Lead Nurse / Advanced Nurse Practitioner

CLEO Systems 24 Ltd; Bath; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Learning & development opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme (24/7)

Job summary

IC24 is seeking a Lead Nurse / Advanced Practitioner to build and lead a coming-together clinical team across Brighton practices. You will shape the service, establish standards, and drive change with a focus on patient outcomes and governance.

You will mentor Practice Nurses and HCAs, develop pathways, and work across IC24 networks to share expertise while delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.

Qualifications

• Must be a First Level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Must have Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.
• Experience in General Practice, Primary Care or Urgent Care.
• Demonstrated clinical leadership and decision-making abilities.
• Experience mentoring or managing clinical teams.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, quality improvement and audit.
• A genuine interest in developing people and building high-performing teams.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Resilience, adaptability and confidence to lead through change.
• A proactive, organized and continuous-improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants to build capability and culture.
• Set clinical standards and provide advanced assessment and care.
• Strengthen governance, audit, quality improvement and compliance.
• Lead change by implementing new ways of working and clinical pathways.
• Develop people through coaching, mentoring and development plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes and experience.
• Collaborate with IC24 teams across Sussex to share expertise.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse

Non-Medical Prescribing

GP/Primary Care experience

Clinical leadership

Mentoring clinical teams

Governance & quality improvement

Leading through change

People development

Communication & relationships

Adaptability & resilience

Job description

Lead Nurse / Advanced Practitioner

Build the nursing and clinical teams that will change how primary care is delivered in your Brighton community. This isn't a role for someone looking to simply step into an established team and maintain the status quo. We're looking for a Lead Nurse / Advanced Practitioner with a builder's mindset - someone who enjoys creating, improving and leading through change, and who is excited by the opportunity to help shape what a great primary care team looks like from the ground up. Over the last two years, we've been on a significant transformation journey across our Brighton practices. We've made substantial changes to how we work, strengthened our clinical and operational approach and are now bringing our Sussex practices much closer together, enabling teams to share expertise, resources and support. We're now taking the next step. Allied Medical Practice and Ship Street Surgery are coming together as one group, with plans to move into purpose-built practices next year. This will give us the capacity and infrastructure to significantly grow our patient population and build a modern primary care service for the future. That's where you come in. We're looking for someone who wants to help build the team, the culture and the clinical service that will take us into that next chapter. This is a genuine opportunity to make your mark.

Building and developing the clinical team

You’ll provide leadership, coaching and mentorship to Practice Nurses and Healthcare Assistants, helping to establish a strong, capable and confident clinical workforce. You’ll have a particularly important role in building team capability and culture, creating clear expectations and supporting colleagues to develop.

Setting the clinical standard

You’ll provide advanced clinical assessment and care while acting as a visible role model for clinical excellence. You’ll help establish consistent standards of practice, ensuring patients receive safe, effective and evidence-based care.

Driving quality and governance

You’ll play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and compliance. You’ll be comfortable identifying where things need to improve – and, importantly, you’ll enjoy working out how to make those improvements happen.

Leading change

Change is a significant part of this role. You’ll help implement new ways of working, develop clinical pathways and bring colleagues with you as we continue to evolve the service. We’re looking for someone who can stay positive and focused when things are changing, adapt quickly and keep the bigger picture in mind.

Developing people

You’ll create opportunities for colleagues to learn, grow and take ownership of their professional development. Through coaching, mentoring, one-to-ones and development plans, you’ll help build a team that is confident, accountable and proud of the care it provides.

Improving the service

You’ll work with clinical and operational colleagues to identify opportunities to improve patient outcomes, access, preventative care and the overall patient experience. You’ll be encouraged to challenge existing ways of working and bring forward brave ideas about how we can do things better.

Working as one team

Our Brighton practices are increasingly connected to our wider IC24 primary care network across Sussex. You’ll have access to colleagues, expertise and support across our other practices, giving you the opportunity to learn from what works elsewhere and share your own ideas and successes.

What we're looking for

You’ll need:

• First Level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
• Experience working within General Practice, Primary Care or Urgent Care
• Strong clinical leadership and decision-making skills
• Experience supporting, mentoring or managing clinical teams
• Understanding of clinical governance, quality improvement and audit
• A genuine interest in developing people and building high-performing teams
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• The resilience, adaptability and confidence to lead through change
• A proactive, organised and continuous-improvement mindset

We're particularly interested in people who have built or transformed teams, services or ways of working – whether that's within primary care, urgent care or another complex healthcare environment. Most importantly, you'll care deeply about patients, have high clinical standards and genuinely enjoy helping people and services become better.

Why now?

We're at an exciting point in the journey. Over the next few years we're bringing our Sussex practices closer together, creating stronger links between teams and sharing expertise and resources across our services. At Brighton, Allied Medical Practice and Ship Street Surgery are being brought together as one group, with plans to move into purpose‑built practices next year. That investment will give us the opportunity to significantly increase our capacity and grow our patient population and deliver exceptional care to the residents of Brighton. We’re not looking for someone to simply run the nursing team we have today. We're looking for someone who wants to help build the nursing team we’ll need tomorrow.

Who are we?

Integrated Care 24 (IC24) is a leading not‑for‑profit social enterprise providing NHS 111, GP Out of Hours, primary care and urgent care services to more than six million patients across the UK. Every day, our people help patients access the care they need, when they need it most. As a social enterprise, we're driven by purpose. We reinvest in our services and our people, and we're committed to finding better ways to deliver care for the communities we serve. We celebrate brave ideas and brave people.

Location

Allied Medical Practice, Brighton. Travel to other IC24 sites may occasionally be required to support service needs.

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What's in it for you?

• £54,140.87 per annum
• 6.6 weeks' annual leave
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Learning and development opportunities to support your career journey
• Employee Assistance Programme including free 24/7 counselling support
• Access to health and wellbeing initiatives
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Colleague recognition and reward schemes
• The opportunity to play a key leadership role in a growing and transforming service
• The chance to build a team and shape a service rather than simply inherit one
• The opportunity to make a genuine and lasting impact within a growing Social Enterprise

We celebrate brave ideas and brave people.

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all and encourage applications from ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, and other under‑represented groups. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

If you need any workplace adjustments during the application or interview process, or have accessibility requirements, please contact the recruitment team.

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