Bank General Practice Nurse

Job summary
Please note: This is a Bank-only position, paid at £20.44 per hour.

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our Practice Team, working across Chapel Street Surgery in Lye, Stourbridge, and High Oak Surgery at Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre.

This is a great opportunity to use your nursing skills within a community setting, providing high-quality, patient-centred care to our local population. You will work in accordance with the NMC Code and within your professional scope of practice.

You will be confident working independently while also contributing positively as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team. You will need to be organised, adaptable and able to work effectively in a busy environment.

Experience of EMIS Web would be desirable, although this is not essential as full training will be provided.

To be successful in this role, you will need experience and competence in:

• Children's immunisations
• Cervical screening
• Travel health
• Wound management
• Understanding and working within QOF requirements

Experience in Chronic Disease Management would also be an advantage.

If you are an experienced Practice Nurse looking for the flexibility of Bank work and the opportunity to support patients across our local community, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver safe, effective, evidence-based nursing care in accordance with Trust policies, NMC standards, and national clinical guidelines.
• Work autonomously within the scope of professional practice, recognising limitations and seeking advice or support when appropriate.
• Assess patients' clinical needs, plan and deliver appropriate care, and evaluate outcomes.
• Administer routine and travel immunisations and vaccinations in accordance with national guidance and local policies.
• Provide travel health assessments, advice and vaccinations, including patient education regarding travel-related health risks.
• Undertake cervical screening in accordance with national screening guidance and local protocols.
• Assess and manage wounds, providing appropriate dressings, treatment, ongoing review and referral when indicated.
• Support the management of long-term conditions (LTCs), promoting self-management, adherence to treatment and healthy lifestyle choices.
• Recognise clinical deterioration or situations outside personal competence and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Maintain infection prevention and control standards, ensuring safe clinical practice and compliance with relevant policies.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and continuing professional development to maintain and enhance clinical competence.
• The postholder may be required to undertake home visits

About us
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent health care, improved health for all". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

As part of the NHS People Promise, your wellbeing is our priority, and we are committed to ensuring our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance supported by our flexible working options and by making reasonable adjustments where possible. We believe no-one should have to sacrifice family, friends, or their personal interests for work. We are a modern employer able to attract and retain high quality staff through our commitment to the NHS People Promise.

As an employer, we foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best. We want to ensure that our workforce is representative of the population we serve.

Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning and OD Team. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values.

Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Contract: Bank
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Closing date: 05 November 2026

Essential

• Management of patients with long-term conditions
• Clinical examination skills
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Recent primary and community nursing experience
• Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Nurse-led triage
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Registered first level nurse
• Relevant nursing/health degree
• Mentor/teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision training and experience

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues
• Able to identify determinants on health in the area
• Long term conditions disease qualification
• Project management
• Community nursing specialist qualification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For questions about the job, contact:
Practice Manager, Helen Blakemore, helen.blakemore@nhs.net

Reference number: 253-1026-8386723

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion information is available on the employer's EDI page. Apply through our website.