience
• Experience in a primary care, community, or similar clinical setting.
• Competence in core treatment room skills.
• Experience managing long term conditions.
• Experience working autonomously within scope of practice.
• Experience in a primary care, community, or similar clinical setting.
• Competence in core treatment room skills.
• Experience managing long term conditions.

Desirable

• Experience working autonomously within scope of practice.
• Experience working within a PCN or multidisciplinary environment.
• Experience supporting quality improvement or audit activity.
• Experience supervising HCAs or junior staff.

Knowledge, Skills and Personal Qualities

Essential

• Knowledge:
• Safeguarding responsibilities
• Infection prevention and control
• Medicines management principles
• Clinical governance frameworks
• Use of clinical systems and digital tools
• Skills:
• Strategic leadership
• Communication & negotiation
• Analytical and critical thinking
• Relationship building
• Change management
• Emotional intelligence and resilience
• Personal Qualities:
• Compassionate and visible leader
• Professional integrity
• Commitment to high standards of care
• Values driven and improvement focused

Desirable

• PCN contractual requirements and population health approaches

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Immunisation and vaccination training.
• Cervical cytology training (or willingness to undertake).
• Safeguarding training appropriate to role (Levels 13).

Desirable

• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Chronic disease management qualifications (e.g., asthma, COPD, diabetes).
• Mentorship or supervision qualification.
• Additional primary care related certifications.

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).