Lead Practice Nurse

• Line Management: Supervise, mentor, and line manage the nursing team, managing rotas, annual leave, and performance reviews.
• Appraisals & CPD: Conduct annual appraisals and support staff with continuous professional development (CPD) and NMC revalidation requirements.
• Recruitment & Induction: Lead the recruitment, selection, onboarding, and training of new nursing staff.
• Team Meetings: Organise and chair regular nursing team meetings to discuss clinical updates, guidelines, and operational changes.

• Diabetes Service : Part of the team that oversee the practice's diabetes management services, managing a caseload of patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
• Chronic Disease Management: Oversee the evidence-based clinics for long-term conditions (including Asthma, COPD, Hypertension), developing and implementing individualised care plans, desirable trained not essential.
• Preventative & Routine Care: Oversee and deliver childhood and adult immunisation programs, cervical cytology, travel health advice, and wound care management.
• Prescribing & Medication: Utilise independent or non-medical prescribing skills (if qualified) or administer care under Patient Group Directions (PGDs) in line with legislative frameworks.
• Complex Patient Care: Manage complex health needs, including frail or housebound patients, coordinating integrated care plans.

• EMIS Systems Management: Ensure the nursing team maintains impeccable data quality and accurate clinical coding within EMIS Web. Utilise EMIS to run clinical reports, patient recalls, and monitor QOF targets.
• Infection Control: Act as the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Lead for the practice, producing annual IPC statements, conducting audits, and ensuring practice-wide compliance.
• Audits & Quality Improvement: Lead and participate in regular clinical audits (focusing on diabetes outcomes and QOF indicators), Significant Event Analyses (SEAs), and risk assessments to elevate standards of care.
• Guideline Implementation: Ensure nursing protocols strictly align with NICE guidelines, Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, and national service frameworks.
• Policy Development: Collaborate with the Practice Manager and Partners to draft, implement, and review clinical policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Desirable

• Certified qualification or formal training in Diabetes Management (e.g., Warwick Course or equivalent post-graduate diploma). Note: A keen interest is essential; the practice will actively support and fund relevant diabetes training for the right candidate.
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification (V300), or a Leadership/Management certificate.

Essential

• Minimum of 35 years of post-registration experience in a UK General Practice or Primary Care setting.
• High proficiency and hands-on experience using the EMIS Web clinical system for routine documentation, templates, and searches.
• A demonstrable and enthusiastic interest in diabetes care with a commitment to undertaking further training and developing the practice's diabetes service.
• Leadership Skills: Proven experience supervising or leading a team, with excellent communication, mentoring, and delegation skills.
• Clinical Competency: Confident in autonomous clinical decision-making, physical assessment, and the delivery of general practice nursing treatments