Job summary
After a planned expansion of our list size in April 2026 we are seeking to appoint Practice Nurses, with opportunities available for part time employees.

The successful applicant will join a well-established team of dedicated and friendly multidisciplinary staff which includes 14 Nurse Practitioners.

The position would be suitable for applicants with a registered nursing qualification seeking to develop skills in autonomous clinical work.

At James Alexander Family Practice we believe in excellent holistic patient care and satisfaction. All our services are designed around patients, with patient views paramount to all our services.

James Alexander Family Practice is an innovative forward thinking practice, which holds it staff and patients at its heart, treating all staff like family.

Main duties of the job
Working alongside the rest of our nursing team you will be responsible for delivering practice nursing services to our patient population including monitoring of long-term conditions, health promotion and screening activities.

You will work collaboratively with our extremely supportive multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of patients and provide nursing leadership as required.

About us
James Alexander Family Practice is an innovative practice who appreciate the importance of encouraging personal interests and quality family life.

We have 6 salaried GPs and 14 Nurse Practitioners, all of whom are prescribers.

We have a strong nursing team with 4 Practice Nurses including a Lead Nurse and 5 Health Care Assistants.

Early in 2016 we went through extensive organisational changes to help us future proof our organisation and create efficiency savings and streamline services. This helped strengthen our non-clinical team, with our current non-clinical team working effectively providing high quality care and support to all our clinical staff and patients.

We have also complimented our strong clinical team with a dedicated Pharmacy team.

Details
Date posted: 04 August 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: A1691-26-0003
Job locations:
Goodhart Road
Bransholme
Hull
HU7 4DW
United Kingdom

Princes Medical Centre
Princes Court
Princes Avenue
HULL
HU5 3QA
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care to patients
• Provide contraception advice
• Perform cervical screening
• Provide travel medicine services
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process pathology results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in accordance with current legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice)
• Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.

Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential

• Polite and confident. Flexible and cooperative. Motivated, forward thinker.
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Strong IT skills Clear, polite telephone manner Competent in the use of Office and Outlook EMIS user skills Effective time management (Planning & Organising) Ability to work as a team member and autonomously Good interpersonal skills Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow clinical policies and procedures.

Desirable

• Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes Experience with clinical risk management.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post Graduate Diploma or Degree (Primary Care)

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in a Primary Care environment Experience of chronic disease management

Desirable

• Experience of working as a Practice Nurse or Community Nurse

Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Diabetes Hypertension Asthma CHD Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel) Women's health (cervical cytology, contraception etc) Understand the importance of evidence based practice Broad knowledge of clinical governance Ability to record accurate clinical notes Ability to work within own scope of practice Knowledge of health promotion strategies Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy.

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.

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.

Employer details
Employer name: James Alexander Family Practice
Address:
Goodhart Road
Bransholme
Hull
HU7 4DW
United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Lead Nurse
Rachel Gauntlett
rachel.gauntlett@nhs.net