Job summary
Portobello Medical Centre is seeking a hard-working and proactive Practice Nurse to join our friendly and dedicated team.

Situated just off the Portobello Road, our practice delivers high-quality, patient-centred care to a diverse local population. In this role, you will deliver health promotion, chronic disease management and illness prevention. You will work alongside our GPs, HCA, clinical pharmacist and administrative staff to optimise patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities

• Chronic Disease Management: Conduct regular reviews and create care plans for patients with long-term conditions (including Asthma, COPD, Diabetes, and Hypertension).
• Preventative Care: Administer routine childhood and adult immunisations, travel vaccinations, and seasonal flu clinics.
• Cervical Screening: Perform routine cervical cytology screening in line with national guidelines.
• General Nursing Care: Deliver standard treatment room services including wound care, ulcer dressings, and suture removal.
• Health Promotion: Provide lifestyle, dietary, and smoking cessation advice to promote long-term patient well-being.
• Infection Control: Adhere strictly to clinical governance, health and safety regulations, and infection control protocols.
• Record Keeping: Maintain accurate, simultaneous electronic patient records utilizing our primary care clinical software (SystmOne).

About us
We are a friendly, patient-centred GP surgery who are committed to delivering a high quality of care to our community. We are proud to share a supportive environment amongst our team. You will be working alongside our GP's, clinical pharmacist, and administrative team.

Our practice offers a variety of services such as GP and clinical pharmacist consultations, health and social prescribing co-ordinators.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Details
Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Locum
Duration: 3 years
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: A5412-26-0001
Job locations: Portobello Medical Centre, 14 Codrington Mews, London, W11 2EH, United Kingdom

Job description
Experience
We are looking for a registered NMC nurse with experience working in primary care.

Hours:
This is a part time role - hours can be negotiated upon discussion

Salary depending on experience.

Job responsibilities
We are looking for someone who can:

• Administer vaccinations (child and adult)
• Perform smear testing.
• Wound dressings
• Removal of sutures
• Flu jabs
• Organising and managing stock
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment
• Helping to reach QOF targets

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Valid and current NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) registration as a Registered General Nurse (RGN).

Desirable

• Experience: Minimum of 1-2 years of experience working as a Practice Nurse within a UK GP practice is highly desirable.
• Clinical Skills: Proven competency in cervical screening, childhood immunisations, and chronic disease monitoring.
• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate empathetically with a highly diverse patient demographic.
• IT Literacy: Proficient in using electronic medical record databases (experience with SystmOne is advantageous).

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: Portobello Medical Centre
Address: Portobello Medical Centre, 14 Codrington Mews, London, W11 2EH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website
For questions about the job, contact: Practice Manager Shiney, management.portobello@nhs.net, 02077272326
Closing date: 28 September 2026