Lead Practice Nurse

The Lead Practice Nurse will provide clinical leadership and day-to-day coordination of the nursing team while maintaining a direct patient-facing role. Working as a senior member of the practice multidisciplinary team, the post holder will ensure safe, effective, evidence-based nursing services for the registered patient population, including patients with long-term conditions and elderly, frail or housebound patients. The role combines the clinical responsibilities of a Practice Nurse with oversight of nursing standards, team development, service delivery and continuous improvement, working closely with the Practice Manager and clinical leadership team.

Provide visible clinical leadership, guidance and support to Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and other members of the nursing team.

Coordinate the delivery of nursing services, supporting safe allocation of duties, clinical cover, workload management and effective use of available resources.

Support induction, supervision, mentoring, training and professional development of nursing team members, identifying learning needs and opportunities for improvement.

Contribute to performance reviews, competency assessments and the management of performance concerns in collaboration with the Practice Manager and clinical leadership team.

Promote effective multidisciplinary working, clear communication, professional accountability and a positive learning culture.

Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately, ensuring tasks are within the individuals competence and scope of practice.

We are a rapidly growing GP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system. We appreciate that our whole primary care system is struggling, which is causing a negative effect on patient care and staff happiness. We believe that we can turn this around by reimagining how primary care is delivered from the ground up by placing a focus on data insights, technology and clinical innovation.

Ultimately, we want to improve patient access, patient experience and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of care for our patients.

Job role:

Lead Practice Nurse

Job type:
Permanent

Location:

Castlefields Surgery, Stafford

Working hours:

Part-time 33 hrs a week

About Us

We are a rapidly growing GP-led organisation with a mission to ensure that all patients have access to comprehensive, coordinated and continuous care within a sustainable primary care system. We appreciate that our whole primary care system is struggling, which is causing a negative effect on patient care and staff happiness. We believe that we can turn this around by reimagining how primary care is delivered from the ground up by placing a focus on data insights, technology and clinical innovation.

Ultimately, we want to improve patient access, patient experience and health outcomes to significantly increase the quality of care for our patients.

Job Overview

The Lead Practice Nurse will provide clinical leadership and day-to-day coordination of the nursing team while maintaining a direct patient-facing role. Working as a senior member of the practice multidisciplinary team, the post holder will ensure safe, effective, evidence-based nursing services for the registered patient population, including patients with long-term conditions and elderly, frail or housebound patients. The role combines the clinical responsibilities of a Practice Nurse with oversight of nursing standards, team development, service delivery and continuous improvement, working closely with the Practice Manager and clinical leadership team.

Clinical Leadership and Team Management

Provide visible clinical leadership, guidance and support to Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and other members of the nursing team.

Coordinate the delivery of nursing services, supporting safe allocation of duties, clinical cover, workload management and effective use of available resources.

Support induction, supervision, mentoring, training and professional development of nursing team members, identifying learning needs and opportunities for improvement.

Contribute to performance reviews, competency assessments and the management of performance concerns in collaboration with the Practice Manager and clinical leadership team.

Promote effective multidisciplinary working, clear communication, professional accountability and a…