Job summary
- Main area
- Practice Nursing
- Grade
- Not Agenda for Change
- Contract
- Permanent: N/A
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-RPC-8159775
- Employer
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RPC West
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- per annum
- Closing
- 02/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Experienced Practice Nurse
Not Agenda for Change
Job overview
We are delighted to offer a rare opportunity for a Practice Nurses to join our nursing team at Ashgate.
- 1 x 28 hours per week Experienced Practice Nurse based at our Ashgate Site.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a different kind of GP practice, an innovative, forward thinking training practice with a strong commitment to improving our community's health and addressing inequalities.
Main duties of the job
You will work collaboratively as part of our multidisciplinary sector team of clinicians to meet the needs of our patients, delivering the highest standards of patient care. You will undertake a diverse range of nursing assessments and provide the appropriate care / treatment according to patient needs, striving to improve standards of care and enhancing nursing services within the practice.
Depending on experience, Long Term Chronic Disease management will also form a large part of the role as well as the mentoring of our Health Care Assistants, Assistant Practitioners, Nurse Associate Students and RGN Student Nurses. Knowledge of the GMS contract e.g. The Quality and Outcomes Framework will be valuable to the post.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to be an exceptional provider of family medicine, dedicated to our patients, and we’re on a mission to improve our community’s health and reduce inequality.
Royal Primary Care is a division of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, providing primary care services for over 50,000 patients and aspiring to be an exceptional provider of family medicine dedicated to our patients and community. Being part of a larger organisation brings about many benefits. As well as an NHS pension, you’ll have access to training and development opportunities and a whole raft of well-being initiatives to look after your physical and mental health. At Royal Primary Care, your wellbeing is key to our appraisal system and we place great importance on everyone feeling included. You’ll have an equal say in how we look after you through access to our annual staff survey.
(Please note that this is not Agenda for Change)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments.
This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE
NOT Agenda for Change
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Experience of dealing with the public in a respectful and professional manner
- Experience of a multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management
- Listed core nursing skills as identified in the job summary and description
- Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills, including confident telephone triage consultations
Desirable criteria
- Practice Nursing qualification or experience of working in primary care
- Evidence of working in a complex organisation, demonstrates sound knowledge or awareness of the role of a nurse in primary care
- Experience of TPP System One clinical computer system or equivalent clinical system
- Evidence of involvement in research, training and development
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate enthusiasm towards developing personal nursing skills, and be excited to nurture and mentor other members of the team
- Caring and compassionate individual
- Well presented with excellent time management skills and professional appearance and approach
- Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities within the boundaries of the role
- Able to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense but be able to listen to others and encourage feedback in an approachable, positive manner
- Recognise own limitations towards learning and development, identifying gaps in training and knowledge and provides solutions to achieve these goals for progression
- Demonstrate an ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team, respecting the importance of each and every member
- Easily adapt to alterations in performance, pace and daily pressure to meet the patients’ needs within an ever-changing environment
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Flexibility of working days and hours including extended hours provision/able to travel to different locations at short notice
- Hold, full, clean driving license
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and Mentorship skills
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- Registered qualification level, diploma or above
- Evidence of a commitment to continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Further accredited qualification in any Chronic Disease •
- Mentorship qualification and/or sign off mentor
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Callaghan
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Loren Wilson-Higham
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