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Spirit Primary Care Limited

Practice Nurse

The closing date is 19 December 2025

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Job summary

Are you a passionate, forward-thinking Nurse looking to make a real impact in primary care? This is your chance to join our friendly, dedicated team at Rushey Mead Health Centre, where were transforming the way patients access care.

Were on a mission to make sure everyone receives the right care, from the right person, at the right time, in the right place and were committed to making this easier for both our patientsandour people. These are exciting times come and be part of it!

What's on Offer

  • 30 hours, 4 or 5 days per week
  • Exclusive benefits package buy extra leave, high-street discounts, car purchase scheme & more
  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme*

Main duties of the job

As a key member of our clinical team, you will help us keep quality at the heart of everything we do. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Conducting holistic patient assessments and creating tailored care plans
  • Delivering immunisations, wound care and health screenings
  • Running chronic disease clinics (e.g., diabetes, asthma)
  • Providing family planning advice and performing cervical screening
  • Supporting minor surgical procedures
  • Promoting health education and disease prevention
  • Maintaining accurate patient records and documentation
  • Contributing to audits and quality improvement initiatives

If you want to join a practice that genuinely values people over process, you'll feel right at home here!

About us

At Spirit Primary Care we continue to transform and revolutionise the way that we deliver Primary Care services. With a focus on collaboration across practices, the development of more effective triage services and the increased use of new technology, we continue to improve the experience of Primary Care for both staff and patients.

Tracking our performance against nationally established goals leads us to deliver better, more streamlined patient care, helps us to reduce the administrative burden and increase the uptake and ease of access to care.

We have an extensive multi-disciplinary team who are keen to innovate and utilize their varied skillset and we are seeking talented individuals like you to become a part of it!

Details

Date posted

04 December 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

E0462-25-0034

Job locations

Rushey Mead Health Centre

8 Lockerbie Walk

Leicester

LE4 7ZX


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Provide care and management for patients with long-term conditions (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension).

  • Perform health screenings, cervical smears, vaccinations (including childhood, travel, and campaign programmes), wound care, and ECGs.

  • Support chronic disease management in line with the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and evidence-based guidelines.

  • Promote health education, lifestyle advice, and preventative care.

  • Maintain infection control standards and complete audits as required.

  • Contribute to the development of integrated, multidisciplinary working across the practice.

  • Supervise and support HCAs, students, and other team members where needed.

  • Keep accurate and up-to-date patient records in line with policies and NMC standards.

  • Participate in annual appraisals, training, and ongoing professional development (CPD).

    • Job description

    Job responsibilities

  • Provide care and management for patients with long-term conditions (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart failure, hypertension).

  • Perform health screenings, cervical smears, vaccinations (including childhood, travel, and campaign programmes), wound care, and ECGs.

  • Support chronic disease management in line with the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) and evidence-based guidelines.

  • Promote health education, lifestyle advice, and preventative care.

  • Maintain infection control standards and complete audits as required.

  • Contribute to the development of integrated, multidisciplinary working across the practice.

  • Supervise and support HCAs, students, and other team members where needed.

  • Keep accurate and up-to-date patient records in line with policies and NMC standards.

  • Participate in annual appraisals, training, and ongoing professional development (CPD).

    • Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

    • Conducting patient assessments and developing care plans.
    • Providing immunisations, wound care, and health screenings.
    • Managing chronic disease clinics, including diabetes and asthma.
    • Offering family planning advice and conducting cervical smear tests.
    • Assisting with minor surgical procedures.
    • Providing patient education on health promotion and disease prevention.
    • Ensuring accurate documentation and maintaining patient records.
    • Participating in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives.

    Specific Skills/Competencies

    Desirable

    • Knowledge of health promotion strategies
    • Aware of accountability of own role
    • Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions and chronic disease
    • Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
    • Experience in Chronic Disease Management or willingness to undertake training.
    • Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination,
    • Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
    • Communication skills, both written and verbal including communicating difficult messages to patients and families
    • Negotiation and conflict management skills
    • IT skills
    • Ability to work on own initiative

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • Nursing degree
    • Membership of a professional body NMC (Nursing Midwifery Council)
    Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

    • Conducting patient assessments and developing care plans.
    • Providing immunisations, wound care, and health screenings.
    • Managing chronic disease clinics, including diabetes and asthma.
    • Offering family planning advice and conducting cervical smear tests.
    • Assisting with minor surgical procedures.
    • Providing patient education on health promotion and disease prevention.
    • Ensuring accurate documentation and maintaining patient records.
    • Participating in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives.

    Specific Skills/Competencies

    Desirable

    • Knowledge of health promotion strategies
    • Aware of accountability of own role
    • Knowledge of needs of patients with long-term conditions and chronic disease
    • Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
    • Experience in Chronic Disease Management or willingness to undertake training.
    • Clinical skills cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination,
    • Change-management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle
    • Communication skills, both written and verbal including communicating difficult messages to patients and families
    • Negotiation and conflict management skills
    • IT skills
    • Ability to work on own initiative

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • Nursing degree
    • Membership of a professional body NMC (Nursing Midwifery Council)

    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).

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Spirit Primary Care Limited

    Address

    Rushey Mead Health Centre

    8 Lockerbie Walk

    Leicester

    LE4 7ZX

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Spirit Primary Care Limited

    Address

    Rushey Mead Health Centre

    8 Lockerbie Walk

    Leicester

    LE4 7ZX

    Employer contact details

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    Details

    Date posted

    04 December 2025

    Pay scheme

    Other

    Salary

    Depending on experience

    Contract

    Permanent

    Working pattern

    Part-time

    Reference number

    E0462-25-0034

    Job locations

    Rushey Mead Health Centre

    8 Lockerbie Walk

    Leicester

    LE4 7ZX


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