Primary Care Careers

Lead Nurse

The closing date is 28 July 2025

Job summary

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre and pleased to be looking to welcome an experienced nurse to lead the Integrated Clinical team on a part-time basis for 25 hours per week. The role will see you supporting the team in the provision of an effective, efficient, patient centred care in the primary healthcare setting.You will lead on infection control in the practice and be responsible for managing the non-medical prescribing team.

Main duties of the job

Alongside your lead nurse role, you will also undertake one day carrying out a clinical session working alongside your colleagues. We would welcome a candidate who not only has experience and solid clinical and management skills, but who has an interest and vision for service development and delivery sustainability in the future.

About us

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre is a large GP training practice committed to providing excellent primary health care services with a strong emphasis on staff training and development. Based in excellent premises, our committed teams deliver a wide range of general medical services.

We are a large training practice based in the town of Newport Pagnell with another surgery in the Willen area.

The practice nursing team forms part of our integrated nursing team working alongside our community nursing team, community matrons, urgent care team and specialist nursing team.

Other information:
  • Rated as Outstanding by CQC
  • Part of a Primary Care Network
  • 6 GP partners, 10 salaried GPs
  • 2 GP trainer/practice educators
  • Support for both student nurses, student paramedics and medical students
  • Urgent care team
  • SystmOne Practice
  • Visiting consultants

Details

Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - TBA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28777

Job locations

Queens Avenue

Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

MK16 8QT


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree.
  • Current NMC registration with an active PIN.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A relevant nursing degree.
  • Current NMC registration with an active PIN.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
  • Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
  • Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
  • Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

Queens Avenue

Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

MK16 8QT


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Queens Avenue

Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

MK16 8QT


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Details

Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience - TBA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

28777

Job locations

Queens Avenue

Newport Pagnell

Buckinghamshire

MK16 8QT


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