About this role
Job summary
Are you an inspirational children's nurse leader ready to shape the future of integrated paediatric services? We are seeking an exceptional Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics to provide strategic, compassionate, and visible leadership across a diverse portfolio of hospital and community children's services.
Working alongside senior clinical and operational leaders, you will lead strategic improvements, champion patient safety, and ensure outstanding experiences for children, young people and their families who use our services.
We are looking for a highly motivated children's nurse with significant senior leadership experience, strong operational and financial management skills, and a passion for transforming services. You will be a visible role model, empowering teams to deliver compassionate, evidence-based care while fostering innovation, accountability, inclusion, and professional development.
At Barts Health, you'll join one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, working with talented colleagues across hospital, community and system-wide partnerships to improve outcomes for children and young people across North East London.
If you are a visionary nursing leader who thrives on challenge, collaboration and making a lasting difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide forward-thinking and professional leadership to all nursing staff and other staff groups, within the Integrated Arm of the Children's Division. The post holder will have responsibility for ward areas 7D and the Paediatric Assessment Unit, Children's Hospital at Home and community Children's Nursing Services based at Mile End Hospital, including the Looked After Children's Nursing Team. In addition, the post holder will manage clinical nurse specialists within the integrated arm, namely Allergy, dermatology and children with medical complexity.
The post holder will also have full understanding of the key functions of the teams and services they manage ensuring the child and their family/carers experience in wards & departments is of a consistent high standard with an emphasis on safety, dignity and compassion. The post holder will understand the current local and national objectives for their responsible services and be able to plan and develop strategies to incorporate these into current services.
The post holder will work in partnership with the Clinical lead and General Manager for the services in their portfolio, developing the strategic direction and policy framework, ensuring that the service contributes significantly to the achievement of corporate objectives and that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Evidence of operational, people and management responsibilities in an acute hospital setting at matron level or above. Experience of working with external and internal multi-professional teams. Evidence of participation with manager on-call role Experience of auditing, evaluating and service development. Experience with managing complex budgets, including budget setting. Experience of planning, development of feasibility and business cases. Evidence of management/service transformation.
Desirable
Major Incident training
Skills Essential
Demonstrates strong leadership skills. Excellent written and verbal skills. Formal presentation skills suitable for all audiences including chairing senior management and stakeholder meetings. Effective analytical and effective problem-solving skills. Able to manage time effectively, prioritising objectives and workloads. Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working. Able to communicate with patients and families effectively, including through challenging processes. Good computer skills
Knowledge Essential
An understand of the local and national agenda and strategy for Children. An expert level of safeguarding knowledge to be able to support responsible services. Ability and evidence of working to build internal and external relationships. Evidence of managing and leading staff with advanced leadership knowledge and facilitation skills. Including the ability to empower others. Demonstrable success in the development of clinical practices and service delivery HR knowledge
Qualifications Essential
BSc Registered Children's Nurse/ RN with extensive Children's or Neonatal experience. Post registration leadership and management
Desirable
MSc in relevant nursing or leadership subject Qualified in Managing Conflict or Mediation training. Qualified in Clinical Supervision or Professional Nurse Advocate
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Barts Health NHS Trust
Address Royal London Hospital
London
E1 1FR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)