Senior Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a NMC Registered Nurse to join Hillview Medical Centre as a Senior Nurse. Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will ensure that practice protocols and guidelines are current and embedded in the nursing teams every day practice, and personally providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient group directions where these are available. A nurse with prescribing qualifications will use them appropriately.

The post-holder will work in accordance with the NMC Code, delivering high-quality, patient-centred nursing care within primary care.

• Manage and monitor chronic disease patients, developing and reviewing individual care plans. Undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment and therapeutic monitoring. Identify abnormalities and initiate appropriate action or referral. Deliver routine and complex wound care (including Doppler where competent). Conduct health checks, cervical screening and monitoring tasks. Provide travel health advice and administer adult and childhood immunisations. Act as a first point of contact, working autonomously or with GPs.
  
  Assist with minor procedures, provide ear care within scope of practice, and support patients with mental health needs, monitoring prescribed therapies.

• Deliver holistic health education and preventative care. Undertake risk assessments, identify safeguarding concerns, and elevate appropriately. Support treatment adherence and lifestyle modification.

• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to policies, PGDs and professional standards. Promote infection control and safe management of specimens, sharps, waste, PPE and equipment. Identify and manage risks. Support team development, participate in clinical meetings, and maintain professional development and NMC revalidation.

• Provide evidence-based diabetes assessment, management, and review for patients with Type 1, Type 2, and other forms of diabetes.
• Support insulin initiation, titration, and monitoring in line with local and national guidance.
• Deliver structured patient education, promoting self-management and prevention of complications.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, pharmacists, and community services to optimise diabetes care.
• Identify patients at risk of complications and elevate care appropriately.
• Contribute to audit, quality improvement, and service development within diabetes care.
• Undertake cervical cytology (smear taking) in line with national screening programmes.
• Provide wound assessment and management, including leg ulcers and complex wounds.
• Deliver adult and childhood immunisations, in accordance with the national immunisation schedule.
• Provide travel health advice and travel vaccinations, where trained.
• Support the management of other long-term conditions as required.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation using electronic patient records.

• Undertake cervical cytology (smear taking) in line with national screening programmes.
• Provide wound assessment and management, including leg ulcers and complex wounds.
• Deliver adult and childhood immunisations, in accordance with the national immunisation schedule.
• Provide travel health advice and travel vaccinations, where trained.
• Support the management of other long-term conditions as required.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation using electronic patient records.

• Provide support to nursing colleagues and the wider MDT.
• Participate in the training, mentorship, and development of staff and students.
• Contribute to service planning, evaluation, and improvement initiatives.
• Maintain professional development in line with NMC…