Job summary
The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. They will lead and manage the nursing team, working closely with the Partners and the practice management team to deliver the practice priorities as well as supporting the review and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
Main duties of the job
Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management, health promotion and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As an autonomous practitioner the lead practice nurse is responsible for the nursing care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making.
About us
An opportunity has arisen in South Cheshire for an experienced Nurse Manager post. Located in a purpose-built health centre in a semi-rural location, you would be joining a positive, large, well organised and friendly practice.
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Lead Nurse with the desire to deliver a high quality of care and to continue the development of our well established and well regarded practice. We have a patient list size of over 21,000.
Our clinical team comprises five GP Partners, eight Salaried GPs, three Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioners, seven Practice Nurses plus a HCA, GPA and a health and wellbeing coach as part of the wider nursing team.
Details
Date posted
25 September 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
A3196-25-0002
Job locations
Rope Lane
Shavington
Crewe
CW2 5DA
Job description
Job responsibilities
LEAD PRACTICE NURSE/NURSE MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
TITLE OF POST:Lead Practice Nurse/Nurse Manager
SALARY:Band 7 equivalent - dependent on experience
HOURS OFEMPLOYMENT:Full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
APPOINTMENT:Permanent
RESPONSBILE TO:Practice Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO:GP Partners
Job Summary
The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. They will lead and manage the nursing team, working closely with the Partners and the practice management team to deliver the practice priorities as well as supporting the review and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management, health promotion and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As an autonomous practitioner the lead practice nurse is responsible for the nursing care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical practice
Assess, plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:
- Health promotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of a long term condition
- Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and practice needs
- 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
- Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- 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
- Meet the needs of patients presenting for wound care Diagnose and treat minor illnesses Co-ordinate clinical care pathways
Communication
- Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating, including those receiving bad news
- Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues
- Participate in practice team meetings, delivering the nursing agenda and run nursing team meetings
- Produce written documents that evidence the contribution of the nursing team to the practice priorities
Delivering a quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Prioritise, organise and manage own and others workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care as an individual and team according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care, assessing effectiveness of care delivery through peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation and leading on the maintenance of quality governance systems for the nursing team
- Implement and review the application of evidence-based practice in nursing
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
- Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
- Lead and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation and assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery
- Monitor the performance of the GPN team in accordance with local policies
- Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable children and adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
- Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Leadership personal and people development
- Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
- Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential
- Lead others to make realistic self-assessment of their knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the in the interest of the public and/or users of service
- Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority
- Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols and standards, and of local projects or initiatives
- Promote the role of the nursing team in the provision of care
- Promote organisational delivery of a clinically co-ordinated approach to patent care
Team working
- Work as an effective and responsible team leader, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of nurses
- Ensure clear nurse referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient needs
- Prioritise own and others workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team
- Lead nursing team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in research programmes
- Contribute nursing view to practice management
- Set specification and quality required from nursing admin support
Management of risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
- Act as a role model to support members of the nursing team to undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
- Apply infection-control measures with in the practice according to local and national guidelines
- Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Utilising information
- Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to day to day operations
- Review and process data using accurate read codes in order to ensure easy accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
- Adhere to statutory and practice requirements such as confidentiality and Freedom of Information Act
- Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
Education, Learning and development
- Act as mentor for more junior staff and students, assessing competence against set standards
- Co-ordinate education and learning and development within the nursing team
- Disseminate learning and information to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences)
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Undertake all mandatory training required for the role
Equality and diversity
The post holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion.
Safeguarding
Be committed to and responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults-at-risk, children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
Health and Safety/Risk Management
The post holder must comply at all times with the practice Health and Safety Policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents to the Practice manager
Data Protection
All members of staff are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 and any breaches of the Act or of the confidential nature of the work of this post could lead to dismissal.
Confidentiality
The post holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. All information concerning patients, staff and the practice must be treated as strictly confidential at all times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
LEAD PRACTICE NURSE/NURSE MANAGER
JOB DESCRIPTION & PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
TITLE OF POST:Lead Practice Nurse/Nurse Manager
SALARY:Band 7 equivalent - dependent on experience
HOURS OFEMPLOYMENT:Full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
APPOINTMENT:Permanent
RESPONSBILE TO:Practice Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO:GP Partners
Job Summary
The post holder is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective nursing care to the whole practice population. They will lead and manage the nursing team, working closely with the Partners and the practice management team to deliver the practice priorities as well as supporting the review and delivery of clinical policy and procedure.
