Experienced Lead Practice Nurse

About the Role

Burlington Primary Care is looking for a lead practice nurse who wants to shape something: to design how nursing is delivered, grow a team around them, and leave a real mark on the health of one of Ipswich's most diverse communities. This permanent role is offered on either a full-time or part-time basis. We are a well-established, four-partner NHS practice based in the heart of Ipswich, serving a population that reflects the full complexity of modern primary care.

Our patient population is genuinely diverse, with many patients for whom English is not a first language. Caring for this community is one of the most rewarding aspects of working here, and it is why our nurses tend to be people who are drawn to work that really matters. You will work alongside GP partners who are clinically experienced across palliative care, diabetes, care of the elderly, women's health, and lifestyle medicine, and who genuinely want nursing to lead.

You will have the authority, the support, and the space to do it.

Key Responsibilities

recruitment, induction, appraisal, and mentoring Deliver and oversee high-quality clinical care across a broad range of long-term conditions Design and implement nursing protocols, care pathways, and service improvements Drive clinical governance, CQC compliance, and quality improvement Represent nursing at practice leadership level alongside the GP partners and practice manager Contribute to PCN objectives and collaborative working across the wider system Champion lifestyle medicine and prevention-focused approaches to long-term condition management Support and develop innovative models of care delivery, including group consultations Champion culturally sensitive, accessible care for a multilingual patient population About the Candidate We are looking for a confident, experienced, registered nurse, with a solid background in general practice.

You will know your way around long-term condition management and will have led or supervised clinical colleagues before, and found it rewarding. But more than your clinical experience, we are looking for someone with vision: someone who looks at a nursing team and sees what it could become; someone who is comfortable sitting at the table with GP partners and making the case for nursing; someone who wants the responsibility, not just the title.

You will also bring cultural intelligence and a genuine commitment to equity. Our patient population is one of our greatest strengths, and the right candidate will see it that way too. Essential Requirements Registered nurse with current NMC registration Significant general practice and primary care experience Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring clinical staff Strong knowledge of chronic disease management and preventative care Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills Commitment to clinical governance and evidence-based practice Confident working in a multidisciplinary team Experience working with patients from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds Desirable Requirements Independent prescriber qualification Leadership or management qualification Experience in workforce planning and staff development Knowledge of QOF, Enhanced Services, and PCN working Interest or experience in lifestyle medicine, health coaching, or behaviour change approaches to long-term condition management Experience delivering or supporting group consultation models Additional language skills About Us We have been serving the Ipswich community for over 50 years, and we have built something worth being part of: a practice with roots in the community, a team that knows its patients, and a culture that takes both clinical excellence and staff wellbeing seriously.

We are CQC-rated Good. We are forward-thinking without being chaotic. We are committed to innovation without losing the personal touch that makes general practice what it is. Our partners bring deep clinical expertise across palliative care, diabetes, care of the elderly, women's health, and lifestyle medicine. We believe that prevention is as important as treatment, and we are actively building services that reflect that.

We run group consultations as part of how we deliver care, and we are genuinely interested in expanding this model further with the right people around us. Our multidisciplinary team includes nurses, HCAs, a paramedic, pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, a GP assistant, and long-term condition care coordinators, a team that is growing and that needs strong nursing leadership to thrive.

We are based at 14 Burlington Road, Ipswich, town centre, well connected, with on-site parking for staff. Why Join Us? Build your own team: genuine authority to recruit, develop, and lead the nursing workforce Clinical breadth: a complex, diverse patient list that will stretch and reward you A seat at the table: nursing leadership valued and visible at partner level Prevention-first culture: we take lifestyle medicine seriously and want nursing to lead on it Innovative ways of working: group consultations already in use; space to develop and expand new models of care Innovation welcomed: we want your ideas, not just your compliance Investment in you: prescribing, leadership qualifications, and specialist interests actively supported Work-life balance: we take staff wellbeing seriously, not just as a line in an advert Stability and legacy: a practice with over 50 years of community roots and a committed permanent team Competitive salary + NHS pension " At Burlington Primary Care, we don't just care for our patients, we care for the people who deliver that care.

" To Apply Click Apply Now . For an informal conversation about the role before applying, please contact us via the practice website at www.burlingtonprimarycare.co.uk Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.