Senior Primary Care Nurse Lead (Part Time)
Brighton and Hove Federation is seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Primary Care Nurse Lead to provide senior professional nursing leadership across Federation services and member GP practices.
This is an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse with strong primary care experience to shape the future of nursing across general practice in Brighton and Hove. The role is part-time and flexible, making it ideal for candidates seeking a portfolio leadership position alongside clinical practice or other professional roles.
The postholder will provide expert clinical leadership in areas including primary care nursing development, infection prevention and control, governance and workforce support.
You will work closely with GP practices, Primary Care Networks and system partners to support high-quality, safe and sustainable primary care services.
Main duties of the job
Primary Care Nursing Leadership
- Provide professional nursing leadership and expert advice across Federation services and member practices.
- Support the development of sustainable primary care nursing workforce models.
- Lead and support initiatives that strengthen nursing practice and professional development in general practice.
- Act as a senior clinical advisor for nursing issues and professional standards.
- Represent the Federation at relevant local primary care and nursing forums.
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Act as the Federation's Infection Prevention and Control Lead.
- Provide leadership and oversight of IPC practices across services.
- Support practices with IPC guidance, audits and training.
- Ensure compliance with national standards and best practices.
Workforce Health and Wellbeing
- Provide professional advice relating to occupational health policies and staff wellbeing.
- Support services with risk assessments and workforce health considerations.
- Promote a positive culture of staff wellbeing and workforce sustainability.
About Us
Brighton and Hove Federation is a membership organisation representing 31 GP practices across six Primary Care Networks in the city.
We work collaboratively to strengthen general practice, support workforce development, and deliver high-quality services for local communities.
Why Join Us?
This is a unique opportunity to shape primary care nursing across Brighton and Hove in a flexible leadership role.
The Role Offers:
- Flexible working hours
- Opportunity to influence nursing practice across multiple GP practices
- System-level leadership experience
- Collaboration with clinical leaders across the city
Details
Date posted:12 March 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £49,000 to £56,000 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: B0582-26-0003
Job locations: Brighton & Hove Federation, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7GS
Job Description
- Primary Care Nursing Leadership
- Provide senior nursing leadership and expert advice to GP practices and Federation services to support safe, effective and consistent nursing practice.
- Support the development of sustainable nursing models across practices, including skill mix review and role development.
- Lead on standardisation of nursing pathways and clinical protocols across member practices where appropriate.
- Act as a professional role model and escalation point for complex clinical or professional nursing issues within B&HF.
- Represent the Federation at local primary care nursing, PCN and ICB forums.
- Lead and coordinate the nursing contribution to B&HF delivered services that support member practices in achieving contractual and quality requirements, including but not limited to Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Local Commissioned Services (LCSs) and other enhanced service specifications.
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- To undertake the Infection Prevention Lead role to help create and maintain an environment which promotes and improves the safety of patients, service users, staff and visitors in relation to infection prevention and control (IPC).
- To translate IPC policy into practice and support and advise team/service area colleagues on IPC matters.
- Serve as the Federation's IPC Lead, ensuring robust IPC measures are in place across all services.
- Lead IPC audits, training, and incident response, liaising with local IPC teams and General Practice teams.
- To act as a resource and a point of contact for colleagues who require support and guidance with IPC issues.
- Keep up to date with national IPC guidance and ensure compliance across the Federation.
- To cascade/disseminate IPC information or updates received to colleagues within their teams.
- Able to challenge poor practice and empower others to do the same to ensure the highest standards of care are provided across BHF services.
- To maintain an awareness of the organisation's policy and procedures in relation to IPC.
- To encourage colleagues to recognise and be aware of the risks within their area and communicate these as appropriate to service leads.
- Collaborate with the rest of the Senior Leadership Team to produce the annual IPC statement and implement improvement initiatives.
Occupational Health
- Oversee the development, implementation, and review of the Federation's occupational health policies and procedures, ensuring a proactive and supportive approach to staff wellbeing.
- Support services in risk assessment, staff health surveillance, and the implementation of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Provide expert advice and support on work-related health issues, including sickness absence, fitness for work, and health risk assessments.
- Advise on or implement phased return-to-work plans for staff following illness, injury, or extended absence, in collaboration with line managers and external occupational health services as appropriate.
- Perform and interpret blood tests to determine immunity status or need for occupational vaccinations (e.g. Hepatitis B, MMR, varicella, TB).
- Arrange for administration of required vaccinations, coordinating with external occupational health providers or in-house services as appropriate.
- Coordinate immunisation programmes and staff health promotion activities, including seasonal vaccination campaigns.
- Ensure appropriate record-keeping and reporting in accordance with confidentiality and data protection policies.
