Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate Team Leader to oversee the Practice Nursing Team within our healthcare facility. This pivotal role involves guiding and managing a dedicated team of nursing professionals. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, extensive nursing experience, and a passion for improving patient outcomes. Join us to lead a motivated team committed to providing high-quality, person-centered care in a fast-paced and rewarding environment.
Clinical Leadership
- Provide day-to-day clinical leadership and professional support to the nursing team.
- Promote high standards of patient care, safety and professionalism.
- Support nurses and nursing associates with clinical queries and day-to-day practice.
- Ensure agreed clinical protocols, guidelines and pathways are followed.
- Identify areas where clinical practice requires improvement and work with staff to address these.
- Support consistent clinical standards across both practice sites.
- Work closely with the Lead Gp and Practice Director on clinical workforce planning.
- Contribute to clinical meetings, audits and service development.
2. Staff Development and Training
Take overall responsibility for coordinating the development and training programme for nursing staff and HCAs.
This will include:
- Maintaining an up-to-date clinical staff training matrix.
- Identifying individual training and development needs.
- Ensuring staff maintain the competencies required for their roles.
- Supporting induction and competency assessment for new clinical staff.
- Coordinating appropriate clinical training and updates.
- Monitoring mandatory and role-specific training.
- Identifying opportunities for staff to develop additional skills and responsibilities.
- Supporting staff undertaking further qualifications, including prescribing and specialist courses.
- Working with individual staff members to develop appropriate professional development plans.
- Ensuring training and competency records are maintained and available for audit/CQC purposes.
Areas of clinical competency should include, as appropriate:
- Diabetes
- COPD
- Asthma
- Vaccination and immunisation
- Cervical screening
- Wound care
- Insulin initiation
- Long-term condition management
- Independent prescribing
- LARC and other specialist areas
- Basic and advanced clinical skills relevant to the practice
3. Diabetes Leadership
The postholder will ideally have significant experience in diabetes management and will take a lead role in supporting the practice's diabetes service.
Responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the development of the practice diabetes service.
- Reviewing clinical processes and identifying areas for improvement.
- Supporting nurses and other clinical staff in diabetes management.
- Promoting evidence-based diabetes care.
- Supporting appropriate recall and monitoring systems.
- Reviewing performance and identifying gaps in care.
- Supporting clinical audits and quality improvement.
- Providing education and advice to colleagues where appropriate.
- Working with GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
5. Clinical Rooms, Equipment and Stock
- Work with the HCA Team Leader to ensure clinical rooms are appropriately stocked and maintained.
- Establish appropriate stock levels for clinical areas.
- Monitor expiry dates and equipment checks.
- Ensure equipment is maintained, calibrated and fit for purpose.
- Identify and report deficiencies promptly.
- Support the development of clear systems for stock ordering and monitoring.
- Ensure clinical areas remain clean, organised and professionally presented.
6. Governance, Audit and Quality Improvement
- Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement projects.
- Support the practice in meeting CQC requirements.
- Ensure appropriate evidence is maintained for training, competency and clinical governance.
- Monitor incidents and significant events relevant to nursing services.
- Contribute to learning from incidents and complaints.
- Help develop and review clinical protocols and procedures.
- Identify risks within the nursing service and escalate these appropriately.
- Support implementation of changes arising from audits, inspections and clinical governance reviews.
7. Staff Supervision and Support
- Provide regular support and professional supervision to members of the nursing team.
- Encourage a positive, respectful and supportive working environment.
- Promote good communication between nurses, HCAs, GPs and wider practice staff.
- Identify concerns regarding performance, conduct, capability or training and raise these with the Practice Manager appropriately.
- Support the Practice Manager with clinical aspects of staff induction, development and competency.
- Encourage staff to take responsibility for their own professional development.
The Nurse Team Leader will not replace the Practice Manager's responsibility for formal HR, disciplinary or capability procedures, but will provide appropriate clinical information and support where required.
8. Team Organisation
- Work with the Practice Director to ensure appropriate clinical staffing across both sites.
- Assist with planning annual leave and clinical cover where appropriate.
- Support effective use of nursing skills and competencies.
- Help ensure the nursing team works efficiently and consistently.
- Identify service pressures and escalate these appropriately.
- Support the development of new ways of working.
Join us as a Nurse Team Leader – Practice Nursing Team to make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives while advancing your leadership career. We are dedicated to supporting our staff’s growth through ongoing education opportunities while fostering an inclusive environment that values compassion, innovation, and excellence.
Pay: £22.00-£26.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Do you have full NMC Registration
Work Location: In person
