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- Registered General Nurse
- Certificate in management of respiratory disease (COPD, asthma) Certificate in management of diabetes Cervical screening certificate Qualified to offer childhood immunisations LARC fitting qualification
- Experience of working as a registered nurse for 3 years
- Experience working in a GP practice
- Registered General Nurse
- Certificate in management of respiratory disease (COPD, asthma) Certificate in management of diabetes Cervical screening certificate Qualified to offer childhood immunisations LARC fitting qualification
- Experience of working as a registered nurse for 3 years
- Experience working in a GP practice
Job summary
Here at Wellspring, we are dedicated to patient-centred care and making a positive difference in our community.
The role will include long-term condition management, childhood immunisation, cytology, smears, and travel vaccinations.
The successful candidate will also be confident, have excellent organisational skills, and be able to self-manage.
Main duties of the job
Our practice nurses run their own clinics independently, with appointment lengths of varying durations dependent on the reason for the appointment.
We use SystmOne. We have recently moved to a year-of-care birthday review system for long-term conditions.
Our healthcare assistant offers routine screening and supports the team in a range of duties.
Our long-term plan for the nursing team is for our nurses to be able to provide all-round care for our patients and to be confident in all areas of the role.
About us
We have just over 6400 patients and our list size grows steadily. We have 6 part time doctors not including our GP registrar. We also have our nursing team and a medicines management team including prescribing pharmacist (who supports the nurses in managing long term conditions).
The wider team works well together and we have regular team meetings to learn together. Our culture is to support education and development and to pull together to provide the best quality of care for our patients
Details
Date posted
18 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A1459-25-0004
Job locations
Killingworth Health Centre
Citadel East
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12 6HS
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
1 General
- To provide general nursing care to patients as appropriate
- Take and record full medical notes on all consultations using the computer system
- Update and amend the medical computer system with details of ailments, treatments and other advice needed to maintain a full summary
- To provide advice, consultation and information about general health and minor ailments and to refer to other members of the practice team as necessary
- Perform investigations as necessary, e.g phlebotomy, swabs and other specimens including urine testing as appropriate
- Perform ear care following current guidelines and signposting appropriately
- Apply and change routine dressings as necessary
2 Health Promotion
- to provide smoking cessation advice, healthy living, weight management etc
- to provide travel advice and administer immunisations as appropriate using current travel immunisation advice guidelines
- perform new patient health checks following protocols and template
- perform well person checks on registered patients as appropriate
- administering infant immunisations
3 Long Term Conditions
- perform routine asthma/COPD checks on patients following current guidelines
- help to manage call and recall programmes for patients in conjunction with other members of the primary health care team
- Offer Spirometry checks in conjunction with HCA
- Monitor patients with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease following current guidelines
- Manage patients within the remit of the COPD programme providing education, care plans and personal follow up after exacerbations.
- Monitor QoF performance (and other relevant performance standards) and support the team in following up non-attenders
4 Well Woman Care
- Offer pill checks following current guidelines
- Administer depoprovera injections following current guidelines
- Perform cervical smears following current guidelines, complete template and manage follow up system
- Perform cervical swabs as appropriate
- Offer well woman advice, including family planning guidance
- Use recall system to manage call and recall for cervical screening
5 Team working
- Attend clinical team meetings on a weekly basis
- Monitoring and training junior nursing/healthcare assistant staff as appropriate
- Supporting other members of the PHCT within your particular areas of expertise especially family planning and respiratory care
- Attend in-house staff training sessions (fire, etc) and carry out all necessary mandatory training
- Attend Time Out and other appropriate locality events as arranged
- Support the monitoring of clinical stock and reordering as necessary
6 Personal development
- Participate in the appraisal process
- Attend training updates as necessary in order to maintain clinical knowledge and effectiveness
- Taking responsibility for identifying and completing a Personal Education Plan in conjunction with clinical supervisor
Job responsibilities
1 General
- To provide general nursing care to patients as appropriate
- Take and record full medical notes on all consultations using the computer system
- Update and amend the medical computer system with details of ailments, treatments and other advice needed to maintain a full summary
- To provide advice, consultation and information about general health and minor ailments and to refer to other members of the practice team as necessary
- Perform investigations as necessary, e.g phlebotomy, swabs and other specimens including urine testing as appropriate
- Perform ear care following current guidelines and signposting appropriately
- Apply and change routine dressings as necessary
2 Health Promotion
- to provide smoking cessation advice, healthy living, weight management etc
- to provide travel advice and administer immunisations as appropriate using current travel immunisation advice guidelines
- perform new patient health checks following protocols and template
- perform well person checks on registered patients as appropriate
- administering infant immunisations
3 Long Term Conditions
- perform routine asthma/COPD checks on patients following current guidelines
- help to manage call and recall programmes for patients in conjunction with other members of the primary health care team
- Offer Spirometry checks in conjunction with HCA
- Monitor patients with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease following current guidelines
- Manage patients within the remit of the COPD programme providing education, care plans and personal follow up after exacerbations.
- Monitor QoF performance (and other relevant performance standards) and support the team in following up non-attenders
4 Well Woman Care
- Offer pill checks following current guidelines
- Administer depoprovera injections following current guidelines
- Perform cervical smears following current guidelines, complete template and manage follow up system
- Perform cervical swabs as appropriate
- Offer well woman advice, including family planning guidance
- Use recall system to manage call and recall for cervical screening
5 Team working
- Attend clinical team meetings on a weekly basis
- Monitoring and training junior nursing/healthcare assistant staff as appropriate
- Supporting other members of the PHCT within your particular areas of expertise especially family planning and respiratory care
- Attend in-house staff training sessions (fire, etc) and carry out all necessary mandatory training
- Attend Time Out and other appropriate locality events as arranged
- Support the monitoring of clinical stock and reordering as necessary
6 Personal development
- Participate in the appraisal process
- Attend training updates as necessary in order to maintain clinical knowledge and effectiveness
- Taking responsibility for identifying and completing a Personal Education Plan in conjunction with clinical supervisor
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
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
Wellspring Medical Practice
Address
Killingworth Health Centre
Citadel East
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12 6HS
Employer's website
https://wellspringmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wellspring Medical Practice
Address
Killingworth Health Centre
Citadel East
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE12 6HS
Employer's website
https://wellspringmedicalpractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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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