Clinically, the focus of the role is the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients with long-term conditions and management, health promotion and preventative nursing interventions to all patients. As an autonomous practitioner the lead practice nurse is responsible for the nursing care delivered, demonstrating critical thinking and skills in clinical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical practice
Assess, plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes including, but not limited to:
- Health promotion and well-being plus individual plans for patients with/at risk of a long term condition
- Manage and treat long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and practice needs
- 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
- Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care
- 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
- Meet the needs of patients presenting for wound care Diagnose and treat minor illnesses Co-ordinate clinical care pathways
Communication
- Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating, including those receiving bad news
- Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues
- Participate in practice team meetings, delivering the nursing agenda and run nursing team meetings
- Produce written documents that evidence the contribution of the nursing team to the practice priorities
Delivering a quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Prioritise, organise and manage own and others workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care as an individual and team according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care, assessing effectiveness of care delivery through peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation and leading on the maintenance of quality governance systems for the nursing team
- Implement and review the application of evidence-based practice in nursing
- Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required
- Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
- Lead and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation and assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery
- Monitor the performance of the GPN team in accordance with local policies
- Work within policies regarding family violence, vulnerable children and adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour, and refer as appropriate
- Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Leadership personal and people development
- Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
- Support the development of others in order to maximise staff potential
- Lead others to make realistic self-assessment of their knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency and actions that are not in the in the interest of the public and/or users of service
- Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority
- Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols and standards, and of local projects or initiatives
- Promote the role of the nursing team in the provision of care
- Promote organisational delivery of a clinically co-ordinated approach to patent care
Team working
- Work as an effective and responsible team leader, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of nurses
- Ensure clear nurse referral mechanisms are in place to meet patient needs
- Prioritise own and others workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team
- Lead nursing team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care
- Participate in research programmes
- Contribute nursing view to practice management
- Set specification and quality required from nursing admin support
Management of risk
- Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs
- Act as a role model to support members of the nursing team to undertake mandatory and statutory training requirements
- Apply infection-control measures with in the practice according to local and national guidelines
- Participate in the local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice
Utilising information
- Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to day to day operations
- Review and process data using accurate read codes in order to ensure easy accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes
- Adhere to statutory and practice requirements such as confidentiality and Freedom of Information Act
- Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team using appropriate charts and/or graphs to enhance care
Education, Learning and development
- Act as mentor for more junior staff and students, assessing competence against set standards
- Co-ordinate education and learning and development within the nursing team
- Disseminate learning and information to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences)
- Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning
- Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate
- Undertake all mandatory training required for the role
Equality and diversity
The post holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion.
Safeguarding
Be committed to and responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults-at-risk, children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm.
Health and Safety/Risk Management
The post holder must comply at all times with the practice Health and Safety Policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents to the Practice manager
Data Protection
All members of staff are bound by the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 and any breaches of the Act or of the confidential nature of the work of this post could lead to dismissal.
Confidentiality
The post holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role. All information concerning patients, staff and the practice must be treated as strictly confidential at all times.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse Post graduate diploma to manage patients with Long-Term conditions including: -COPD -Diabetes -Asthma Cytology screening Travel health Non-medical nurse prescriber Teaching and Assessing qualification
Desirable
- Leadership qualification Clinical supervision training and experience Contraception & Sexual Health qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Recent primary care nursing experience Experience in nurse-led management of long-term conditions Team Management/Team leader experience Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guidelines Experience in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking Audit skills
Desirable
- Research Programmes
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Positive attitude Enthusiasm Self-directed practitioner Highly motivated Flexibility Team player Ability to work across boundaries. Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Management and Leadership skills Clinical leadership skills Negotiation and conflict management skills Clinical skills including cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, COPD, diabetes and asthma Communication skills, both written and verbal IT skills Treatment room duties Knowledge of health promotion strategies Awareness of local and national health policy Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues Ability to identify determinates on health in the local area Wider health economy awareness Teaching and mentorship experience in a clinical setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse Post graduate diploma to manage patients with Long-Term conditions including: -COPD -Diabetes -Asthma Cytology screening Travel health Non-medical nurse prescriber Teaching and Assessing qualification
Desirable
- Leadership qualification Clinical supervision training and experience Contraception & Sexual Health qualification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Recent primary care nursing experience Experience in nurse-led management of long-term conditions Team Management/Team leader experience Experience in implementing protocols and clinical guidelines Experience in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking Audit skills
Desirable
- Research Programmes
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Positive attitude Enthusiasm Self-directed practitioner Highly motivated Flexibility Team player Ability to work across boundaries. Previous experience in a practice nurse management role Management and Leadership skills Clinical leadership skills Negotiation and conflict management skills Clinical skills including cervical cytology, immunisation and vaccination, COPD, diabetes and asthma Communication skills, both written and verbal IT skills Treatment room duties Knowledge of health promotion strategies Awareness of local and national health policy Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues Ability to identify determinates on health in the local area Wider health economy awareness Teaching and mentorship experience in a clinical setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Rope Green Medical Centre
Address
Rope Lane
Shavington
Crewe
CW2 5DA
Employer's website
https://www.ropegreenmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Rope Green Medical Centre
Address
Rope Lane
Shavington
Crewe
CW2 5DA
Employer's website
https://www.ropegreenmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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Details
Date posted
25 September 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
A3196-25-0002
Job locations
Rope Lane
Shavington
Crewe
CW2 5DA
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