The Lead Nurse workforce is key to the nursing and wider multi-disciplinary team in primary care. They play an essential role in supporting, developing, and leading their team alongside the clinical care they deliver to patients.
With primary care being central to our health system, it is a great career choice for any ambitious nurse.
As a Lead Nurse, you can expect:
- to be challenged and feel rewarded.
- every day to be different.
- your skill set to be expanded.
- to be a source of support and guidance for your team.
- to build long term relationships with patients and support the same families through various stages of life.
Our support to you
Northamptonshire Primary Care Training Hub (NPCTH) believes in investing in learning and development to enable individuals to reach their full potential and enhance care delivery and positive outcomes to patients accessing primary care. We aim to support you, as an integral part of our workforce in General Practice, by facilitating access to relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities, peer support, and restorative supervision.
Opportunities
Whether you are new to your Lead Nurse role, or have many years of experience in leadership we have a range of opportunities to support you:
- Leadership development.
- Career conversations for you and your team.
- Opportunity to join our Lead Nurse Steering Group (LNSG) - facilitated by the Training Hub this is a regular meeting (either online or face-to-face) with your peers from across Northamptonshire. A safe space to discuss issues and successes and share ideas and improvement work.
- Restorative clinical supervision sessions (RCS) with a Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) on a group or 1:1 basis.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revalidation reflective discussions.
- Quality/Service improvement support.
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