Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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

About us

Over the last 50 years, we have built a practice with roots in the community, a team that knows its patients & a culture that takes both clinical excellence & staff wellbeing seriously.We are CQC-rated Good. We are forward-thinking, committed to innovation & to the personal touch that makes general practice what it is.Our partners bring deep extensive expertise across primary care. We believe that prevention is as important as treatment & are actively building services that reflect that.Our MDT includes nurses, HCAs, paramedic, pharmacists, pharmacy technician, GP assistant & long-term-condition care coordinators.We are based at in Ipswich town centre, with on-site parking for staff.

• Build your own team: genuine authority to recruit, develop, & lead the nursing workforce
• Clinical breadth: a complex, diverse patient list to stretch & reward you
• A seat at the table: nursing leadership valued & visible at partner level
• Prevention-first culture: we take lifestyle medicine seriously & want nursing to lead on it
• Innovative ways of working: group consultations already in use; space to develop & expand new models of care
• Innovation welcomed: we want your ideas, not just your compliance
• Investment in you: prescribing, leadership qualifications & specialist interests actively supported
• Work-life balance: we take staff wellbeing seriously, not just as a line in an advert
• Stability & legacy: over 50 years of community roots & a committed permanent team
• Competitive salary + NHS pension

Details

Date posted

19 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£56,700 to £58,700 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

30046-1

Job locations

14 Burlington Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 2EU

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description Job responsibilities If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

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

Person Specification 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

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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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 NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

14 Burlington Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 2EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

14 Burlington Road

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP1 2EU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)