Primary Integrated Community Services
Nurse Associate

The closing date is 22 November 2026

Job summary
Nottingham West PCN includes 12 GP practices in the Eastwood, Beeston and Stapleford neighbourhoods. The PCN works with a range of organisations whose aims are to support the health and wellbeing of local people.

We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Nursing Associate to join our established Nurse Associate team in Nottingham West Primary Care Network (PCN). The team's focus is to work with the GP practices to deliver primary care nursing service to housebound patients and care home residents. On occasions there will be a need to work directly in GP practices. Details of the role can be seen in the job description but include supporting patients with long term conditions and frailty, undertaking clinical tasks such as venepuncture, ECG, foot checks and sample collection. In addition, there is a requirement for the service to work flexibly to deliver adult immunisation to the wider PCN population.

We are looking for a Nurse Associate who is enthusiastic about providing high-quality care in primary care. The postholder will need to be hard working, highly motivated and have the confidence to work on their own in patients' homes. They will also work as part of a small team who are flexible in their approach to fit the changing needs of the service.

As a Nursing Associate, you will be supported clinically by the other Nurse Associates, the Practice Nurses and the PICS Lead for PCN nursing.

Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Being an accountable professional
• Promoting health and preventing ill health
• Providing and monitoring care
• Working in teams
• Improving safety and quality of care
• Contributing to integrated care

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• NMC registration as a Nurse Associate
• Nurse associate Foundation Degree
• GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent

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

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £28,392 to £31,157 a year depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: E0220-26-0017NW
Job locations: Nottingham West PCN, Nottingham, NG9 1GA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Being an accountable professional

• Act professionally at all times and use knowledge and experience to make evidence-based decisions and solve problems.
• Recognise and work within the limits of competence, working within professional boundaries and to be responsible for the actions taken.
• Be proactive in seeking opportunities to develop own knowledge and skills, attending statutory/mandatory updates in accordance with organizational requirement.
• Work as part of the PCN's multidisciplinary team to provide and monitor care under direct and indirect supervision

Promoting health and preventing ill health

• Support patients to improve and maintain their mental, physical, behavioral health and wellbeing, demonstrated in such as: using behavior change interventions to support health and wellness when undertaking health checks (physical and mental) which may include for example: NHS Healthchecks, frailty reviews and referring to other services as needed including signposting patients to personalised care colleagues and local community and voluntary sector services
• Long term condition management contribute to the monitoring of patients with, for example, respiratory disease, diabetes, coronary heart disease, renal failure, hypertension
• Encourage patients to take part in health screening.
• Care for individuals with complex conditions such as dementia, mental health conditions, and learning disabilities

Providing and monitoring care

• Carry out procedures safely and effectively within the PCN practices and also in the patient's home (including care homes), clinical tasks to include: Clinical observations such as BP / Pulse / Temperature / Oxygen saturations / point of care blood glucose / BMI; Venepuncture; ECG; Diabetic foot checks; Sample processing and management
• Administer injections using subcutaneous and intra-muscular routes. This will include immunisations influenza / shingles / pneumonia / RSV / Covid, B12
• Contribute to on-going assessment and recognise when it is necessary to refer patients onto others for reassessment

Working in teams

• Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the registered nurses or other registered care professionals as appropriate.
• Support, supervise and act as a role model to undergraduate student nurses (years one and two), student nurse associates, health care support workers and those new to care roles, review the quality of the care they provide, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback.
• Participate in team meetings, clinical supervision and where required, contribute to setting the agenda and recording minutes.
• Contribute to team reflection activities, to promote improvements in practice and services.

Improving safety and quality of care

• Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance.
• Maintaining a safe work and care environment in particular: cleaning and restocking clinical equipment.
• Adhering to infection control policies and procedures to include participation in regular audits, hand hygiene training, vaccine/cold chain storage awareness, spillage control procedures

Contributing to integrated care

• Ensure clear, concise, accurate and legible records and all communication is maintained in relation to care delivered adhering to local and national guidance.
• Develop relationships across the MDT to support integration of the role across health and social care including primary care, secondary care, and mental health
• Communicate effectively across a wide range of channels and with a wide range of individuals, public, health and social care professionals, maintaining the focus of communication on delivering and improving health and care services.
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process.
• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.
• All staff have the responsibility to support all learners and to keep their knowledge of supporting learners in practice up-to-date, according to appropriate governing bodies regulations.

Supervision
PCNs must ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the PCN to provide general advice and support on a day to day basis.

Person Specification
Qualifications (Essential): Please provide details of your CPD, using examples where necessary. Please provide your registration number of your NMC professional registration.
Knowledge and Skills (Essential): Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your knowledge and skills are suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.
Experience (Essential): Please provide detailed information of how you feel that your experience is suitable for this role; please provide examples to support your application referring to the job description and person specification for guidance.
Personal Qualities (Essential): Please provide details for why you would be a great fit for this role and why you have decided to apply.

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: Primary Integrated Community Services
Address: Nottingham West PCN, Nottingham, NG9 1GA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://picsnhs.org.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Nurse PCN Nursing, Liz Towlson, liz.towlson@nhs.net

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