Description
The Lead Practice Nurse works with clinical and non-clinical teams to deliver the best possible healthcare to patients, while providing leadership and oversight of the nursing service across Penrose Health.
You will be responsible for leading the nursing team, overseeing clinical governance within the nursing function, and working closely with the Central Management Team to ensure the nursing service runs safely and effectively.
Main duties of the job:
- Leading and line-managing Practice Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Phlebotomists including inductions, mentoring, supervision and performance reviews
- Setting clear priorities, giving timely feedback and coaching colleagues to remove barriers to performance
- Overseeing clinical governance, safety and quality including audits, significant events, complaints and incident learning
- Leading on safeguarding, infection prevention, medicines management and clinical risk within the nursing team
- Working with the Central Management Team on rotas, cover, recruitment and retention
- Ensuring key clinical programmes run safely and on target long-term condition reviews, cervical screening, immunisations, wound care and NHS Health Checks
- Monitoring performance against QOF, contractual and internal targets, and driving improvement plans where needed
- Continuing to deliver hands-on Practice Nurse duties across the working week, including long-term condition management, screening, immunisations and patient education
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.