Lead Practice Nurse

Lead Practice Nurse Alwoodley Medical Centre Leeds, LS17 5DT

Contract:

Permanent Working Pattern:
Full-time or part-time considered; flexible working welcomed

Salary:
Competitive and negotiable, dependent on experience, qualifications and responsibilities

Accountable to: GP Partners Operational Reporting:
Practice Business Manager

Alwoodley Medical Centre is seeking an enthusiastic, experienced and forward-thinking Lead Practice Nurse to provide clinical and professional leadership to our Nursing and Healthcare Team. The successful candidate will combine direct patient care with clinical leadership, workforce management, quality improvement, clinical governance and service development. Working closely with GP Partners, the Practice Business Manager, Operations Manager and wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in shaping nursing services within our established NHS GP practice serving approximately 20,000 patients.

We welcome established nursing leaders and experienced Practice Nurses looking to progress into leadership.

Provide visible, supportive and effective leadership to the Nursing and Healthcare Team. Lead, motivate and develop colleagues, promoting excellent patient care, professional accountability and teamwork. Coordinate day-to-day nursing services, ensuring appropriate clinical cover and effective organisation. Undertake staff appraisals, one-to-one meetings, clinical supervision and development discussions. Identify training needs, monitor competencies and support continuing professional development. Support recruitment, induction, mentoring, performance management and workforce development.

Lead nursing team meetings, promoting communication, shared learning and collaborative working. Promote staff wellbeing, professional standards and a positive workplace culture. Ensure appropriate delegation of clinical responsibilities within individual competencies. Act as a professional role model, supporting a motivated and high-performing team.

Maintain an appropriate clinical caseload alongside leadership responsibilities. Deliver safe, effective, evidence-based and patient-centred nursing care. Undertake patient assessments, clinical observations, treatment planning and evaluation. Support long-term condition management, including diabetes, asthma, COPD, cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Deliver or oversee cervical screening, immunisations, wound management, health promotion and preventative healthcare. Support seasonal influenza and national vaccination programmes. Identify patients requiring further investigation, referral or escalation.

Provide clinical guidance, education and support to patients and colleagues. Maintain accurate clinical documentation and promote safeguarding, dignity and continuity of care. Support the development and delivery of high-quality nurse-led services.

Support the planning, delivery and monitoring of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) performance. Work with GP Partners, clinical leads and management to achieve clinical performance objectives. Monitor nursing-led indicators, identify gaps and implement improvement plans. Coordinate long-term condition reviews, clinical recalls and disease registers. Improve clinical coding, documentation, patient engagement and recall processes. Use EMIS Web, Ardens and clinical reporting tools to monitor performance and identify patients requiring review.

Support improvements in diabetes, respiratory care, cardiovascular prevention and other clinical priorities. Contribute to enhanced services, locally commissioned services and preventative healthcare initiatives. Participate in performance reviews and promote continuous improvement in clinical outcomes.

Support compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) requirements, the NMC Code and relevant clinical standards. Contribute to CQC preparation, inspection readiness, and regulatory compliance. Lead or participate in clinical audits, quality assurance activities and significant event reviews. Develop, implement and review clinical policies, protocols and standard operating procedures. Promote infection prevention and control, safeguarding and safe medicines management. Support oversight of vaccine storage, cold-chain compliance, clinical equipment and stock.

Identify clinical risks, raise concerns and…