Job summary
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Practice Nurse to become a valued member of our friendly, supportive, and growing primary care team. This is an exciting opportunity to take on a varied and rewarding clinical role, with a particular focus on wound care and tissue viability, alongside delivering routine immunisations, cervical screening, and injectable therapies.
We are especially keen to hear from candidates with an interest in sexual and reproductive health, and who are confident in delivering family planning advice. Experience in the provision of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is highly desirable, as we are looking to strengthen and expand our services in this area.
Ideally, the successful candidate will be available to work up to 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility to cover shifts starting from 7:30am or finishing at 8:00pm, as part of our extended access provision. However, we warmly welcome applications from experienced Practice Nurses who can offer a minimum of 24 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to provide skilled, evidence-based nursing care to our diverse patient population, including:
- Wound care management including treatment of leg ulcers and complex wounds
- Expertise in tissue viability and pressure ulcer prevention
- Performing and interpreting Doppler assessments
- Conducting cervical cytology
- Administration of routine and immunisations, including all adult and childhood vaccinations
- Administration of other injections eg contraception, Zoladex etc.
- Supporting the management of long-term conditions
About us
Kennet and Avon Medical Partnership is a larger than average general practice with 17,500 patients, serving the market town of Marlborough, Pewsey village and their surrounding rural environs in beautiful North East Wiltshire.
The successful candidate for this role will join a fantastic team - we are friendly, approachable and helpful, especially to new members. This is encapsulated in our mission: to deliver high quality healthcare with happy and motivated staff, where all staff and patients are treated with dignity and respect.
KAMP is committed to invest in the development of our staff members to provide a supported and highly skilled work force. Kindness and compassion to ourselves, to each other and to our patients is a core value.
KAMP offers a series of employee benefits including generous holiday allowance, membership of the NHS pension scheme, we will cover the cost of a Blue Light card, and we offer regular wellbeing activities.
New staff are welcomed and supported to embed into the KAMP team and understand their contribution to the practice mission and values.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attachment for full details, a job summary is as follows:
- Delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of clinical services
- Providing wound care, tissue viability assessments, and routine immunisations
- Supporting long-term condition management (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD)
- Administering injectable therapies under PSDs and PGDs
- Delivering cervical screening and contributing to NHS health promotion programmes
- Supporting sexual and reproductive health services, including LARC provision
- Participating in infection control, clinical audits, and quality improvement
- Contributing to a collaborative and supportive learning environment
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attachment for full details, a job summary is as follows:
- Delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of clinical services
- Providing wound care, tissue viability assessments, and routine immunisations
- Supporting long-term condition management (e.g. diabetes, asthma, COPD)
- Administering injectable therapies under PSDs and PGDs
- Delivering cervical screening and contributing to NHS health promotion programmes
- Supporting sexual and reproductive health services, including LARC provision
- Participating in infection control, clinical audits, and quality improvement
- Contributing to a collaborative and supportive learning environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Membership of the RCN or equivalent body
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Relevant post-registration qualification(s) in chronic disease management eg diabetes, asthma, COPD, etc
- Cervical cytology qualification
Desirable
- Mentorship/supervisor training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a nursing role in primary care or a transferable healthcare setting
- Experience in delivering holistic, patient-centred care
- Experience in managing or supporting long-term conditions
Desirable
- Working with TPP SystmOne clinical system
- Involvement in audit, QOF, or quality improvement work
Values & Attitudes
Essential
- Smart, polite and confident
- An organised approach to work with the ability to plan, prioritise and balance conflicting demands
- Commitment to upholding confidentiality, dignity, and respect
- Willingness to learn and adapt to change
- Supportive of KAMPs mission to provide high quality and sustainable care
- Ability to work flexibly
- Understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Involvement in service development or patient engagement initiatives
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Competent in using Microsoft Office, email, and electronic health records
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates empathy, compassion, and patient focus
- Immunisation experience, including all adult and childhood vaccinations
- Tissue Viability / Complex Wound Care experience / qualification
- Venepuncture
- Basic observations including ECGs, ABPMs, Manual BPs, etc
- Contraceptive advice and injectable contraceptive administration
- Doppler assessment
- Provision of Injectable Therapies
Desirable
- Experience mentoring or supervising students or junior colleagues
- Spirometry
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Membership of the RCN or equivalent body
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
- Relevant post-registration qualification(s) in chronic disease management eg diabetes, asthma, COPD, etc
- Cervical cytology qualification
Desirable
- Mentorship/supervisor training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a nursing role in primary care or a transferable healthcare setting
- Experience in delivering holistic, patient-centred care
- Experience in managing or supporting long-term conditions
Desirable
- Working with TPP SystmOne clinical system
- Involvement in audit, QOF, or quality improvement work
Values & Attitudes
Essential
- Smart, polite and confident
- An organised approach to work with the ability to plan, prioritise and balance conflicting demands
- Commitment to upholding confidentiality, dignity, and respect
- Willingness to learn and adapt to change
- Supportive of KAMPs mission to provide high quality and sustainable care
- Ability to work flexibly
- Understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Involvement in service development or patient engagement initiatives
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Competent in using Microsoft Office, email, and electronic health records
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates empathy, compassion, and patient focus
- Immunisation experience, including all adult and childhood vaccinations
- Tissue Viability / Complex Wound Care experience / qualification
- Venepuncture
- Basic observations including ECGs, ABPMs, Manual BPs, etc
- Contraceptive advice and injectable contraceptive administration
- Doppler assessment
- Provision of Injectable Therapies
Desirable
- Experience mentoring or supervising students or junior colleagues
- Spirometry
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).
Additional information
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).
