Lead Practice Nurse
Role summary
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The Lead Practice Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering high-quality nursing care within a general practice. Requirements typically include active NMC registration, relevant primary-care experience, strong clinical assessment skills, and evidence of continuing professional development. The role may involve chronic disease management, immunisations, cervical screening, wound care, health checks, clinical audits, staff supervision, and supporting practice protocols. The successful candidate is expected to work independently while collaborating effectively with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team. Strong communication, leadership, organisation, safeguarding awareness, confidentiality, and commitment to patient-centred care are essential. Experience managing quality improvement projects and mentoring other nurses or healthcare assistants would be advantageous.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
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About Bretton Park Healthcare
Bretton Park Healthcare is a primary-care organisation serving patients in the Bretton area of Peterborough, England. Like many NHS-linked general practices, it provides a broad range of services through GPs, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, administrative staff, and other community or multidisciplinary professionals. Its work is focused on accessible, safe, and continuous care, including routine consultations, long-term-condition management, prevention, screening, immunisation, and health promotion. A Lead Practice Nurse would contribute both clinically and operationally, helping maintain consistent standards, support colleagues, and improve patient outcomes. The organisation is part of the wider UK primary-care system, where teamwork, clinical governance, safeguarding, information security, and adherence to NHS standards are central to daily operations.