About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and inspirational senior nurse to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as Lead Nurse for the Trauma Directorate.
This high-profile role provides professional and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services including Major Trauma, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Plastics and Limb Fitting Services. Working in partnership with the Clinical Director, General Manager and Divisional Director of Nursing, you will drive the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care while supporting service transformation, performance improvement and workforce development.
You will provide visible leadership to matrons and nursing teams, championing excellence in patient experience, safety, governance and staff engagement. You will lead quality improvement initiatives, support service redesign, contribute to business planning and ensure services are responsive to the changing needs of patients and the wider health system.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with substantial senior leadership experience in complex acute services, a proven track record of delivering change, managing multidisciplinary teams and improving operational and clinical performance. You will possess excellent communication, influencing and organisational skills, alongside a strong commitment to developing others and fostering a positive and inclusive culture.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with the wider leadership team, you will support the day-to-day operational management of services, ensuring safe, responsive and effective patient pathways. You will have oversight of workforce deployment, safe staffing and patient flow. Ensure agreed systems and process to consistently provide safe, effective high quality patient care and embed a culture of improvement, focusing on the Trust's harm free indicators, measuring practice and using variations in the data to develop local improvement projects are in place. Ensure local plans support all clinical quality external accreditation, for Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Safety Thermometer, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority. Lead workforce planning, professional development, clinical leadership and recruitment and retention to reduce turnover. Ensure timely recruitment takes place with the aim of maintaining vacancy factor targets and remove reliance on temporary staffing. Ensure personal development and contribute to the work of the Trust throughpublications, presenting at Conferences and general internal and external networking.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.
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 overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications Essential
HCPC/Registered Nurse Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable
Masters level qualification Evidence of improvement formal training
Experience Essential
Significant experience of leading and developing a team Evidence of continual professional development. Improving projects Effective budget and staff management Proven success in delivering change and performance with and through management of local teams Extensive experience of patient experience and the resolution of complaints.
Desirable
Project Management Experience of leading a large diverse team with competing challenge
Skills/knowledge/ abilities Essential
Experience of quality, standard setting and audit Ability to lead and inspire a large team Organisation and management skills Ability to manage change & deal with complex and difficult situations IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
Desirable
Ability to undertake root cause analysis Service improvement experience
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 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Trust wide
Du Cane Road
London
W2 1NY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)