Experienced Practice Nurse and Director of Nursing

Job description

Job responsibilities

Combined post for Director of Nursing and Experienced Practice Nurse / Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Hours: 12 hours/week (Director of Nursing) plus 25.5 hours/week Clinical (Practice Nurse/ANP) Location: St Andrews or XX Place Health Centre Contract Length: Director of Nursing Post is 12 month Fixed Term Salary: Band 8c + Band 7/8a (depending on experience)

We are seeking an exceptional and motivated senior nurse leader to join our organisation in a unique combined role. This post brings together strategic leadership responsibilities as Director of Nursing (Band 8c) with a hands on clinical position as either a Senior Practice Nurse (Band 7) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Band 8a) depending on qualifications and experience.

This role offers a rare opportunity to lead, shape, and strengthen nursing services across our four practice sites, ensuring consistently high standards of safe, person centred and effective care.

This post is open to experienced Practice Nurses ready to step into strategic leadership, or Advanced Nurse Practitioners with established leadership experience looking to progress into an organisational-level role.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior clinician who enjoys both strategic oversight and direct patient care, and who wishes to contribute to high quality service delivery within a supportive, forward thinking primary care environment.

About the Role

Director of Nursing (Band 8c) 12 hours per week (Fixed-Term for 12 months)

You will provide senior clinical leadership across the organisation, working closely with the executive/management team to ensure high standards of nursing practice, quality, and patient safety. Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the nursing workforce and supporting professional development
• Overseeing clinical governance, quality assurance, and risk management
• Contributing to organisational strategy and regulatory compliance
• Championing evidence-based practice and continuous improvement
• Supporting workforce planning, recruitment, and retention initiatives

• Provide inspiring leadership to the nursing and clinical teams.
• Oversee nurse education, development, and workforce planning.
• Support innovation, clinical effectiveness, and service improvement.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks and uphold the highest standards of patient care.
• Work collaboratively with the Senior Management Team, GPs, and multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver strategic priorities.

Practice Nurse (Band 7) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Band 8a) 25.5 hours per week

Depending on your experience and qualifications, you will undertake either a Senior Practice Nurse or Advanced Nurse Practitioner role.

Practice Nurse (Band 7) Responsibilities:

• Routine treatment room duties (wound care, cervical cytology, vaccinations, long-term conditions support)
• Health promotion and chronic disease management (diabetes, COPD, hypertension, Heart Failure, Mental Health)
• Supporting QOF and practice wide clinical objectives
• Delivering high quality, patient centred care

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Band 8a) Responsibilities:

• Providing autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management
• Acute presentations and same day appointment provision
• Prescribing (independent prescriber qualification required)
• Management of complex long-term conditions
• Contributing to clinical leadership within the practice

Who Were Looking For

We welcome applicants who meet the criteria for the combined role and are passionate about both clinical care and strategic leadership.

Essential:

• Registered Nurse (NMC) with significant experience in primary care.
• Significant senior leadership experience in healthcare
• Proven record of improving clinical standards and supporting nursing teams

• Confident in leading teams, influencing change, and improving clinical services.
• Skilled in clinical governance, quality assurance, and patient safety.
• Strong communicators with a collaborative, compassionate approach.
• Confident managing both operational and strategic responsibilities.

Leadership or supervisory experience is essential; prior senior management experience is desirable but not essential for exceptional candidates.

For Advanced Nurse Practitioner applicants:

• Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Independent prescribing qualification

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape nursing strategy while maintaining hands-on clinical practice
• Supportive multidisciplinary team
• Flexible working arrangements
• Access to learning, training, and leadership development
• Competitive NHS terms and conditions

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Siobhan Hicks, Interim Co Director of Nursing bbbc, Clinical Lead Network 6, MSc Advanced Nurse Practitioner siobhan.hicks@nhs.net

OR

Kirstie Jones, Interim Co Director of Nursing bbbc, MSc Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Lead Nurse St Andrews Health Centre Kirstie.jones@nhs.net

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Education, qualifications and training.
• RGN.
• Teaching and assessing. (ENB 998 or equivalent)
• Trained in immunisation, basic life support and management of anaphylaxis, wound care, safeguarding, infection control, information governance.

Desirable

• Nursing qualification and or experience in more than one area of chronic disease.
• Travel health, cervical cytology, sexual health, ear care.
• AF/IV/C

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience.

Desirable

• Leadership experience or qualification

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

Bromley by Bow Health Partnership

Address

Alderney Building

Bancroft Road

London

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.bbbc.org.uk/health-centres/ (Opens in a new tab)