About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and skilled Practice Nurse to join our dedicated primary care team.
In this role, you will provide a range of nursing services to support the health and wellbeing of our patient population. You will work closely with GPs, other nurses, and healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality care, including managing long-term conditions, administering immunisations, and supporting health promotion initiatives.
You will be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, creating a welcoming and non-judgmental environment for patients, while upholding the values of care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment. This role offers the opportunity to develop your professional skills, contribute to patient care planning, and actively participate in the ongoing development of the nursing team.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Nurse provides essential nursing care to meet the needs of our patient population, including managing long-term conditions, delivering immunisations and screening programmes, and promoting overall health and wellbeing. A key part of the role is helping patients take control of their own health and working collaboratively to improve the health of the practice population.
Duties include delivering nursing treatments independently or with GPs, reviewing test results, performing home visits, supporting patient recalls, and maintaining accurate documentation.
The role also involves supporting the nursing team, assisting junior staff, contributing to training, maintaining stock, and ensuring safe use of equipment. You will follow all relevant policies and protocols, including health and safety, infection control, equality, and confidentiality, while communicating effectively with colleagues and external agencies.
Professional development is encouraged, with accountability for your own clinical practice, ongoing training, and preparation for NMC revalidation. This is a varied and rewarding role offering the chance to provide high-quality patient care while supporting a patient-focused practice team.
About us
Tickhill and Colliery Medical Practice is a friendly, patient-focused GP practice committed to delivering high-quality primary care to our local community. Our team is supportive, collaborative, and dedicated to ensuring every patient receives the best possible care. We pride ourselves on fostering a welcoming and professional atmosphere, where staff are valued, respected, and encouraged to develop their skills.
We work as a cohesive team, supporting one another to manage a busy and varied workload while maintaining the highest clinical standards. Staff wellbeing and professional growth are important to us we provide access to training, mentorship, and development opportunities to help you progress in your career.
Job description Job responsibilities
Undertake appropriate management of long term conditions, screening programmes, immunisation programmes within their level of competency and with adequate and recognised training. Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with a patients healthcare. Perform home visits where appropriate. Responsibility for reviewing and acting on own sample results or those referred onto you from another nurse or associated healthcare professional, or referring to a more senior clinician when appropriate. Support and promote the development of team working to ensure a high standard of nursing care within the treatment area. Adhere and work to defined polices and protocols, including health and safety, equality and diversity, and confidentiality within the practice. Assist in the ordering and maintaining of stock as delegated by the Nurse Manager. Be aware of national standards of infection control and good practice guidelines and active observation of current working practices across the practice ensuring that procedures are followed. Actively identifying, reporting and correction of health and safety hazards. Responsible for the safe use of all diagnostic and treatment equipment, and alert other team members to issues of quality or risk. Attend practice meetings whenever possible and those that are mandatory. Maintain competency and develop new skills as decided by service requirements. Communicate, refer and liaise effectively with other agencies and staff regarding patients well being, with appropriate regard to confidentiality. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience working as a nurse in general practice or primary care including treatment room duties, patient assessment, and management of long-term conditions.
Desirable
Leadership or mentoring qualifications supporting training and development of junior staff. Professional development courses relevant to primary care nursing or patient care excellence.
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) registration fully licensed to practice in the UK. Relevant clinical training or experience in primary care nursing including treatment room procedures, immunisations, and long-term condition management, cytology. UK driving licence
Desirable
Leadership or mentoring qualifications supporting training and development of junior staff. Professional development courses relevant to primary care nursing or patient care excellence.
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 Tickhill and Colliery Medical Practice
Address 25 St Marys Road
Tickhill
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN11 9NA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.thetickhillsurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)