Lead Nurse

Hours: 37.5 per week (flexible options available)
Reports to: Practice Manager Location: Stafford Medical Group

Were recruiting a Lead Nurse!

Were excited to open an internal opportunity for a Lead Nurse to join our leadership team. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys supporting others, leading by example, and helping shape high-quality patient care across the practice.

As our Lead Nurse, youll provide hands-on clinical care while also guiding, developing and supporting our fantastic nursing team.

What the role involves

Clinical leadership & patient care

• Providing high-quality assessments, diagnosis and treatment for acute and long-term conditions
• Supporting long-term condition management
• Leading on infection prevention & control
• Supporting womens health (family planning/cervical screening if trained)
• Contributing to adult and child immunisations
• Managing complex wounds
• Prioritising urgent or emergency presentations when required

Team leadership & development

• Supporting recruitment, induction and staff development
• Carrying out annual appraisals and monitoring CPD
• Leading on nursing standards, protocols and best practice
• Supporting quality improvement and service development
• Encouraging a positive, open and supportive team culture
• Helping to manage risk, safety and complaints processes

What the role involves

Clinical leadership & patient care

• Providing high-quality assessments, diagnosis and treatment for acute and long-term conditions
• Supporting long-term condition management
• Leading on infection prevention & control
• Supporting womens health (family planning/cervical screening if trained)
• Contributing to adult and child immunisations
• Managing complex wounds
• Prioritising urgent or emergency presentations when required

Team leadership & development

• Supporting recruitment, induction and staff development
• Carrying out annual appraisals and monitoring CPD
• Leading on nursing standards, protocols and best practice
• Supporting quality improvement and service development
• Encouraging a positive, open and supportive team culture
• Helping to manage risk, safety and complaints processes

Stafford Medical Group serves a patient list of approximately c11000 patients. Our practice is part of Pier Health Group, a progressive organisation established in 2019 with the ambition of delivering transformative healthcare to over 103,000 patients across Weston-Super-Mare, Worle, and surrounding villages.

As a Super-partnership and Primary Care Network, Pier Health Group is uniquely positioned to provide resilient, high-quality primary care while actively contributing to the transformation of local health services. Our focus is on improving outcomes for patients and enhancing the quality of working life for our staff.

The post holder will be responsible for both clinical leadership and management of the nursing team to ensure high-quality patient care within a general practice setting. Key responsibilities include managing nursing staff, overseeing clinical policies and procedures, providing direct patient care, managing chronic diseases, and supporting the practice manager in developing services. They will also be responsible for ensuring safe and effective care delivery, infection control, and staff development.

The following are the core responsibilities of the Lead Nurse. It is anticipated that his role will evolve. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Clinical

Provide clinical leadership and direct patient care, including assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for acute and chronic conditions.

Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and practice needs

Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

As an independent prescriber you will ensure safe, effective and appropriate medications are prescribed as per current legislative framework and local and practice guidelines.

Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice and national/practice protocols, and work with patients to support adherence to prescribed treatments

Overseeing infection prevention and control (IPC), including conducting audits, delivering training, and ensuring compliance with practice policies and national guidelines.

Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultations

Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad

To support with complex wound management.

Managerial

To participate in workforce recruitment.

Participate in management meetings, taking on responsibilities and reporting back as required.

Work collaboratively with the partners in developing a culture which embeds clinical quality and patient safety…