Clinical and Strategic Lead Nursing and Advanced Clinical Practice

The Clinical and Strategic lead for nursing and Advanced Clinical Practice will operate at an advanced clinical practice level and provide professional, clinical, strategic and operational leadership across nursing services within the Practice. The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care across both urgent and planned care services, leading the integration of nursing services to improve patient outcomes, continuity of care and workforce flexibility.

The Clinical and Strategic lead for nursing and Advanced Clinical Practice will provide clear leadership and accountability for nursing services across the practice, creating a collaborative culture in which staff are supported to develop their skills, work to the top of their scope of practice and contribute to continual service improvement. They will develop a unified nursing workforce, promoting shared learning, cross-team support and consistent standards of clinical practice.

Working closely with GP Partners, the Practice Manager and multidisciplinary colleagues, the post-holder will lead the development of nursing services, identify opportunities for innovation, service redesign and workforce development, and ensure that clinical governance, infection prevention and control, quality improvement and patient safety are embedded across the organisation. The Clinical and Strategic lead for nursing and Advanced Clinical Practice will work in partnership with the GP Clinical Lead to ensure safe, effective and integrated clinical services across the practice, with shared responsibility for service development, quality improvement and clinical governance.

The role extends beyond day-to-day management and requires a strategic and forward-thinking leader who can identify and implement new ways of working, actively seek best practice from across primary care and the wider NHS, and use learning and evidence to improve patient care, staff development and organisational performance. Provide professional leadership across nursing services. Integrate urgent and planned care nursing and advanced clinical practitioner services to improve quality, continuity and patient outcomes.

Develop a skilled, flexible and resilient nursing and advanced clinical practitioner services workforce. Ensure high standards of clinical governance, patient safety and professional practice. Promote innovation, quality improvement and service development.

Provide visible and effective leadership across nursing and advanced clinical practitioner services within the practice. Develop and maintain a cohesive nursing workforce, promoting collaborative working, mutual support and shared learning. Lead appraisals, development reviews and workforce planning for nursing staff. Identify training and development needs and support staff to achieve their full professional potential. Ensure robust systems are in place for clinical supervision, competency assessment, clinical sign-off and professional revalidation.

Develop and maintain competency frameworks to support safe and effective clinical practice. Promote career progression, succession planning and workforce resilience. Support recruitment, induction and retention of nursing, healthcare associates and advanced clinical practitioner staff . Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning and professional excellence.

Provide leadership, oversight and ongoing development of nursing services including:

• Long-term condition management services including Diabetes, respiratory, cardiovascular and other chronic disease programmes.
• Cervical…