About this role
Job summary
Are you a Practice Nurse with a passion for diabetes care? Come and make a real difference with us for the next 12 months.
Park Lane Surgery is looking for an experienced Practice Nurse to cover maternity leave. The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract for 30 hours per week. Its a chance to bring your diabetes expertise to a practice where your skills will be valued and your ideas welcomed.
Youll lead diabetes reviews and help patients take control of their condition. Youll be helping to shape how our diabetes service develops. Alongside this, youll provide varied treatment room care, from cervical screening and immunisations to wound care. No two days will be the same.
Why join Park Lane?
Were a caring, innovative and forward-thinking practice. We believe that looking after our staff is just as important as looking after our patients. Youll be part of a large, supportive multidisciplinary team. It includes GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, nurse prescribers, clinical pharmacists and a first contact practitioner, so youll never be working in isolation. Our purpose-built home at Waters Green Medical Centre is just a short walk from Macclesfield train and bus stations, making your commute easy.
If you have current NMC registration, a post-registration diabetes qualification and experience in general practice, wed love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As our Practice Nurse with a diabetes focus, youll be the go-to clinician for many of our patients living with diabetes. Youll run your own clinics, getting to know your patients over time and supporting them to stay well and avoid complications. Youll have the autonomy to manage your caseload within your scope of practice, with a named GP for clinical supervision and support whenever you need it.
Your week will also include a mix of general practice nursing, such as screening, vaccinations, wound care and other treatment room work. Youll work closely with our wider clinical team and with community and specialist services to make sure patients get joined-up care.
Theres also room to make your mark. Wed welcome your input in developing our diabetes service, and youll help support and teach our healthcare assistant and nursing colleagues.
About us
Park Lane Surgery is one of six GP practices based at Waters Green Medical Centre, a purpose-built building in the heart of Macclesfield. Were just a short walk from the train and bus stations, so getting to work is easy.
Were a caring, passionate and forward-thinking practice. Were always looking for better ways to care for our patients, and we believe the best care comes from a team that feels valued and supported. Thats why our staff are just as much at the heart of what we do as our patients.
Youll be joining a large and friendly team. Our clinical team includes 4 GP partners, 5 salaried GPs, 2 advanced nurse practitioners, 2 nurse prescribers, a healthcare assistant and a physicians associate. We also work alongside a first contact practitioner, 2 clinical pharmacists and a pharmacy technician. All of this is backed by an experienced team of care navigators, medical secretaries, workflow co-ordinators, administrators, an IT Lead, and our Practice Manager and Assistant Practice Manager.
With so many different skills under one roof, theres always someone to ask for advice, share ideas with or learn from. We work together, support each other and take pride in what we do.
What we offer
5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Sick leave
NHS Pension
NHS Discount scheme
Employee assistant programme
Monthly training afternoons
Free tea & coffee
Paid CPD training
Paid professional fees
Annual Flu Vaccination
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
To provide high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in general practice, with a specialist focus on diabetes, alongside the full range of treatment room, chronic disease, screening and immunisation services. The post holder will work autonomously within their scope of practice and as part of the multidisciplinary team, helping to improve outcomes, reduce complications, promote self-management and meet QOF requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Diabetes management
Carry out annual and interim reviews for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, including interpreting HbA1c, renal function, ACR, lipids, blood pressure and BMI.
Develop personalised care plans and support patients with education, lifestyle advice, self-management, glucose monitoring and insulin technique.
Review and optimise diabetes medication in line with NICE guidance, local pathways and the post holder's competence and prescribing authority.
Carry out diabetic foot assessments and risk stratification, and refer appropriately.
Monitor for complications, recognise and escalate diabetes emergencies, and refer to specialist services, including for pregnancy and diabetes technology.
Follow up patients who do not attend or remain outside target, and liaise with community, specialist and secondary care teams.
Treatment room and general practice nursing
Wound care, dressings, suture and clip removal, and leg ulcer care within competence.
Adult and childhood immunisations, seasonal vaccinations and travel health where trained, maintaining the cold chain.
Cervical screening, contraceptive injections and women's health advice where trained and accredited.
Venepuncture, specimen collection, point-of-care testing, ECGs, injections (including B12 and Zoladex) and routine observations.
Support minor surgery and GP-led procedures, and provide aftercare and safety-netting advice.
Long-term conditions and prevention
Contribute to reviews for hypertension, cardiovascular disease, CKD, obesity and other long-term conditions, and to NHS Health Checks and other commissioned services.
Governance, safeguarding and quality
Practise within the NMC Code and the limits of competence, keeping accurate records and coding.
Follow infection control, medicines management, vaccine storage and emergency procedures.
Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns for children and adults at risk.
Report incidents and take part in audit, significant event reviews, QOF and recall work.
Education and service development
Help develop the practice's diabetes service and treatment room clinics.
Support and teach healthcare assistants and nursing colleagues.
Medicines Management
The post holder will administer, supply or prescribe medicines only where legally authorised (prescription, PSD, PGD or prescribing qualification), trained and competent, and will follow the practice's medicines management policies.
Professional Requirements
The post holder must maintain NMC registration, appropriate indemnity, and up-to-date mandatory training and competencies; take part in appraisal, supervision and CPD; maintain confidentiality; and escalate clinical concerns promptly.
General
The post holder may be asked to undertake other reasonable duties in line with the role. This job description outlines the main duties and may be reviewed in consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registration as a registered nurse
- Post-registration diabetes qualification or specialist training, with evidence of competence
- Cervical screening qualification
- Immunisation and vaccination training
- Competence in core treatment room procedures
- Current basic life support and safeguarding (adults and children) training
Desirable
- Independent or supplementary nurse prescribing qualification
- Insulin initiation and titration training
- Diabetic foot assessment and risk stratification
- CGM / flash glucose monitoring training
Experience
Essential
- Experience in general practice, primary care or community nursing
- Venepuncture, ECG, wound care, compression therapy and ABPI competencies
- Experience of QOF, clinical audit or service development
- Demonstrable experience in diabetes assessment, monitoring and management
- Excellent communication, documentation and organisational skills
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Insulin initiation and titration training
- Diabetic foot assessment and risk stratification
- CGM / flash glucose monitoring training
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
Park Lane Surgery
Address
Waters Green Medical Centre
Sunderland Street
Macclesfield
SK11 6JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.parklanehousesurgery.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)