Lead Practice Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Shaldon; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a Lead Practice Nurse to head a nursing team across six sites, supporting five GP partners and a managing partner. The role focuses on clinical leadership, service delivery, chronic disease management, vaccinations, and governance.

You will oversee six Practice Nurses, two Nurse Associates and eight Healthcare Assistants, guiding staff development, clinical practice standards, and new initiatives while coordinating with external services and ensuring

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration with revalidation and ongoing professional development
• Accredited cervical cytology screening training (current)
• Immunisation and vaccination training, including childhood
• Leadership or management experience in a primary care or community setting
• GP surgery or primary care experience
• Experience delivering routine and seasonal immunisations
• Experience achieving QOF targets and managing long-term conditions using evidence-based practice

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership for the nursing team, working with the Practice People Manager on staff management
• Lead clinical practice, professional standards and service delivery across the nursing team
• Oversee chronic disease management, including clinics, disease registers and treatment plans
• Deliver and oversee adult and childhood vaccination programmes and travel health advice
• Assess, diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including medication review and pathology requests
• Lead health promotion and preventive care across the practice
• Supervise, appraise and train Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates and Healthcare Assistants; delegate clinical tasks
• Lead clinical audit, protocol development and review of significant events, working with GP partners
• Lead service changes, improvement projects and new initiatives within the nursing team
• Support infection prevention and control activities, safeguarding processes and liaison with external agencies
• Coordinate referrals with community and secondary care services
• Provide leadership during clinical emergencies

Skills

Diabetes care

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Confidentiality

Judgement & resourcefulness

Education

Postgraduate qualification in diabetes care

Tools

SystmOne

Computer skills

Job description

Lead Practice Nurse leading the nursing team across a six-site, 22,500-patient practice run by five GP partners and a managing partner. Work centres on clinical leadership and service delivery for six Practice Nurses, two Nurse Associates and eight Healthcare Assistants, with chronic disease management, vaccinations and clinical governance. The post replaces a postholder of sixteen years, and HR tasks such as recruitment and employee relations sit with a separate Practice People Manager. Current NMC registration and strong diabetes care expertise are essential.

What the job involves

• Provide professional and clinical leadership for the nursing team, working with the Practice People Manager on staff management
• Lead clinical practice, professional standards and service delivery across the nursing team
• Oversee chronic disease management, including clinics, disease registers and treatment plans
• Deliver and oversee adult and childhood vaccination programmes and travel health advice
• Assess, diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including medication review and pathology requests
• Lead health promotion and preventive care across the practice
• Supervise, appraise and train Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates and Healthcare Assistants; delegate clinical tasks
• Lead clinical audit, protocol development and review of significant events, working with GP partners
• Lead service changes, improvement projects and new initiatives within the nursing team
• Support infection prevention and control activities, safeguarding processes and liaison with external agencies
• Coordinate referrals with community and secondary care services
• Provide leadership during clinical emergencies

What’s required

Qualifications

• Accredited cervical cytology screening training (current)
• Immunisation and vaccination training, including childhood

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration, with evidence of revalidation and ongoing professional development

Experience

• Leadership or management experience in a primary care or community setting
• Previous experience working in a GP surgery or primary care setting
• Experience delivering routine and seasonal immunisations
• Experience achieving QOF targets and managing long-term conditions using evidence-based practice

Skills & knowledge

• Strong diabetes care expertise
• Excellent communication, including high standard written and oral presentation
• Working autonomously and managing own area and workload
• Strict confidentiality
• Sound judgement, resourcefulness and common sense

Other

• Flexibility of working hours
• Working under pressure in a changing environment
• Moving equipment when required
• Computer and keyboard skills for office-based work

Nice to have

• Clinical leadership or management training
• Non-Medical Prescriber qualification (support available)
• Postgraduate qualification in diabetes care
• Training in infection prevention and control
• Experience of working in a GP surgery
• Experience of SystmOne clinical system
• Experience in clinical audit, service development or policy implementation