Practice Nurse
| Posting date: | 24 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £40,000.00 to £45,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40000.00 - £45000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2026 |
| Location: | LONDON, SE8 5DA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A5321-26-0014 |
Summary
Purpose of the role This Practice Nurse role is all about delivering safe, highquality, evidencebased care and doing it in a way that feels meaningful. Youll be part of a forwardthinking, friendly multidisciplinary practice team supporting patients across South East London, and youll quickly become one of the trusted faces they rely on. As a key clinical member of the practice, youll be right at the centre of things: managing longterm conditions, championing preventative health, and helping the team hit quality goals like QOF and local enhanced services - always with patient care front and centre. This job is so much more than ticking boxes. Its about being the kind of nurse who helps people feel seen, supported, and genuinely listened to. Youll use your clinical skills, your problemsolving brain, and your natural warmth to guide patients through tricky moments and celebrate the wins with them too. Youll play a big part in shaping what brilliant primary care looks like for real people, in real everyday moments. Key relationships Clinical Lead (insurgery) - Your daytoday touchpoint for clinical support, guidance, and safe decisionmaking within the practice. Theyll help you grow your confidence, stretch your clinical thinking, and feel supported as a valued nurse in the team. Nursing Lead (crossgroup) Your goto for professional development, peer learning, and shared best practice. They help ensure every nurse across the group is connected, supported, and able to deliver exceptional care. Multidisciplinary Team Including GPs, Pharmacists, HCAs, Nursing Associates, Paramedics, Mental Health Practitioners, and our brilliant admin crew. Youll collaborate daily to problemsolve, share insights, and deliver joinedup patient care that feels seamless. Patients The heart of the role. Youll provide direct care, education, reassurance, and support to people from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of needs. As a Practice Nurse, youll often be the familiar face patients rely on.Key responsibilities Longterm condition management: Lead on diabetes, asthma, COPD, and other LTC reviews using your practice expertise to offer proactive, highimpact care. Youll support patients to stay well, spot deterioration early, and build confidence in selfmanagement. Run chronic disease and healthpromotion clinics: From hypertension to lifestyle coaching, youll deliver structured clinics that empower patients to take control of their health. Youll bring your nurse knowledge, motivational skills, and friendly approach to each session. Provide cervical cytology and immunisations: Deliver highquality cervical screening and run childhood, adult, travel, and seasonal vaccination clinics. As a trusted practice nurse, youll help reduce health risks and promote preventative care across our communities. Deliver wound care, contraception, and sexual health support: Offer safe, patientcentred treatment and guidance from wound assessments to contraception advice. Your clinical confidence and communication skills will help patients feel comfortable and wellinformed. Support QOF and local enhanced services: Ensure accurate coding, documentation, and proactive clinical input to help the practice excel in quality frameworks. Youll contribute to hitting targets ethically and meaningfully, always keeping patient care at the core. Promote health education and preventative interventions: Use every interaction as an opportunity for teaching, reassurance, and prevention whether its explaining inhaler technique or offering smoking cessation advice. Maintain high standards of infection control and clinical documentation: As a professional nurse, youll champion safe environments, meticulous recordkeeping, and adherence to best practice and clinical governance. Collaborate with the wider clinical team: Work shouldertoshoulder with GPs, pharmacists, HCAs, and more to deliver seamless, patientfocused care. Good communication and a teamplayer attitude are key. Contribute to service development and continuous improvement: Your ideas and experience matter. Youll help shape new ways of working, improve patient pathways, and support innovation across the practice.Why join us! Youll feel supported every day Were a clinician-led team that genuinely cares about each other as much as we care about our patients. Your growth matters to us From CPD opportunities to structured career pathways, well help you develop the skills and confidence to thrive. Youll never feel alone Our connected nursing community means youll have peers to share ideas, challenges, and best practice with. Flexibility that works for you The ability to rotate across sites to keep things fresh and broaden your experience. A culture that celebrates people Regular social events, wellbeing activities, and a team that values respect, collaboration, and fun. Make a real difference Many of our patients face health inequalities. Your work here will have a genuine impact on lives and communities. Great benefits Competitive salary, NHS pension, birthday leave, cycle-to-work scheme, and more.