Job summary
Hourly Rate £24.39
16 hours a week

We are seeking an enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our dedicated, friendly team at Talybont Surgery. The Practice Nurse will provide high-quality nursing care to patients in a primary care setting.

Main duties of the job

• Administer injections, including childhood immunisations, travel vaccines and many others
• Provide wound care, managing dressings and referring into secondary care where appropriate
• Provide smear checks
• Provide advice and monitoring for chronic disease management
• Communicate with other health professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care
• Maintain compliance with practice protocols, guidelines, and national clinical standards.

About us
Talybont Surgery is a friendly, progressive, partner-led practice committed to delivering high-quality patient care within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

Our clinical team currently consists of six GPs (including four salaried and two partners), two GP Registrars, two Prescribing Pharmacists, a Mental Health Practitioner, a Womens Health Specialist Nurse, two Practice Nurses and a Healthcare Assistant (HCA). The clinical team is supported by an experienced and friendly administrative, reception and management team.

We are also a training practice and are actively involved in supporting the development of future clinicians. We currently host two GP Registrars as well as undergraduate medical students, and the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to a supportive teaching and learning environment within the practice.

Job responsibilities
The Practice Nurse will provide high quality nursing care as part of our dedicated nursing team, working with the wider practice to deliver outstanding patient care. The main focus will be on general nursing duties such as dressings and immunisations as well as ensuring there is efficient stock for upcoming appointments. The Practice nurse will also play a crucial role in the delivery of our flu and Covid vaccines.

Key Responsibilities
Clinical Duties

• Chronic Disease Management: Provide reviews, and ongoing management of patients with conditions such as diabetes, asthma, COPD, or hypertension. This will depend on experience.
• Childhood Immunisations: Administer vaccinations following national guidelines and maintain accurate records. This will involve working closely with the Health Visitors.
• Wound Care & Dressings: Provide treatment and follow-up care for wounds, ulcers, burns and post-operative dressings. Refer into secondary care for more complex wounds.
• Health Promotion & Prevention: Offer smoking cessation support, weight management, and lifestyle advice to patients during consultations where appropriate.
• Womens Health: Conduct cervical screening and womens health advice where appropriate.
• Treatment Room Duties: Assist with maintaining a clean, tidy environment with adequate stock levels.

Team Collaboration & Professional Development

• Work closely with the wider team including GPs, Pharmacists and non clinical teams.
• Engage in team meetings to discuss complex cases and contribute to practice development. This may involve practice, clinical or palliative care meetings.
• Participate in continuous professional development (CPD) and maintain up-to-date clinical skills and knowledge.
• Assist in audits, quality improvement projects, compliance and policy updates within the practice.

Administrative & Compliance Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate and confidential patient records using the EMIS clinical system.
• Ensure compliance with NHS Wales and Public Health Wales protocols, NICE guidelines, Health and Safety and infection control standards.
• Monitor group channels such as Microsoft Teams.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Demonstrable experience in childhood immunisations, injections, chronic disease management, and wound care.
• Experience in patient education and health promotion.

Desirable

• Experience working in general practice.
• Experience in working with multilingual or diverse patient populations.
• Experience in quality improvement initiatives or audits within a primary care setting.
• Experience working within socioeconomically disadvantaged communities.

Additional criteria
Essential

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a wider team.
• Excellent organisational and record-keeping skills.

Desirable

• Familiarity with NHS protocols, clinical guidelines, and quality standards.
• Ability to engage proactively with hard-to-reach patient populations.

Qualifications
Essential

• Nursing qualification

Desirable

• Diploma or relevant experience to support in additional clinics such as respiratory, pessaries or HRT.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.