Practice nurse

STOCKWELL GROUP PRACTICE

Practice Nurse

Job Description and Person Specification

• November 2026 JOB TITLE Practice Nurse ACCOUNTABLE TO Practice Manager / Partners HOURS Up to 18 hours per week

Summary Of The Role

• Contribute to the development and improvement of the practice’s nursing services.
• Deliver high-quality, person-centred care using specialist practice nursing skills.
• Assess and manage patients’ presenting needs in primary care and provide ongoing support for people with long-term conditions.
• Prioritise clinical needs and respond appropriately to complex, urgent and emergency situations, initiating emergency care within professional competence.

Key Functions

Wound Management

• Assess, manage and treat wounds and leg ulcers, including wound care and suture or clip removal.
• Undertake compression bandaging within assessed competence and agreed protocols.
• Undertake Doppler assessment within assessed competence.

Vaccinations

• Provide adult and childhood immunisations under appropriate patient group directions and within authorised practice arrangements.
• Ensure vaccines are stored safely and follow practice procedures for storage monitoring and reporting concerns.

Travel Health Advice

• Vaccinations and travel-related medications.
• Malaria prophylaxis and bite avoidance.
• Safer sex advice.
• Food hygiene.
• Sun protection.
• First aid and emergency medication.
• Travel health insurance.

Targets

• Support achievement of practice targets, including immunisations, cervical screening and Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) areas; liaise with the administration team on recalls, recording and related administration.

Screening

• Undertake opportunistic screening, including blood pressure, height, weight, body mass index, urinalysis and smoking status.
• Carry out new patient health checks
• Undertake electrocardiograms (ECGs).
• Undertake venepuncture.
• Support the clinical and administrative work needed to achieve immunisation and cervical screening targets.

Health Promotion

• Provide healthy eating advice
• Provide smoking cessation advice
• Provide advice to patients about increasing activity and exercise
• Provide advice on alcohol consumption
• Develop and maintain health promotion material

Women’s Health

• Advise patients about national and local cervical and breast screening programmes.
• Promote breast awareness and provide appropriate patient information.
• Advise patients on reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections and make appropriate referrals.
• Take swabs for microscopy as directed.
• Provide sexual health screening and advice.
• Undertake cervical screening within assessed competence.

Older People

• Support health assessments and care planning for older people living with frailty, in the practice and during home visits.

Long-Term Conditions

• Work with the nursing team and care coordinators to organise recalls and reviews for patients with long-term conditions, supporting practice performance targets.
• Provide nursing care and health checks for people with severe mental illness.
• Undertake asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes reviews within assessed competence.
• Undertake agreed home visits for influenza vaccination, blood pressure checks and related nursing care.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Support a safe, effective care environment in line with relevant Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements and practice policies.
• Apply infection prevention and control measures in accordance with current national and local guidance.

Emergency Management

• Maintain competence in recognising and responding to anaphylaxis and in resuscitation; seek emergency assistance promptly.

Clinical Support and Administration

• Help develop and review practice clinical policies with the GPs.
• Oversee treatment-room supplies and equipment, including dressings, vaccines, blood collection materials and other items required for procedures.
• Maintain accurate patient records, update the clinical system and organise appropriate claim documentation.
• Provide ear care, including ear irrigation where appropriate, within training, competence and practice protocols.
• Organise and assist with minor surgery and wart clinics.

Teamworking

• Understand the role’s scope and contribute to its development over time.
• Work as an effective and responsible member of the nursing team, supporting colleagues and contributing to improved ways of working.
• Prioritise and manage own workload, coordinating with colleagues to support effective patient care.
• Complete mandatory and statutory training and support a culture of shared learning within the team.
• Share clinical knowledge and experience with colleagues to support team learning and service development.

Quality and Patient Safety

• Reflect on personal practice and remain accountable for clinical decisions and actions, including when working under supervision.
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous and complete consultation records in line with legislation and practice policies.
• Reflect on individual and team activity and contribute to improvements in nursing services.
• Work effectively with other agencies to meet patients’ needs.
• Manage time, workload and resources effectively.
• Participate in the review of complaints, significant events, clinical incidents and near misses; identify learning and contribute to improvements.
• Recognise safeguarding concerns involving children and adults and follow statutory requirements and local safeguarding procedures.
• Report significant risks promptly to appropriate colleagues and relevant external agencies.

Equality & Diversity

Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:

• Upholding people’s rights in accordance with practice policies and current legislation.
• Respecting privacy, dignity, individual needs and beliefs.
• Providing welcoming, inclusive and non-judgemental care that respects individual circumstances and preferences, in line with the NMC Code.

Confidentiality and Information Governance

• Ensure information collected is appropriate, relevant and limited to what is necessary.
• Protect confidential information and comply with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, as amended, and current practice information governance policies.

Use Clinical And Administrative Systems Competently And Comply With

• Information governance and data security requirements.
• Current data protection requirements and practice confidentiality procedures.
• Health and safety legislation and practice procedures.
• Applicable national and local clinical guidance.
• Caldicott principles and local information-sharing procedures.

Communication

• Communicate effectively with the Practice Manager, Partners and nursing team.
• Communicate clearly and sensitively with patients, carers, colleagues and relevant external services.

Professional Responsibilities

• Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings.
• Liaise with external agencies involved in patient care.
• Participate in professional networks, including practice nurse forums.
• Contribute to audit and report writing as appropriate.
• Help resolve operational issues within the nursing team and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Undertake other reasonable duties requested by the Partners that are appropriate to the role and within professional competence.

Maintain NMC registration, meet revalidation requirements and practise in accordance with the NMC Code. Recognise professional limits, seek support when needed and remain accountable for delegated care.