Practice Nurse

Tudor Lodge Health Centre is seeking a dedicated and experienced Practice Nurse to join its multidisciplinary team and provide high-quality nursing care to the practice population.

The successful candidate will deliver a range of nursing services within their scope of practice, including health promotion, chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical screening, travel health, and wound care, alongside other routine practice nursing duties.

The role will also involve working closely with the wider clinical and management teams to support the review and development of clinical policies and procedures, ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centred care for all patients.

Main duties of the job

• Assist with patient assessments and monitor vital signs.
• Administer vaccinations and carry out routine health screenings.
• Support the management of chronic conditions, including diabetes, asthma, and hypertension.
• Provide health promotion advice on healthy lifestyles, smoking cessation, weight management, and sexual health.
• Undertake cervical screening and travel health services, where appropriately trained.
• Provide wound care, dressing changes, suture removal, and post-operative care.
• Monitor patient progress and provide advice on managing ongoing health conditions.
• Assist GPs during consultations and prepare patients for examinations.
• Maintain accurate patient records and complete clinical documentation.
• Support the delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred nursing care within the practice.

About us

Tudor Lodge Health Centre is an established NHS GP practice based in Wimbledon, South West London, providing a comprehensive range of primary care services to its local community.

The practice offers general medical services alongside specialist clinics and services supporting children, pregnant women, and patients living with long-term conditions, including diabetes, asthma, and heart disease. Its multidisciplinary team is committed to providing high-quality, responsive, and patient-centred care, with a strong focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and supporting the ongoing health and wellbeing of its patient population.

Benefits

• Negotiable salary
• Permanent position
• Full-time working pattern

Person Specification

• Clinical knowledge:

+ Wound care/removal of sutures and staples; ECGs; Venepuncture; New patient medicals; Chaperone procedure; Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly; Travel medicine; Diabetes; Hypertension; Asthma; Spirometry; CHD; Immunisations (routine, childhood, and travel); Women's health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.); Understands 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 and to understand when to refer to GPs; Knowledge of health promotion strategies; Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy.

• Qualifications:

+ NMC Registered Nurse

• Experience:

+ Experience working in a primary care environment; Experience chronic disease management.