Burlington Primary Care, a four-partner NHS practice, is recruiting a lead practice nurse to design nursing services and grow the nursing and HCA team. The core of the work is leading that team while delivering long-term condition care and driving governance, quality improvement and new models such as group consultations. Distinctive features are a strong lifestyle medicine focus and a diverse, multilingual patient list. Fit depends on current NMC registration and significant general practice experience.
What the job involves
- Lead and develop the nursing and HCA team, including recruitment, induction, appraisal and mentoring
- Deliver and oversee clinical care across a broad range of long-term conditions
- Design and implement nursing protocols, care pathways and service improvements
- Drive clinical governance, CQC compliance and quality improvement
- Represent nursing at practice leadership level alongside GP partners and the practice manager
- Contribute to PCN objectives and collaborative working across the wider system
- Champion lifestyle medicine and prevention-focused approaches to long-term condition management
- Support and develop new models of care delivery, including group consultations
- Champion culturally sensitive, accessible care for a multilingual patient population
What’s required
Registration & licences
- Current NMC registration
Experience
- Significant general practice experience
- Experience leading, supervising or mentoring clinical staff
- Experience working with patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
Skills & knowledge
- Strong knowledge of chronic disease management and preventative care
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
- Commitment to clinical governance and evidence-based practice
- Confident working in a multidisciplinary team
Nice to have
- Independent prescriber qualification
- Leadership or management qualification
- Experience in workforce planning and staff development
- Knowledge of QOF, Enhanced Services and PCN working
- Interest or experience in lifestyle medicine, health coaching or behaviour change approaches
- Experience delivering or supporting group consultation models
- Additional language skills
What’s offered
- NHS pension
- Competitive salary
- Funded support for prescribing qualifications
- Support for leadership qualifications
- Support for specialist clinical interests
- On-site parking for staff
- Focus on work-life balance and staff wellbeing
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
