Lead Nurse
£34.05 - £39.57 per hour
Hours: 37.5 permanent
Practice description
Our Vision is to develop a partnership between patients and our clinicians that allow us together to deliver high quality health and social care services, and meet the needs of the population of Wolverhampton and beyond.
As Health and Beyond we are committed to working together to ensure our communities receive the best evidence based care possible, and will strive to ensure the patients views are heard and that their journey through Health and Beyond health system is seamless through integration and strong partnership working with our stakeholders.
Delivering excellence in innovation that benefits patients employees and commissioners with strong inter-professional programs and bespoke care.
Including South East Primary Care Network which is within our geographical area.
Key Responsibilities
- Clinical Leadership & Governance
- Provide professional leadership to practice nurses, HCAs, Phlebotomists and other clinical support staff.
- Ensure compliance with CQC standards, infection prevention and control (IPC), safeguarding and clinical governance requirements.
- Lead on development, implementation and review of clinical policies, protocols and standard operating procedures.
- Oversee clinical audits, significant event reviews and quality improvement initiatives.
- Act as the clinical lead for chronic disease management pathways (e.g., diabetes, respiratory, cardiovascular).
- Lead on national campaigns, relevant incentive schemes and initiatives practices have committed to.
- Lead the nursing team in the planning and implementation of local guidelines, protocols and standards and of local projects or initiatives.
- Work as an effective and responsible team leader, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
- Lead nursing team activities that create opportunities to improve patient care.
- Communicate nursing view to management tea,.
- Delegate appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence of nurses.
- Promote the role of the nursing team in the provision of care.
- Actively contribute to practice/organisation level meetings, delivering the nursing agenda ensuring cohesion within the nursing team, communication with it and outside of it.
- Support and encourage development in line with nursing career pathways, include development of advanced roles with a strong focus on workforce planning, recruitment, retention, supervision and appraisal.
- Lead others to make realistic self-assessment of their knowledge and sills identifying training needs, co-ordinating CPD, ensuring staff maintain competencies and mandatory training. Also, challengine any complacency and actions that are not in the interest of public and/or users of service.
- Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model to achieve the highest standards of quality for the organisation.
Clinical Practice
- Deliver high quality, evidence based nursing care ssess, plan, develop, implement, provide and evaluate treatment programmes.
- Prioritise health problems, intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Manage and treat patients with Chronic Diseases in line with professional competence, working to national and local policies and practice needs.
- Diagnose and treat minor illnesses.
- Review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence based practice and national/practice protocols, and work with patients to support adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning and cervical cytology consultation.
- Implements and oversee vaccination and Immunisation programmes for both adults and children including patients travelling abroad.
- Make professionally autonomous decisions and be accountable for safe, evidence based, cost effective, individualised patient care.
- Make appropriate referral to other members of the primary, community and secondary team. Signpost appropriately.
- Where the post holder is an independent prescriber ensure safe, effective and appropriate medications are prescribed as defined by current legislative framework and local and practice guidelines.
- Work on the ground clinically with other nursing professionals to actively lead shoulder to shoulder on the ground.
- Promote a learning environment with a no blame culture
- Lead the QOF strategy and delivery for LTC management, maximising income.
- Responsible for managing and maximising ICB, PHE and NHSE driven targets (Childhood Immunisations, adult vaccinatoins, Flue campaigns, cervical cytology programme.
To apply please email Taran Mann- HR Assistant @ Tarandeep.mann@nhs.net
NHS Job Ref: A3491-26-0030
Closing Date: 24th August 2026
