Experienced Lead Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nacton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension

Funded support for prescribing qualifi

Support for leadership qualifications

Support for specialist clinical intere

On-site parking for staff

Focus on work-life balance and staff

Additional language skills

Job summary

Burlington Primary Care in the NHS is seeking a lead practice nurse to design and grow the nursing and HCA team, deliver long-term condition care, and drive governance and quality improvement.

The role focuses on group consultations, lifestyle medicine, multilingual patient care, and developing new models of care in collaboration with GP partners and the practice manager.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• Significant general practice experience
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring clinical staff
• Experience working with patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the nursing and HCA team, including recruitment, induction, appraisal and mentoring
• Deliver and oversee clinical care across a broad range of long-term conditions
• Design and implement nursing protocols, care pathways and service improvements
• Drive clinical governance, CQC compliance and quality improvement
• Represent nursing at practice leadership level alongside GP partners and the practice manager
• Contribute to PCN objectives and collaborative working across the wider system
• Champion lifestyle medicine and prevention-focused approaches to long-term condition management
• Support and develop new models of care delivery, including group consultations
• Champion culturally sensitive, accessible care for a multilingual patient population

Skills

Chronic disease management

Communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical governance

Evidence-based practice

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Lifestyle medicine

Education

Independent prescriber qualification

Leadership or management qualification

Job description

Burlington Primary Care, a four-partner NHS practice, is recruiting a lead practice nurse to design nursing services and grow the nursing and HCA team. The core of the work is leading that team while delivering long-term condition care and driving governance, quality improvement and new models such as group consultations. Distinctive features are a strong lifestyle medicine focus and a diverse, multilingual patient list. Fit depends on current NMC registration and significant general practice experience.

What the job involves

• Lead and develop the nursing and HCA team, including recruitment, induction, appraisal and mentoring
• Deliver and oversee clinical care across a broad range of long-term conditions
• Design and implement nursing protocols, care pathways and service improvements
• Drive clinical governance, CQC compliance and quality improvement
• Represent nursing at practice leadership level alongside GP partners and the practice manager
• Contribute to PCN objectives and collaborative working across the wider system
• Champion lifestyle medicine and prevention-focused approaches to long-term condition management
• Support and develop new models of care delivery, including group consultations
• Champion culturally sensitive, accessible care for a multilingual patient population

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration

Experience

• Significant general practice experience
• Experience leading, supervising or mentoring clinical staff
• Experience working with patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds

Skills & knowledge

• Strong knowledge of chronic disease management and preventative care
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to clinical governance and evidence-based practice
• Confident working in a multidisciplinary team

Nice to have

• Independent prescriber qualification
• Leadership or management qualification
• Experience in workforce planning and staff development
• Knowledge of QOF, Enhanced Services and PCN working
• Interest or experience in lifestyle medicine, health coaching or behaviour change approaches
• Experience delivering or supporting group consultation models
• Additional language skills

What’s offered

• NHS pension
• Competitive salary
• Funded support for prescribing qualifications
• Support for leadership qualifications
• Support for specialist clinical interests
• On-site parking for staff
• Focus on work-life balance and staff wellbeing