Lead Practice NurseNHS

Job summary

The Role

As Lead Nurse, you will provide clinical leadership and oversight of the practice nursing team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based and patient-centred care.

You will play a key role in maintaining high clinical standards, developing our nursing service, supporting the team and contributing to the practice's wider quality improvement agenda.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and oversight to the practice nursing team.
• Support the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based nursing care.
• Undertake and oversee a range of primary care nursing services, appropriate to your role and competence.
• Support the management of long-term conditions and promote preventative healthcare and health promotion.
• Oversee clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and relevant practice targets.
• Support the delivery and monitoring of QOF and other contractual requirements.
• Ensure appropriate infection prevention and control standards are maintained.
• Promote effective safeguarding practice and ensure concerns are appropriately escalated.
• Support the induction, supervision, appraisal, training and professional development of nursing and healthcare support staff.
• Contribute to effective clinical governance, risk management and incident-reporting processes.
• Develop and review nursing protocols, policies and clinical procedures.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, the wider practice team, community services and other healthcare professionals.
• Promote a positive culture of learning, teamwork, accountability and patient-centred care.

Job description

We would particularly welcome applicants who can demonstrate:

• Established experience as a practice nurse within general practice, preferably with experience of clinical leadership or taking a lead role within a nursing team.
• Strong clinical leadership and the ability to support, motivate and develop a nursing team.
• Effective communication, organisation and interpersonal skills.
• A commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate patient care.
• Experience of managing long-term conditions and delivering preventative healthcare.
• Experience of QOF, clinical indicators, clinical audit or quality improvement within primary care.
• Experience of clinical governance, safeguarding and infection prevention and control.
• The ability to work closely with the GP and Practice Management Team and contribute positively to the wider development of the practice.
• A willingness to develop knowledge and skills in areas of primary care where you have less experience.
• A proactive and positive approach to learning and professional development.
• The ability to recognise areas for improvement and work collaboratively to achieve agreed clinical and service objectives.
• Prescribing within your nursing scope of practice would be advantageous, although this is not essential.

About us

From 1 April 2026, Ashfield Medical and Manston Surgery merged to form Keystone GP Partnership, bringing two established practices together as one partnership.

Our vision is to provide modern, collaborative and patient-centred general practice, combining the experience and strengths of both teams while maintaining the personal approach valued by our patients.

At Keystone, patients are at the heart of everything we do. We have a strong teamworking ethos, with GPs, nurses, pharmacists, healthcare assistants, allied health professionals, administrative teams, PCN colleagues and wider services working together to deliver safe, responsive and personalised care.

With an experienced leadership team, we are committed to developing a forward-thinking practice while maintaining high standards of clinical care and patient experience.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Lead Nurse, preferably with established practice nursing experience within general practice, to provide clinical leadership across our nursing service.

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident nurse who enjoys working autonomously while collaborating closely with the GP and Practice Management Teams and the wider multidisciplinary team.