• Job Description

  Req#: A0872-25-0009?language=en&page=1049&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Dear Applicant

  Practice Nurse Hamble Valley Health

  Thank you for your interest in joining the team at Hamble Valley Health.

  The Practice is committed to delivering high quality patient care which requires us to have a supportive and cohesive team.

  We are looking for people with the right skills to join the team. The position is to start as soon as possible. If you are interested in the role and can demonstrate experience in the area we are looking for, we would be pleased to have your application.

  We have a good range of skills in the team, but previous experience with Baby Immunisations, Travel, Wounds, Asthma and Diabetes would be advantageous.

  We currently have approximately 19 hours available in our Nursing team, location will be across Hedge End Medical Centre and Blackthorn Health Centre.

  If you believe that you have the skills and enthusiasm for the task, we very much look forward to receiving your application.

  The Partners

  Hamble Valley Health

  Main duties of the job

  Job summary:

  The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Medical Services to the patients of the practice.

  Job responsibilities:

  Essential general treatment room duties to include

  • Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
  • Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
  • Immunisations
  • Chronic diseases
  • Ear checks
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
  • Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
  • Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
  • Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

  Experience in any of the following would be desirable but training can be arranged:

  • Cytology
  • Travel Clinic
  • ECGs
  • Asthma/COPD
  • Venepuncture
  • Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations
  • Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Contraception

  About us

  Blackthorn Health Centre and Hedge End Medical Centre have merged and are now known as Hamble Valley Health.

  Our list size is over 37000, and our patients are mainly concentrated in Hamble, Bursledon, Hedge End and Botley. Our aim is to provide high quality, accessible medical care to our patients, whilst maintaining a supportive and pleasant working environment for clinicians and staff.

  We are part of Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB, and offer General Medical Services to our patients.

  We are a training practice, and take registrar doctors and also teach medical students from Southampton School of Medicine.

  The practice has eight Partners. The current Partnership team is Dr Tomson, Dr Harris, Dr Cropley, Dr Graham, Dr Sonpal, Dr Shahsavanspour, Dr Yates and Dr McKenzie.

  We employ fourteen salaried GPs, five Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a Nursing team of fifteen, and a reception/admin team of seventy.

  The practice uses Emis as a clinical system. We are paper light, so scan all incoming correspondence onto patients medical records.

  Details

  Date posted

  20 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £18 to £20 an hour Please see further details in the advertisement

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  A0872-25-0009

  Job locations

  24 Lower Northam Road

  Hedge End

  Southampton

  SO30 4FQ

  
  

  Blackthorn Health Centre

  Satchell Lane

  Hamble

  Southampton

  SO31 4NQ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

  REPORTS TO: NURSE MANAGER/THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

  THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

  Job summary:

  The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Medical Services to the patients of the practice.

  Job responsibilities:

  Essential general treatment room duties to include:

  • Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
  • Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
  • Immunisations
  • Chronic diseases
  • Ear checks
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
  • Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
  • Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
  • Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

  Experience in any of the following would be desirable but training can be arranged:

  Cytology

  Travel Clinic

  ECGs

  Asthma/COPD

  Venepuncture

  Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations

  Diabetes

  Cardiovascular disease

  Contraception

  Confidentiality

  • In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
  • In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as confidential
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

  Health & safety

  The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
  • Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
  • Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
  • Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
  • Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
  • Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
  • Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
  • Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
  • Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
  • Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
  • Spillage control procedures, management and training
  • Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
  • Maintenance of sterile environments
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

  Equality and diversity

  The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:

  • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
  • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
  • Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

  Personal/Professional development:

  The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

  Quality:

  The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

  Communication:

  The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

  Contribution to the implementation of services:

  The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  JOB TITLE: PRACTICE NURSE

  REPORTS TO: NURSE MANAGER/THE PARTNERS (Clinically)

  THE PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)

  Job summary:

  The practice nurse will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Medical Services to the patients of the practice.

  Job responsibilities:

  Essential general treatment room duties to include:

  • Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs
  • Wound care / ulcer care/Doppler
  • Immunisations
  • Chronic diseases
  • Ear checks
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
  • Requesting pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
  • Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
  • Chaperoning and assisting patients who are being examined by another clinician.
  • Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms

  Experience in any of the following would be desirable but training can be arranged:

  Cytology

  Travel Clinic

  ECGs

  Asthma/COPD

  Venepuncture

  Routine immunisations/Childhood immunisations

  Diabetes

  Cardiovascular disease

  Contraception

  Confidentiality

  • In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
  • In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as confidential
  • Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons, in accordance with practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

  Health & safety

  The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines
  • Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines
  • Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements
  • Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing correct usage by staff
  • Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
  • Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
  • Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate
  • Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process
  • Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes
  • Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
  • Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage and disposal
  • Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management
  • Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
  • Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers
  • Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice annually)
  • Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards
  • Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage and collection
  • Spillage control procedures, management and training
  • Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance
  • Maintenance of sterile environments
  • Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

  Equality and diversity

  The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues by:

  • Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation
  • Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
  • Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

  Personal/Professional development:

  The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

  • Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
  • Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

  Quality:

  The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

  • Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
  • Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
  • Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
  • Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
  • Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

  Communication:

  The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

  • Communicate effectively with other team members
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers
  • Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

  Contribution to the implementation of services:

  The post-holder will:

  • Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
  • Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
  • Participate in audit where appropriate

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NMC Registration

  Desirable

  • Post-registration Respiratory Qualification
  • Post-registration Diabetes Qualification
  • Mentorship Qualification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
  • Ability to effectively manage own time and workload.
  • Evidence of problem solving and decision making skills.
  • Good team player.
  • Flexible approach.

  Desirable

  • Ability to reflect on own and team practice and make suggestions on ways to improve and enhance team performance.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post registration Nursing experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
  • IT literate.

  Desirable

  • General Practice experience.
  • Chronic disease management experience.
  • Familiarity with the Emis clinical system.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
  • Understanding in health, safety and infection control issues.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NMC Registration

  Desirable

  • Post-registration Respiratory Qualification
  • Post-registration Diabetes Qualification
  • Mentorship Qualification

  Skills

  Essential

  • Good interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
  • Ability to effectively manage own time and workload.
  • Evidence of problem solving and decision making skills.
  • Good team player.
  • Flexible approach.

  Desirable

  • Ability to reflect on own and team practice and make suggestions on ways to improve and enhance team performance.

  Experience

  Essential

  • Post registration Nursing experience.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD).
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
  • IT literate.

  Desirable

  • General Practice experience.
  • Chronic disease management experience.
  • Familiarity with the Emis clinical system.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of audit.
  • Understanding in health, safety and infection control issues.

  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).

  Additional information

  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

  Hedge End Medical Centre

  Address

  24 Lower Northam Road

  Hedge End

  Southampton

  SO30 4FQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hedgeendmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Hedge End Medical Centre

  Address

  24 Lower Northam Road

  Hedge End

  Southampton

  SO30 4FQ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hedgeendmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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