Practice Nurse in Sheffield inSheffield PUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025 Jump to job information section

Job summary

We are currently looking to recruit a Practice Nurse to our surgery to join our experienced and highly motivated nursing team. Applicants would need to be flexible to cover for colleagues during absence. Salary is dependent on experience. You will receive 5.6 weeks annual leave and access to the NHS Pension Scheme.

Candidates would preferably have experience in

• Management of long-term conditions
• Childhood and routine immunisations
• Holistic care of patients
• Advising on and administering vaccinations
• Cervical cytology screening
• Wound care management
• Contraception advice and reviews
• Travel advice and vaccinations
• Health promotion and education
• SystmOne clinical system

Main duties of the job

The nurse will be responsible for the assessment, delivery and evaluation of nursing care to the practice population. S/he will be competent to work independently as a member of the primary health care team, working alongside the other members of the practice nurse team, GPs attached staff, admin team and other team members. S/he will work as a practitioner managing his/her own workload with reference to agreed protocols and will be expected to take an active interest in the development of the Primary Care Team.

The post holder will be accountable to the GPs and liaise closely with the other practice nurse and the practice manager.

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Job responsibilities

The nurse will be responsible for the assessment, delivery and evaluation of nursing care to the practice population. They will be competent to work independently as a member of the primary health care team, working alongside the other members of the practice nurse team, GPs attached staff, admin team and other team members. The post holder will work as a practitioner managing his/her own workload with reference to agreed protocols and will be expected to take an active interest in the development of the Primary Care Team.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for identifying and meeting the nursing care needs of patients in the practice. Also working alongside the GPs and other clinical professionals where appropriate and accepting referral of patients from him or her.

• Responsibility for the nursing input involved in the making of decisions and policies affecting the whole practice.

• Managing the nursing care of patients with chronic disease including asthma, diabetes, CHD, and CKD. Providing specific clinics, with home visits if necessary, and operating a recall system for return visits of patients.

• Ability to perform a variety of screening work including the taking of cervical smears and filing the results withing the patients record from the labs.

• Responsibility for advising on and performing immunisations, including travel and childhood immunisations.

Responsibility for managing the recall system for non-attenders for childhood immunisations.

• Ability to promote health by educating patients on diet, alcohol consumption, exercise and cessation of smoking.

• Maintenance of a high standard of general nursing care including wound care, venepuncture, ear syringing, breast awareness, immunisations, advising travellers going abroad.

• Responsibility for teaching/supervision of our nurse associate.

Overall responsibility for maintaining information systems in the practice to include computerised patient records, practice protocols and patient information leaflets. Organising and updating health promotion displays.

• Auditing regular work and clinics, to assess the efficiency, standard and effectiveness of nursing care. Liaise effectively with the admin team.

• Overall responsibility for maintaining the treatment room, reordering and safe storage of vaccines .

• Maintaining professional development by revalidation, reflective practice, developing a personal development plan in line with the practice development plan and attending appropriate courses and study days.

• Responsibility for appropriate delegation to health care assistants, and then regular supervision of their work. This includes especially clinical work, delegating appropriate work and organising patient information, audit, recall systems and all aspects of maintenance of the treatment room.

• Responsibility for advising patients regarding contraception and pre-conceptual care. Ensuring patients are appropriately monitored according to their chosen method of contraception and the practice protocols.

• Leading on infection control and decontamination procedures updating when required current guidelines and practice protocols.

The post holder will be accountable to the GPs and liaise closely with the other practice nurses and district nurses and the practice manager