Practice Nurse Manager

PLEASE ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WORKING IN A GENERAL PRACTICE

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Delivery:
  Provide a full range of nursing clinics and services on-site at Alastair Ross Medical Practice, ensuring safe, effective, and patient‑centred care.
• Cross‑Practice Leadership:
  Visit the Tameside practices at least twice per week to deliver hands‑on leadership, mentorship, and support to the wider nursing teams.
• Performance & Quality Oversight:
  Monitor, review, and enhance nursing performance across all sites, ensuring compliance with practice policies, CQC requirements, and national clinical guidelines. Support professional development and facilitate ongoing training.
• Management Meetings:
  Attend weekly managerial meetings in Tameside (once per week in the morning) to contribute to operational planning and service improvement initiatives.
• Collaborative Working:
  Work closely with practice management teams to identify opportunities for service development, improve patient outcomes, and uphold high standards of care across all locations.

6 weeks annual leave

We are seeking an experienced and confident Practice Nurse to join our dedicated healthcare team. The ideal candidate must have prior experience in general practice, be confident in using the EMIS clinical system, and demonstrate a high standard of patient care and clinical competence.

• Conduct health assessments, triage patients, and provide clinical advice.
• Administer childhood and travel vaccinations, wound care, cervical screening, B12 injections and other treatment procedures.
• Support chronic disease management programs (e.g. diabetes, asthma, cardiovascular health).
• Draw bloods and provide patient education and health promotion activities (e.g. smoking cessation, weight management).
• Manage infection control and maintain clinical equipment.
• Maintain accurate, up‑to‑date patient records using electronic health systems.
• Work within regulatory and clinical governance frameworks, ensuring best practice standards.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and contribute to practice audits and reviews.

Alastair Ross Medical Practice is a busy, well‑established GP surgery based within Breightmet Health Centre, a modern and accessible facility at the heart of the Breightmet community. We currently provide care to approximately 7,000 patients.

Our multidisciplinary team includes four regular GPs, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, a Practice Manager, an Assistant Manager, and a committed team of reception and administrative staff who work together to deliver high‑quality patient care.

Although we operate as an independent practice, we work collaboratively with four sister surgeries located in Tameside. This partnership approach enables us to share expertise, strengthen services, and make the best possible use of our resources to ensure high‑quality healthcare for all our patients.

Applicants must have previous experience working in a General Practice setting and must be fully proficient in using the EMIS Web clinical system. These requirements are essential.

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Practice Nurse to join our team. The successful candidate will provide high‑quality clinical care, leadership, and support across our practices, with a particular focus on chronic disease management and service development.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive nursing care and evidence‑based clinical advice to patients, including the management of chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, and hypertension.
• Travel to our Tameside practices at least twice per week to provide on‑site leadership, operational support, and mentorship to the nursing team.
• Oversee nursing performance, ensuring consistently high standards of clinical care, continuous professional development, and compliance with practice policies and national guidelines.
• Attend weekly managerial meetings in Tameside (held once per week in the morning).
• Conduct health screenings, childhood and adult immunisations, and other routine vaccinations.
• Perform cervical cytology and actively participate in the…