Practice Nurse

Highfield Surgery is a dynamic and forward-thinking practice committed to delivering exceptional patient care and fostering a supportive environment for our dedicated team. We are an established NHS general practice, rated CQC good, serving a patient population of over 13,400 in the Blackpool South area. We pride ourselves on a collaborative approach, where all staff work together to provide the best possible care.

Chronic Disease Management, You will play a crucial role in the proactive management of long-term conditions, including but not limited to diabetes, asthma, COPD, and hypertension. This involves conducting comprehensive patient assessments, developing individualised care plans, and providing ongoing support and education to empower patients in managing their health. A key aspect of this role is supporting monitoring activities, patient education, and safety oversight for high-risk medicines, implementing mandatory monitoring schedules as per clinical guidelines, and documenting all monitoring activities in the patient's clinical record.

Treatment Room Duties, Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of treatment room procedures essential to primary care. This includes cervical cytology, and various injections and immunisations. You will be responsible for vaccine administration, temperature monitoring, and stock rotation, maintaining vaccine storage temperature between +2C and +8C at all times, and monitoring and recording temperatures twice daily. Adherence to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) stock rotation system and weekly expiry date checks are mandatory.

General Practice Support, Beyond these core areas, you will contribute to general practice activities such as health promotion, screening programmes, and providing advice on minor illnesses. Excellent communication skills, a compassionate approach, and a commitment to continuous professional development are essential.

Welcome to Highfield surgery, a thriving and forward-thinking practice dedicated to providing comprehensive healthcare to our 13,400 patients. We pride ourselves on being an open and friendly team, committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.

Our diverse and skilled team includes 10 General Practitioners, supported by 4 Nurse Practitioners, 4 Practice Nurses, and 1 Nurse Associate, alongside 3 Healthcare Assistants. Beyond our core nursing and medical staff, we also benefit from a range of allied healthcare professionals, including physiotherapists, podiatrists, and mental health practitioners, ensuring a holistic approach to your well‑being. A dedicated team of administrative support staff works tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of the practice.

We are always looking for innovative ways to enhance our services and patient experience. If you are interested in learning more about our practice or exploring potential collaborations, we would warmly welcome an informal chat.

The post holder should be an experienced nurse, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They should demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures and providing nurse leadership as required.

Job Responsibilities

To provide basic and higher levels of nursing care as needed for patients.

To do cervical cytology sampling, immunisations as outlined by national programmes and local guidelines, working closely with the nursing, clinical and admin team to create systems to identify patients who need such services and promoting the service hard to reach patients.

To support the annual flu campaign and other mass population vaccination programmes as needed in line with national guidance.

To conduct, blood pressure, spirometry, urinalysis, phlebotomy, microbiology samples, ECG, peak flow, and other…