Practice Nurse

NHS
Part Time
Mansfield
Negotiable
Posted Yesterday

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Job Description

Job summary

This role is based within a busy general practice setting, providing high quality nursing care to a diverse patient population with a strong focus on respiratory long-term condition management, wound care and health promotion. You'll receive ongoing clinical support from the Lead Nurse and GPs, with opportunities to develop specialist skills through structured training pathways such as respiratory upskilling and continuous professional development. As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you'll work closely with GPs, practice nurses, healthcare assistants and community teams to deliver safe, evidence based care. You'll support patients with asthma, COPD and other chronic conditions, helping them manage their health, prevent deterioration and improve their overall wellbeing. This is a fully integrated role with a strong support network, clear clinical supervision, and a collaborative team structure designed to help you thrive.

Main duties of the job

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Deliver high quality nursing care through respiratory reviews, wound care and long-term condition management, supporting patients to stay healthy, confident and engaged in managing their own wellbeing.

Run independent asthma and COPD clinics, reviewing treatment plans, adjusting medication in line with guidelines and promoting effective selfcare to improve patient outcomes.

Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, HCAs and community teams to provide safe, evidence-based care and ensure patients receive coordinated support across the multidisciplinary team.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

NMC registration with evidence of ongoing professional development.

Experience working in a patient facing clinical or care environment, ideally involving long-term condition management or primary care.

Strong communication and organisational skills with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

About us

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.

Benefits of working for PICS

We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)
Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
A flexible approach to a work-life balance
Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
Access to Blue Light Card scheme
All staff events and conferences
Staff engagement (Wellbeing Group, EDI Network, Staff Focus group)
Free parking across many sites
Personalised induction into the company and job role

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Practice:

Assess, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.

Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for patients with a known long-term condition.

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

Assist in the development of programmes to improve health and well-being and meet the specific needs of communities, groups and individuals.

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.

Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.

Deliver opportunistic health promotion using opportunities such as new-patient medicals.

Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication in relation to long term conditions

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 general wound care, advising prescribing clinicians regarding wound care products based on clinical assessment and local formularies.

Conducting comprehensive asthma/COPD assessments, including history taking, symptom control review, inhaler technique assessment, and trigger identification.

Reviewing and adjusting medication in line with guidelines, including inhaler technique education and supporting smoking cessation.

Developing and reviewing written Personalised Asthma/COPD Action Plans

Reviewing patients following exacerbations, hospital admissions, or as part of routine chronic disease management.

Operational and Professional Responsibilities

Managing independent face-to-face and virtual asthma/COPD clinics.
Collaborating with GPs, specialists, and community teams to ensure effective care pathways.
Maintaining accurate clinical records on IT systems in accordance with NMC standards.
Participating in asthma/COPD audits and managing registers, particularly regarding the Quality and Outcomes Framework

Communication:

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.

Utilise communication skills to support patients to adhere to prescribed treatment regimens.

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

Estimate and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups within the practice environment external stakeholders.

Act as an advocate when representing the patients and colleagues viewpoints to others.

Delivery Quality Service:

Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008).

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

Deliver care according to National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, local guidelines and evidence-based care.

Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.

Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.

Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.

In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care, responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.