Job summary
Plowright Medical Centre has a great opportunity for a practice nurse to join their busy practice, covering 25 to 30 hours a week, to care for a stable population of appreciative patients who still value general practice.
This is an exceptional opportunity to work from award-winning premises in the thriving, attractive and historic market town of Swaffham in the heart of Norfolk. Put your roots down in a fabulous part of the country where properties are still affordable, and you can enjoy an excellent work-life balance with protected admin time and flexible working hours/days to suit family commitments.
Main duties of the job
- Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
- Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
- General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
- Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
- Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception, and cervical cytology consultations.
- Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
- Meeting the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.
- Hypertension review and management.
- Running asthma, COPD and diabetes clinics and reviews.
- New patient and health checks.
About us
Plowright Medical Centre is conveniently situated within 3050 minutes of both Norwich and Kings Lynn,surrounded by picturesque villages, beautiful countryside, and great beaches. We are a friendly, forward-looking team working in a well organised practice with a list ofaround 7,000 patients. The practice is semi-rural with a branch surgery in the nearby village of Necton. At the same time as being traditional, relaxed, supportive and friendly, we are also highly organised and efficient, with tremendous support teams, this enables the GPs to concentrate on the work for which their skills are best utilised.
We are part of the Swaffham and Downham PCN and have full support and access to a diverse healthcare team including, health and wellbeing coach, mental health practitioners, physiotherapists, social prescribers, pharmacists and practice funded in-house counsellors. We use SystmONE and have a full complement of back office staff removing some GP admin workloads, with a very strong IT, admin and secretarial support. The practice receives a high QOF achievement annually and receives great feedback from our patients.
Details
- Date posted: 14 August 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience - depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Part-time
- Reference number: 29911
- Job locations: 1 Jack Bobby Way, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7HJ, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Competence to undertake long term condition reviews ideally asthma and COPD, holding relevant certificates.
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
- Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
- Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
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This advert is for Practice Nurse with Primary Care Careers in 1 Jack Bobby Way, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7HJ, United Kingdom, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is Negotiable. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Sep 2026.
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