Senior General Practice Nurse

Job overview

As a valued member of our large nursing team supporting a Primary Care Network, you will contribute to delivering high‑quality nursing care to our General Practice population, including patients who are housebound. Practices are over 7 locations so a willingness to cover all sites is required.

Working as part of a wider General Practice team, the post holder will have responsibility for general treatment duties including leg ulcer management and administration of injectable medicines for patients for . e.g for b12 deficiency, contraception or management of prostate cancer, children  and adult immunisations, participation in seasonal vaccinations clinics, travel consultation clinics as well as offering cytology as part of the national cervical screening team.

As a team committed to education and professional development, we regularly welcome students and newly qualified colleagues. Teaching, supervising, and mentoring will therefore form an important part of your role, alongside a willingness to share skills, support learning, and contribute to the development of new‑to‑practice nurses.

Main duties of the job

-General treatment duties, via booked clinics to offer wound and ulcer management, support long term disease education, administer injectable medications as required.

-Child and adult immunisations as per national schedules.

-Travel clinic consultations.

-Well woman clinics.

-Supervising other members of the team such as  Nurses, Health care assistants student nurses and  Nurse Associates, .

-Participating in infection control audits and other assurance protocols.

-Management of patients with long term conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about this job role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

We encourage informal visits so please get in touch is you are successful to the interview stage.