Job description

Job responsibilities

Practice Nurse with Opportunity for Nurse Management Responsibilities

The Practice Nurse will deliver a range of general practice nursing services, including wound care, immunisations, cervical screening, health promotion, phlebotomy and long-term condition management. The role will also involve supporting clinical audits, maintaining high standards of patient care and working collaboratively with the wider practice team.

For the right candidate, there is also an opportunity to take on Nurse Manager responsibilities, including providing clinical leadership, supporting and developing the nursing team, overseeing clinical protocols and contributing to clinical governance and service development. Full-time or part-time hours will be considered.

Full job description available on request.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Relevant nursing qualification (e.g. Registered Adult Nurse).

Experience

Essential

• Experience working as a Practice Nurse or in a relevant clinical nursing role.
• Experience delivering general practice nursing services, including wound care, immunisations and health promotion.
• Experience managing long-term conditions, such as asthma, COPD, diabetes or chronic kidney disease.
• Experience undertaking clinical audits and maintaining high standards of patient care.
• Experience working within clinical protocols, infection prevention and control procedures.
• Experience working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience supporting, mentoring or supervising colleagues, students or new staff.

Desirable

• Experience in a nursing leadership or management role, including staff development and clinical governance (desirable).
• Experience managing nursing team performance, appraisals, annual leave or sickness (desirable for applicants interested in the Nurse Manager responsibilities).

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

The North Thoresby Practice

Address

Highfield Road

North Thoresby

Grimsby

Lincolnshire

DN36 5RT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.norththoresby.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)