Job summary
Practice Nurse Vacancy
Ruskington Medical Practice
Due to an upcoming retirement, an exciting and rare opportunity has arisen to join the Nursing team at Ruskington Medical Practice.
We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic, and compassionate General Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive village GP surgery to join our team working 28-32 hours per week over 4 days.
You will be working alongside a close-knit multidisciplinary team in a practice that genuinely prioritises staff wellbeing and work life balance, resulting in high-quality, patient-focused care.
About the Role
The successful candidate will become part of an experienced and collaborative team.
You will be supported in a well-organised, forward-thinking environment where everyone has a voice and is involved in continuous quality improvement.
Why Join Us?
- Supportive and friendly working environment
- First 2-4 weeks depending on experience super nummary training
- Strong team ethos with opportunities for learning and development
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Indemnity and NMC cover paid for by the practice
- Minimum 5.6 weeks annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Paid 1/2 hour lunch break
- Uniform provided
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
- Working hours can be reasonably flexible within surgery opening time with 1 day every 6 weeks approximately to do a 0700 start to cover extended hours contract.
- Candidates please be available for interview on the 5th and 6th August
Main duties of the job
Main Duties will include
Providing
high-quality, person-centred care across a range of nursing duties
Health
promotion and supporting patients with long-term conditions
Deliver
treatment room services including Phlebotomy, Cytology, Immunisations,
Injectable therapies.
About us
About Us:
Ruskington Medical Practice is a rural, dispensing GMS practice, caring for
just under 8,000 patients. We have a dynamic clinical team comprising one GP
Partner, two Salaried GP, two Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), one Advanced
Clinical Practitioner (ACP), and one Urgent Care Practitioner (UCP).
We are actively involved with our Primary Care Network (PCN) and local
Federation, hosting a range of additional roles including Pharmacists, a Mental
Health Practitioner, an MSK First Contact Practitioner, and a Paramedic Home
Visiting Team.
We offer extended hours nurse led service, providing flexible appointment access for patients who work or have family/carer responsibilities
We are proud of our inclusive, welcoming practice culture and our CQC rating of 'Good'.
We continue to drive improvement through team-wide collaboration and whole-practice voice in quality initiatives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and deliver care for patients with chronic and acute conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, and hypertension. Refer patients to senior nurses or specialists as required.
- Assess and plan wound management, providing appropriate care.
- Conduct cytology clinics and support the nursing team by covering weekend clinics 2-3 times per year.
- Complete training and manage national vaccination programs to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Provide travel health assessments and appointments, and signpost patients to appropriate services.
- Team approach to Annual Flu Campaign which will include weekend clinics.
- Support infection prevention and control initiatives through audits, training, and compliance monitoring.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure the correct use of clinical coding systems.
- Identify and support patients with safeguarding concerns, liaising with relevant external services to assist vulnerable individuals.
- Delegate clinical tasks safely, ensuring they are within the scope of practice.
- Assist practice management with clinical audits, protocol development, target setting, and managing the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) to optimize performance.
- Review and update clinical protocols and policies in line with national standards.
- Maintain and monitor mandatory training records.
- Review clinical incidents and contribute to learning and improvement.
- Support the nursing team by ensuring adequate clinic coverage during staff absences.
- In addition, flexible working of covering extended hours when staff are on annual leave.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and deliver care for patients with chronic and acute conditions such as asthma, COPD, diabetes, and hypertension. Refer patients to senior nurses or specialists as required.
- Assess and plan wound management, providing appropriate care.
- Conduct cytology clinics and support the nursing team by covering weekend clinics 2-3 times per year.
- Complete training and manage national vaccination programs to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
- Provide travel health assessments and appointments, and signpost patients to appropriate services.
- Team approach to Annual Flu Campaign which will include weekend clinics.
- Support infection prevention and control initiatives through audits, training, and compliance monitoring.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure the correct use of clinical coding systems.
- Identify and support patients with safeguarding concerns, liaising with relevant external services to assist vulnerable individuals.
- Delegate clinical tasks safely, ensuring they are within the scope of practice.
- Assist practice management with clinical audits, protocol development, target setting, and managing the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF) to optimize performance.
- Review and update clinical protocols and policies in line with national standards.
- Maintain and monitor mandatory training records.
- Review clinical incidents and contribute to learning and improvement.
- Support the nursing team by ensuring adequate clinic coverage during staff absences.
- In addition, flexible working of covering extended hours when staff are on annual leave.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients and members of the public
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse - Valid NMC pin
- Evidence of NMC revalidation if post 3 years of qualifying
- Evidence of up to date clinical skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the nursing field
- Evidence of up to date mandatory training
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable
- Clinical knowledge in the following:
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Immunisations routine, childhood and travel
- Women's health cervical cytology, contraception, etc.
- Chronic disease management awareness for:
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Asthma
- IT skills, including clinical IT system user skills SystmOne
- For the right candidate we are willing to support with training.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a nursing team
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients and members of the public
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse - Valid NMC pin
- Evidence of NMC revalidation if post 3 years of qualifying
- Evidence of up to date clinical skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the nursing field
- Evidence of up to date mandatory training
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
Desirable
- Clinical knowledge in the following:
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Immunisations routine, childhood and travel
- Women's health cervical cytology, contraception, etc.
- Chronic disease management awareness for:
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- CHD
- Asthma
- IT skills, including clinical IT system user skills SystmOne
- For the right candidate we are willing to support with training.
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).
