Lead Nurse

Kpi Health; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

KPI:Health is seeking a Lead Nurse in Milton Keynes for a 6-month fixed-term contract, 15–22.5 hours per week, to shape safe clinical growth and governance.

You will use post-registration experience to support regulatory readiness, service expansion and high-quality care across our expanding workforce.

This role offers the chance to influence practice, mentor teams and contribute to audits and assurance activities.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in clinical governance and audit.
• Strong leadership and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Use your post-registration clinical experience and sound judgement to support safe, defensible decisions.
• Provide constructive clinical challenge with professional confidence, clear communication and appropriate escalation.
• Support safe workforce deployment by considering competence, suitability, risk and service need.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit and assurance activity that supports regulatory readiness.
• Promote consistently high standards across KPI:Health’s services as they continue to grow.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Clinical governance

Leadership

Workforce planning

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Support Safe Service Growth Through Strong Clinical Leadership

This focused, high-impact Lead Nurse role is ideal for a credible and professionally confident Registered Nurse who wants to help shape safe clinical growth at KPI:Health, bringing clinical governance expertise to robust workforce deployment, regulatory readiness and consistently high standards across our expanding services.

At KPI:Health, we are building a healthcare organisation with purpose, combining clinical expertise, operational excellence and a commitment to improving outcomes for patients and service users. As we continue to grow existing services and develop new ones, we are investing in additional senior clinical leadership to support safe, consistent and well-governed service delivery across an expanding workforce. The role is offered initially on a 6-month fixed-term basis, with the potential for extension as our service needs continue to evolve.

Ready to use your clinical judgement to support safe growth, strong governance and high-quality care across KPI:Health?

Based in Milton Keynes

15–22.5 hours per week

Initial 6-month fixed-term contract, with potential for extension

You will help support by:

• Use your post-registration clinical experience and sound judgement to support safe, defensible decisions


• Provide constructive clinical challenge with professional confidence, clear communication and appropriate escalation


• Support safe workforce deployment by considering competence, suitability, risk and service need


• Contribute to clinical governance, audit and assurance activity that supports regulatory readiness


• Promote consistently high standards across KPI:Health’s services as they continue to grow

In return

• The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to clinical standards across KPI:Health


• The support, tools and resources you need to do your best work


• Trust to use your expertise, solve problems and make a real difference to the teams, patients and service users we support


• Career growth through clear pathways, Learning & Development, Leadership Development and coaching

How we work

At KPI:Health, we care deeply, work as one team, solve problems, act with purpose and are always learning. These values guide how we deliver high-quality care and outcomes for patients and service users every day.

Inclusive recruitment

We’re committed to making our recruitment process fair, inclusive and accessible. We welcome applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and assess each application against the requirements of the role.

If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will consider these and do our best to support you.