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

• Lead and develop the nursing and HCA team: 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

Qualifications

We are looking for a confident, experienced, registered nurse, with a solid background in general practice. Experienced in long-term condition management, you will have led or supervised clinical colleagues before, finding it rewarding. 

We are looking for someone with vision: someone who looks at a nursing team & sees what it could become; someone comfortable sitting with GP partners and making the case for nursing; someone who wants the responsibility, not just the title. You will bring cultural intelligence & commitment to equity. Our patient population is one of our greatest strengths, & the right candidate will see it that way too.

Essential:

• Qualified nurse with current NMC registration
• Significant general practice experience
• Experience leading, supervising, or mentoring clinical staff
• Strong knowledge of chronic disease management & preventative care
• Excellent communication, organisational & interpersonal skills
• Commitment to clinical governance & evidence-based practice
• Confident working in a MDT
• Experience working with patients from diverse cultural & linguistic backgrounds

Desirable:

• Independent prescriber qualification
• Leadership/management qualification
• Experience in workforce planning & staff development
• Knowledge of QOF, Enhanced Services & PCN working
• Interest or experience in lifestyle medicine, health coaching, or behaviour change approaches to long-term condition management
• Experience delivering/supporting group consultation models
• Additional language skills

Benefits