This role is being advertised on behalf of Littleborough Group Practice. The successful applicant will be directly employed by the Practice
Littleborough Group Practice is looking for anexperienced Nursing Associate to join our nursing team on a fixed-term basis.The role is 15 - 20 hours per week, on Mondays and Tuesdays. It starts with aninitial 3-month contract, with a view to extending for a further 6 months. Weare also open to a long term, self-employed locum.
This post is for an experienced NursingAssociate who can confidently run long-term condition review clinics from dayone. You must have at least 12 months post-qualification experience working inGeneral Practice. Applications from trainee Nursing Associates, or fromapplicants whose General Practice experience is limited to training placements,will not be considered
Closing date: 30 November 2026. We may closethe advert early if we receive enough suitable applications, so earlyapplications are encouraged
Main duties of the job
- Carry out annual long-term condition reviews for patients with diabetes, hypertension, CKD, CHD, asthma and COPD, within your scope of practice and with escalation to the Practice Nurse or a prescriber where needed
- Carry out learning disability and mental health annual health checks
- Record clinical data accurately on EMIS using the appropriate templates, so that care meets QOF requirements
- Phlebotomy, ECGs, blood pressure monitoring, foot checks, inhaler technique checks and other routine nursing tasks
- Provide health promotion and self-management advice
- Work with the wider clinical team to support recall and reduce care gaps
- Follow practice policies on infection control, safeguarding, chaperoning and information governance
About us
Littleborough Group Practice is a GP trainingpractice in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, with around 8,500 patients. Thepractice is rated Good by the CQC. We are part of Pennines PCN and have a fullmultidisciplinary team, including GPs, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, aPractice Nurse, a Minor Illness Nurse and a Healthcare Assistant. You will joina friendly, well-supported team that takes pride in good chronic diseasemanagement
Job responsibilities
This post is for an experienced NursingAssociate who can confidently run long-term condition review clinics from dayone. You must have at least 12 months post-qualification experience working in General Practice. Applications from trainee Nursing Associates, or fromapplicants whose General Practice experience is limited to training placements,will not be considered
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nursing Associate with the NMC
- Minimum 12 months post-qualification experience working in General Practice. Placement or training experience does not count
- Asthma and/or COPD accredited training
Experience
- Proven experience carrying out long-term condition annual reviews in General Practice
- Good working knowledge of QOF
- Confident user of EMIS Web
- Competent in phlebotomy, ECGs and blood pressure measurement
- Up-to-date mandatory training, including safeguarding, BLS and infection control
- Good communication skills and the ability to work independently while knowing when to escal
- Diabetes training (e.g. foot checks, diabetes care)
- Experience with Abtrace or similar population health and recall tools
- Experience of learning disability and mental health health checks
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
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