Practice Nurse

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Practice Nurse to join the Invicta Nursing team at Birchington Medical Centre.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Practice Nurse you will be supported by senior nursing colleagues to provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients including treatment, preventative care, screening, and patient education. The role will involve undertaking a range of nursing assessments safely and effectively and providing appropriate care and/or treatment to patients in conjunction with GPs, Clinicians and the wider nursing team.You will work to policies and protocols and strive to improve standards of care to the practices patient population. There may on occasion be a requirement to undertake home visits.

You will receive support from senior colleagues to develop your knowledge and skills working in general practice, building your competencies and expertise with a focus on appropriate role development.

About us

Invicta Health is a non-profit company, with a passion for primary care. We have a wide range of services such as hub-based GPs services, GP surgeries, services in Urgent Care Centres and A&E, a Community Primary Care mental health service, GP staff training service and the list is growing all the time.

We are formed by a federation of General Practitioners working in Canterbury and South Kent Coast areas of East Kent. Our aim is to provide local, high quality services for local people by collaborating with other established organisations in the health and social care community.

What perks can we offer you?

• NHS Pension
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Progression opportunities
• Competitive annual leave entitlement
• Incremental pay progression
• Flexible working
• Approved blue light card provider
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes
• Car Lease Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

Details

• Date posted: 03 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £30,753.62 to £37,801.48 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: B0082-26-0065
• Job locations: Birchington Medical Centre, Minnis Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9HQ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Clinical

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by Lead Nurse and GPs. Advising and escalating any potential problems, issues, or errors in a timely manner.

Undertake chronic disease management including monitoring progress and response to treatment, identifying where changes to medication may be necessary and seeking senior support to implement, processing referrals where required, working to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and promoting the preventative aspects of nursing practice. Chronic diseases include but are not limited to:

o Asthma

o Diabetes

o COPD

Once trained and competent work within your scope of practice, undertake womens health management including but not limited to;

o Cervical Cytology

o Contraception including reviews, depo injection, pill checks and coil removal (where the practice is registered to provide this regulated activity).

o HRT reviews

Work to recognise changes in a patients condition and take appropriate action.

Undertake wound and ulcer care including suture/clip removal, dressings, and assessment to include doppler studies.

Undertake diagnostics tests including but not limited to:

o Urinalysis.

o Taking swab samples.

o Request pathology tests, for example urine culture.

o ECG and BP testing including 24hr ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.

o Pulse rate and rhythm.

o Venepuncture

o Blood Glucose monitoring.

o Weight management including BMI.

o Height measurement.

o Peak flow readings.

o Spirometry (where ARTP registered).

Administer adult and child immunisations, vaccinations and injections including travel vaccines, under a recognised legal framework.

Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.

Chaperone patients to their healthcare appointments when requested.

Assist with minor surgery and invasive procedures when required, this includes but is not limited to:

o Coil insertions

o Joint injections

o Minor surgical procedures

Monitor and maintain stock of vaccinations, emergency drugs and wound dressings, keeping accurate records and ordering low stock items when required.

Ensure appropriate health promotion literature is available.

Maintain clinical equipment efficiently and ensure servicing/calibration is undertaken, updating the calibration records as necessary.

Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care in line with infection prevention and control guidance.

Undertake housekeeping duties including, general tidiness and cleanliness of equipment, nursing rooms and treatment rooms ensuring room and equipment logs are kept up to date and available for auditing upon request.

Attend and participate in any MDT and practice meetings when required.

Ensure practice fridges are checked daily, temperature recorded, cold chain maintained and reporting any issues where relevant.

Keep up to date with any changes or advances within the Nursing profession, completing annual competency reviews and necessary training.

Communicate effectively, sensitively, and compassionately with colleagues, patients, carers recognising needs for alternative methods of communication.

Liaise and communicate with multi-agency partners and third-party organisations as appropriate, adhering to organisational and national information, sharing guidance at all times.

Administration

Accurately input, update and extract information onto/from the Practice clinical system when required.

Record patient information clearly and concisely, adhering to national and local guidance.

Liaise with and feedback effectively to the nursing team and other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

Infection Control

Support the Infection, Prevention and Control lead through the following measures:

Follow procedures aimed at reducing the risk of passing on the organisms that can cause infections.

Demonstrate a duty of care in following best practice in adherence to guidelines which is a fundamental requirement in underpinning the management of Infection, Prevention and Control.

Apply infection control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines. This includes:

o Dealing with blood and body fluid spillages

o Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment

o Reporting and treatment of sharps injuries

o Segregation and disposal of waste materials

o The collection and handling of laboratory specimens

o Universal hand hygiene precautions

Monitor and change sharps bins within the practice when requested or identified.

Assist patients and colleagues in adopting recommended infection control measures and health and safety measures.

Effective cleaning and sterilisation of clinical equipment and working surfaces, preparing treatment/consulting rooms prior to use.

Support the Lead Nurse in the completion of relevant Infection, Prevention and Control audits.

Professional Registration

Work in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct ensuring NMC registration is valid.

Ensure you comply with requirements for revalidation and maintain the knowledge and skills you need for safe practice.

Continue professional development (CPD) to supplement existing knowledge to aid further autonomy within the role.

Disseminate updates in current evidence to all in practice, particularly new learning from study.

Recognise and work within the limits of your competence and scope of practice.

Work with the wider multi-disciplinary team to deliver services in line with current best evidence, national and local guidelines.

Contribute to the development of policies, protocols and guidelines across the organisation, ensuring compliance.

Work collaboratively within the practice and with professional partners including secondary care, voluntary bodies and multi-agency organisations to streamline care pathways using a patient centred approach.

Safeguarding

The autonomous nature of this role may expose you to situations and circumstance which others do not see. As such it is your responsibility to ensure that all actual and potential safeguarding concerns are identified and acted upon in accordance with local and national guidance.

Miscellaneous

Support in the training and induction of new and junior members of staff at the practice.

Actively participate in educational programmes for whole primary health care team, including medical and nursing students and GP registrar, in relation to areas of clinical and practice nursing expertise.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).