Lead Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

We're looking for an experienced Lead Practice Nurse to provide clinical leadership across our nursing service. Someone ready to shape how nursing care is delivered, while still doing the hands-on clinical work that drew them into nursing in the first place.

This is a genuinely blended role. You'll continue to work as a Practice Nurse, delivering direct patient care for the majority of your working week, while also leading and supporting our Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomists - mentoring, coaching and developing the team around you. You'll oversee clinical governance and quality across the nursing function, working closely with our Central Management Team to make sure the service runs safely, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard for every patient we see.

We know that stepping into leadership often means stepping away from the patient care you love, that's not the case here. Protected time is built into your week specifically for leadership responsibilities, so you're never trying to squeeze it in around a full clinical caseload. But this isn't a desk-bound management role either: you'll be a visible, trusted presence on the floor, someone your team can turn to, learn from, and lean on when it matters.

If you're an Experienced Practice Nurse who enjoys leadership without giving up the clinical work, and you want a genuine say in how nursing is delivered across a growing, multi-site organisation - we'd love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Strong knowledge of general practice nursing, clinical governance and the quality requirements affecting primary care.
• Understanding of safeguarding, infection prevention, medicines management and clinical risk.

Desirable

• Knowledge of CQC inspections, QOF and population-health management.

Behaviours

Essential

• Patient-focused and clinically accountable.
• Fair and consistent in applying standards.
• Takes ownership of decisions, outcomes and mistakes.
• Deals with difficult issues directly and respectfully.
• Follows through on commitments to the team.

Desirable

• Able to influence effectively across different teams and professional groups

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration. Recognised General Practice Nursing or Primary Care Nursing qualification, or equivalent post-registration training and assessed competence.
• Substantial recent experience working as a Practice Nurse, including long-term condition management, cervical screening, immunisation and wound care.
• Experience leading, supervising and developing clinical colleagues, including managing performance concerns. Experience of clinical audit or quality improvement.

Desirable

• Independent prescribing qualification.
• Leadership, management, teaching or clinical-assessment qualification.
• Experience leading a nursing service across multiple sites.

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

Penrose Health

Address

Kingfisher Medical Centre

London

London

SE8 5DA

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.penrosehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)