Primary Care Practice Nurse

Overview

We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, flexible and reliable Primary Care Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team. We require a Nurse with previous experience in primary care as a Practice Nurse.

Hours: 21 hours a week (will consider up to 37.5 hours) within Practice opening times of 07:30–18:30 (Monday–Friday) with enhanced hours on a Thursday evening until 20:00. Salary depending on experience.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established and collaborative Nursing team at our forward-thinking and supportive practice. We operate with a dynamic team of nurses, healthcare assistants and phlebotomists, providing chronic disease management and enhanced services for our 14,500 patient list.

• Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within scope of practice to the entitled patient population.
• Day-to-day primary care nursing tasks including phlebotomy, ECGs, wound care, adult and child immunisations, B12 injections, BP monitoring; advanced skills in chronic disease management, cervical screening and compression dressings.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults in line with NHS safeguarding policies; attend mandatory safeguarding training.
• Document contemporaneous consultations according to NMC guidelines using EMIS; maintain accurate clinical records; manage referrals and pathology services as needed.
• Provide vaccination and travel medicine services; administer vaccines under patient group directions; manage vaccination schedules.
• Support the clinical team with safeguarding matters and health promotion; undertake cervical cytology assessments where applicable.
• Prioritise health issues, manage long-term condition risk, and deliver chronic disease clinics; maintain chronic disease registers.
• Support and supervise junior nursing staff; participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit participation, training, and ongoing professional development; attend team meetings and formal appraisals.

• Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and well-being programmes; evaluate treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required; chaperone patients as needed; respond to clinical emergencies; liaise with external services to support patients.
• Monitor safe storage and disposal of medicines; ensure appropriate use of read codes and templates; comply with infection control procedures.

• Identify personal development needs in conjunction with Nurse Manager and Deputy Practice Manager; participate in clinical supervision and annual appraisals; undertake mandatory training.
• Be familiar with emergency procedures and contribute to clinical governance.

• Essential:
  Primary Care nursing experience; current RGN with PIN; evidence of CPD; vaccination/immunisation training; ability to deliver care in patients’ homes for housebound checks and vaccinations.
• Desirable:
  Knowledge of NHS primary care issues; prescribing; COPD; EMIS experience; willingness to gain further nursing skills.
• Essential qualities: ability to work with confidentiality, good communication, teamwork, initiative, resilience under pressure, and effective time management.
• Experience:
  
  minimum 2 years in primary care; experience dealing with patients and the public.

• Essential:
  Registered General Nurse (RGN); current PIN; evidence of CPD; chronic disease management experience; vaccinations/immunisation training.
• Desirable:
  Prescribing qualification; COPD experience.

• Essential:
  Ability to deliver care within patients’ homes for housebound checks and vaccinations (flu, pneumococcal, COVID, Shingles).
• Desirable:
  Flexible working hours; car driver with clean licence and business insurance.

• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks as applied to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; current UK professional registration required.
• Adherence to NMC Code of Conduct and practice policies; compliance with risk, quality, and confidentiality standards.

Job location:

Frome Valley Medical Centre, 2 Court Road, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol, BS36 2DE
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Employer:

Frome Valley Medical Centre. Date posted: 14 January 2026. Permanent, full-time/part-time/flexible working arrangement available.