Practice Nurse

West Rainton Surgery is seeking an enthusiastic, caring and motivated Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive clinical team.

This role has arisen as our wonderful practice nurse is retiring.

The hours for this role is 22 hours (3 days).

If you are a practice nurse who loves to be part of a great team, this is the job for you, we have a fantastic nursing team, which comprises of :

Job description

Working autonomously, the Practice Nurse will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as public health and screening programmes, including infection prevention and control, chronic disease management, immunisations, health promotion and prevention, well man/woman clinics and cervical screening, Furthermore, they embed population health management approaches within general practice, targeting health inequalities and improving access.

The post-holder will be an integral part of the general practice team, as well as supporting the wider practice nurse network and multi-disciplinary team. They are to participate in formal training events and to promote best practice in their area of expertise as well as supporting the practice management team in the reviewing and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Practice Nurse in delivering health services:

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council)

About the employer

We are a supportive, forward-thinking teaching and training practice who can be flexible to accommodate the right candidate, With a team of 3 GP partners, 2 salaried GPs, GP registrars, a practice nurse, nurse practitioner, a Diabetes specialist nurse, health care assistant, a nursing associate, Pharmacist, GP Assistant, Care Co-ordinator, practice manager, finance manager and a team administrators, receptionists and secretaries.

Many of our team members have been part of our practice for over 15 years and we pride ourselves on being a great place to work.

We are situated very close to the A1 between Durham and Houghton Le Spring, in a purpose-built building which is has been newly renovated to accommodate our very bright and exciting future. The building work has increased the size of the building and include an additional 3 large consulting rooms, making our practice a truly great place to work.

The practice maintains a very high QOF achievement, offering additional services such as diabetic clinics, minor surgery procedures, dermatology and sexual health.

The practice uses SystmOne, supported by systems such as ACCURX, GP Team Net and transcribed dictation systems.

CQC inspected the practice as Outstanding in 2025, with very high patient satisfaction, with consistently positive FFT feedback month on month.