NHS
Practice Nurse (12 months Maternity Cover)
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Job Description
- Req#: A3951-25-0003?language=en&page=820&sort=publicationDateDesc
- valid NMC Registration
- Right to work within the UK
- General Practice 1year
- valid NMC Registration
- Right to work within the UK
- General Practice 1year
Job summary
PRACTICE NURSE(12 Months Maternity Cover)
Weds/Thurs/Friday - 25.5 hours per week with scope to increase to 33 hours per week.
Mill Road Surgery Cambridge Enthusiastic and experienced Practice Nurse required to join our friendly team. We are a high achieving and busy GP training practice, working over two sites.
Working within a nursing team to provide excellent and safe patient care.
The applicant must be a qualified nurse. Experience in a primary care setting is preferable but not essential.
They must be able to work in a changing environment.
Main duties of the job
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIE
Cervical cytology
Wound care and ulcer care
Removal of sutures
Urinalysis
Travel clinic
ECGs.
Asthma/Peak Flow Readings/Spirometry
Venepuncture
Hypertension management
Chaperoning
Assisting GPs with minor surgery and coil fittings
Requesting pathology tests for example urine culture, swabs
NHS Health Checks.
Potential Extended hours e.g. Flu Clinics
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Deliver opportunistic health promotion
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, on medication regimens
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily and encourage principles of self-care
Assess and care for patients presenting with uncomplicated wounds
Support and advise women requesting information
Support and manage health needs of women presenting for cervical cytology consultations
Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients
Undertake home visits if required
Infection Control
About us
We are a high achieving, busy and enthusiastic GP training practice, with 3 Partners and 4 x salaried GPs working over two sites at our Mill Road Surgery and our Branch Surgery in Cherry Hinton High street.
Details
Date posted
01 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£18 to £22 an hour Depending on experience
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A3951-25-0003
Job locations
279-281 Mill Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 3DG
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
Working within a nursing team to provide excellent and safe patient care.
Will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long term conditions, health prevention and screening activities.
Will work collaboratively with the general Practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
Job responsibilities
Working within a nursing team to provide excellent and safe patient care.
Will deliver care within the boundaries of their role, focusing upon supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring long term conditions, health prevention and screening activities.
Will work collaboratively with the general Practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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).
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
Mill Road Surgery
Address
279-281 Mill Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 3DG
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Mill Road Surgery
Address
279-281 Mill Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB1 3DG
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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