Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Duties:

• Phlebotomy Perform venepuncture for blood tests, ensuring proper labelling and sample handling.

• Chronic Disease Management: Manage chronic disease clinics including diabetes, asthma, COPD, hypertension. Carry out assessments and implement and monitor care plans in line with best practice.

• Cervical Screening & Womens Health: Perform cervical smear tests in line with NHS Cervical Screening Programme protocols. Offer womens health advice, including contraceptive services support and menopause-related health discussions, as appropriate to scope of practice.

• Immunisations & Vaccinations: Administer a full range of vaccinations including childhood immunisations, seasonal flu, COVID-19, and shingles, in accordance with national immunisation schedules. Provide informed advice to patients about vaccine benefits, side effects, and post-vaccination care.

• Travel Health & Vaccinations: Conduct comprehensive travel health assessments, including destination-specific risk evaluations and vaccine requirements. Administer travel vaccines and general travel health guidance in accordance with current travel medicine guidelines.

• Wound Care & Tissue Viability: Provide assessment and treatment of wounds, including dressings, suture or clip removal, compression therapy. Monitor healing progress and refer to the appropriate services when needed.

• Health Promotion & Screening: Deliver NHS Health Checks and offer personalised lifestyle advice relating to smoking cessation, alcohol use, diet, weight, and physical activity. Identify risk factors early and refer patients to community services or in-practice programs as needed.

• Clinical Procedures & Assistance: Assist GPs with minor surgery, joint injections, coil/implant fittings or removals, and other in-practice procedures. Prepare equipment, maintain aseptic technique, and ensure patient comfort and safety.

Administrative & Compliance Duties:

• Maintain accurate, timely, and up-to-date patient records using the EMIS clinical system.

• Participate in audits, clinical governance, and quality improvement projects.

• Comply with infection control procedures and ensure safe disposal of clinical waste.

• Keep up to date with mandatory training and clinical competencies.

• Clinical Governance & Safety:

• Ensure adherence to the cold chain policy for the safe storage and handling of vaccines.

• Conduct and document regular checks of clinical stock, including expiry dates and appropriate storage.

• Oversee the maintenance and regular checking of the crash trolley to ensure emergency readiness.

• Monitor and record the use of controlled drugs in line with legal and practice policies.

• Coordinate timely sharps disposal and maintain accurate records of collections and incidents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with NMC registration.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Relevant qualifications in chronic disease management, spirometry
• Cervical cytology and family planning certification.

Experience

Essential

• Experience in primary care.
• Competency in chronic disease management and immunisation protocols. Smear and immunisation trained.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical IT system Emis

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

Horsefair Practice Group

Address

Sandy Lane Health Centre

Sandy Lane

Rugeley

Staffordshire

WS15 2LB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.horsefairpractice.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Primary Care, Urgent Care or Emergency Care
• Experience of autonomous clinical assessment and decision making.
• Experience managing acute and minor illness presentations.
• Experience managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

Desirable

• Previous experience in General Practice.
• Experience using EMIS Web.
• Experience undertaking care home rounds.
• Experience of telephone and online triage.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or other relevant professional body.
• Holds the recognised qualifications and credentials required to meet the NHS England Advanced Practice framework and be eligible for an Advanced Practice Digital Badge (where applicable to the role).
• Master's level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Independent Prescribing qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Teaching, mentorship or assessor qualification.

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

Horsefair Practice Group

Address

Lovett Court

Rugeley

Staffordshire

WS15 2FH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.horsefairpractice.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)