Lead Nurse, Clinical Leadership & Practice Innovation

Spirit Primary Care Limited; Quorn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Primary Care Limited is seeking an experienced Lead Nurse to provide clinical leadership across our practices and act as a key clinical resource for the nursing teams.

You will support nurses, collaborate with GPs and MDTs, and drive training, governance and quality improvement across SPC sites, while maintaining your own patient-facing clinics and safely using prescribing qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experienced practice nurse with leadership experience.
• Familiar with NICE/NHS England guidance and ICB/PCN policies.
• Independent prescribing qualification and safe use within formulary.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical support and advice to practice nurses, including complex cases.
• Act as escalation point and collaborate with GPs, Clinical Directors and MDT.
• Identify training, competency and development needs across the nursing workforce.
• Develop and deliver clinical training, education sessions and case-based learning.
• Support newly appointed, developing and experienced nurses to broaden skills and confidence.
• Keep up to date with NICE, NHS England and local guidance and translate into practical information for teams.
• Support clinical governance, audits, significant events, complaints and quality improvement activity.
• Help develop clinical pathways, protocols, policies and SOPs.
• Identify opportunities to standardise nursing practice across practices.
• Support development of new clinical services and future nursing roles within SPC.
• Maintain own clinical practice through regular patient-facing clinics.
• Use independent prescribing qualification safely within local policy.

Skills

Lead Nurse

Clinical leadership

Nurse prescribing

Quality improvement

Training delivery

Collaboration

Job description

Spirit Primary Care Limited is seeking an experienced Lead Nurse to provide clinical leadership across our practices and act as a key clinical resource for the nursing teams.

You will support nurses, collaborate with GPs and MDTs, and drive training, governance and quality improvement across SPC sites, while maintaining your own patient-facing clinics and safely using prescribing qualifications.