Leadership and Professional Oversight
- Accountable for professional nursing standards across all B&HF-delivered services
- Lead on workforce planning discussion relating to nursing services (including long-term condition management, health assessments, cytology and immunisations).
- Lead clinical supervision frameworks and professional development structures for nursing staff.
- Build relationships with nursing teams across all services to support clinical consistency and safe practice.
- In collaboration with the rest of the Senior Leadership Team to develop and implement evidence-based protocols and guidelines that enhance patient care and safety.
- Provide expert advice on the scope of practice, delegation, and competency assessments.
- As required to contribute towards the recruitment, induction, performance monitoring, appraisals, and 1:1s for the nursing team.
- Vaccination service
- Lead strategic planning and mobilisation of B&HFs seasonal and targeted vaccination programmes.
- Monitor vaccination uptake and lead improvement initiatives to reduce inequalities in access and coverage.
- Provide clinical leadership for safe delivery of vaccination services across multiple settings.
- Support workforce competency frameworks and assurance processes for vaccinators.
- Working with the Head of Clinical Services to support clinical effectiveness, operational delivery, and staff wellbeing with this service.
- Lead on the interpretation and dissemination of national vaccination guidance, including mandatory training requirements for vaccinators, as applicable to primary care settings.
- Lead the overall coordination of the day-to-day delivery of the vaccinations, ensuring equipment and sufficient stock of clinic supplies are available.
- Liaising with GP practices to arrange vaccination deliveries or collections
- Organising vaccination visits to care homes and domiciliary settings, ensuring appropriate consent arrangements are in place
- Working in collaboration with community partners to arrange outreach events for harder to reach populations and maximise vaccine uptake, including performing/ contributing towards risk assessments for such activity
- Coordinate the infection control and waste disposal, ensuring that all activities adhere to the highest standards
- Act as a vaccinator within this service as needed
Training and Workforce Development
- Work closely with external educational partners/ training hubs to develop and implement a nursing workforce developmental strategy across the local primary care landscape.
- Facilitate, design, and deliver training for clinical and non-clinical staff across the Federation's geographic footprint on topics such as, but not limited to, Basic Life Support, hand hygiene, Infection Control, and manual handling.
- Lead competency development frameworks for nursing and vaccination staff.
- Support career progression pathways within primary care nursing, including practice nurses, nursing associates and advanced practitioners.
- Provide mentorship and professional coaching to emerging nursing leaders.
- Identify training needs through audits, appraisals, and incident reviews.
- Support the development of nursing roles in primary care, including support for emerging roles such as advanced clinical practitioners and trainee nurses.
- Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement
- Lead the nursing contribution to clinical governance, ensuring lessons learned from incidents, audits and patient feedback are embedded into practice.
- Lead nursing input into incident review and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies and ensure compliance with CQC standards.
- Attend and contribute to the organisation's Clinical Governance Committee meetings.
- Overseeing the annual site assurance visits at GP practices and other premises across the city, ensuring the site assurance audits and subsequent reports are prepared and disseminated.
- Ensure accurate and contemporaneous records are maintained in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
- Assure compliance with CQC standards and professional regulation.
Personal Performance Management
- Adheres to the Professional Code of Conduct and maintains own professional development, ensuring fit for practice
- Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
- Undertake any other duties required, as appropriate to the role
- Responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work
- Ensures compliance with own mandatory and statutory training, and is willing to attend any additional training identified as being relevant to the role
- Follow BHF and national policies, including national protocols, standard operating procedures, patient group directives relating to, but not limited to, the safe storage, administration and disposal of medication.
- Participation in annual appraisal/ performance review
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (RGN) qualified nurse with valid NMC registration
- Accredited training in chronic disease management
- Willing to undertake further training or development as required by B&HF
Desirable
- Mentor, teaching or facilitator qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience working within General Practice/ Primary Care nursing
- Experience leading clinical services or programmes (e.g. vaccination, LTC management)
- 2 years post RGN qualification
- Prior experience and understanding of Infection Prevention and Control principles
- Experience of training, mentoring or supervising clinical staff
- Experience in service improvement or quality improvement leadership
Desirable
- Occupational Health experience
- Experience working across multiple GP practices or PCN/Federation environments
- Evidence of influencing change across organisations.
Person Specification
Essential
- Significant experience working within General Practice/ Primary Care nursing
- Experience leading clinical services or programmes (e.g. vaccination, LTC management)
- 2 years post RGN qualification
- Prior experience and understanding of Infection Prevention and Control principles
- Experience of training, mentoring or supervising clinical staff
- Experience of service improvement or quality improvement leadership
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information, please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Brighton and Hove Federation
Employer's website: https://www.brightonandhovefed.co.uk/
