Nursing Team Lead

The Nurse Team Lead will provideday-to-day leadership and operational oversight of the Nursing Team, working alongside the existing Nursing Team Lead to ensure safe, effective, andhigh-quality patient care.

This role is focused on supportingservice delivery, strengthening team consistency, and ensuring clearcommunication across the practice during a period of transition.

The post holder will act as a keypoint of contact for the nursing team, supporting both clinical and operational processes, and ensuring the service remains safe, responsive, and well-led.

The post holder will be expected toconduct themselves in a manner appropriate to the role.

As Nursing Team Lead, you will work closely with the nursing team and other healthcare professionals to ensure the delivery of excellent nursing care. This includeschronic disease management, preventative healthcare, and addressing the health needs of our practice population.

You will provide leadership for a holistic, evidence-based nursing service and play akey role in supervising and mentoring team members. You will manage theday-to-day operations of the nursing team, ensuring that the Practice'spriorities are met.

As part of thisrole, you will also act as a Safeguarding Lead for the practice, supportingrobust safeguarding processes across all clinical teams and ensuring thatconcerns are identified, escalated, and managed in line with statutory requirements and best practice.

The Swan Practice is a large, well-established healthcare provider serving Buckingham and the surrounding villages. With three clinical sites and an administration hub, we are dedicated to delivering high-quality care to over 30,000 patients, and our patient base continues to grow. As a forward-thinking practice, we are committed to creating opportunities for staff to progress and develop their careers, fostering a supportive and dynamic working environment.

Team Leadership and Day-to-Day Oversight
Support the coordination and smooth running of daily nursing team operations

Act asa visible and accessible point of contact for all nursing staff

Promotea positive, open, and supportive team culture

Leadby example, demonstrating professionalism and consistency

Ensureclear communication within the team and across the wider practice

Workforce and Capacity Management
Monitorcapacity and elevate risks early where service delivery may be impacted

Contribute to recruitment, induction, and retention of nursing staff

Support onboarding of new starters to ensure safe integration into the team

Performance, Development and Wellbein
Support staff appraisals and personal developmentplannin

Identify training needs and facilitate access to learning opportunities

Provide informal coaching and day-to-day support toteam members

Promote staff wellbeing and ensure concerns are recognised and addressed early

Support return-to-work processes and absencemanagement

Service Delivery and Quality
Support delivery of safe, effective, andhigh-quality nursing services

Monitor key activity areas (e.g. LTCs, treatmentroom, screening, QOF delivery)
Identify gaps or variation in processes and supportimprovements

Ensure consistency in clinical and administrativeprocesses across the team Escalate risks relating to patient safety, quality,or capacity appropriately

Safeguarding Lead
Act as a Safeguarding Lead for the practice, ensuring robust systems for identifying, responding to, and escalating safeguarding concerns involving children, young people, and adults

Provide advice, guidance, and support to all practice staff on safeguarding matters, including complex or highriskcases

Maintain uptodate knowledge of safeguarding legislation, localpathways, multiagency procedures, and best practice

Ensure safeguarding training compliance across the practice workforce and support staff in achieving required competency levels

Work collaboratively with the GP Safeguarding Lead(s),Executive Manager, Operations Manager, and external safeguarding partners (e.g.,social care, MARAC, health visitors)
Ensure safeguarding incidents, disclosures, and concernsare documented, escalated, and reviewed in line with statutory requirements and practice policy

Promote a culture of vigilance, safety, and professionalcuriosity across the practice

Contribute to safeguarding audits, learning reviews, and quality improvementactivity

Governance and Communication
Work with the Executive Manager Operations Manage rand GP Clinical Leads to ensure services are well-led and compliant with

CQC standards

Safeguarding Lead Support implementation of policies, protocols, and clinical processes

Ensure learning from incidents, complaints, orfeedback is shared within the team Liaise with other Team Leads to ensure alignment and reduce duplication

Contribute to practice-wide meetings, including Protected Learning Time (PLT)

Engagement and Collaboration
Build strong working relationships across the multidisciplinary team Liaise with external agencies and stakeholderswhere required

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