Lead Nurse- Acute Medicine

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced nurse, to join our services as Lead Nurse for Acute Medicine at Charing Cross Hospital and be part of the directorate leadership team.

The post holder will be responsible for strategic, clinical, operational and nursing leadership within the directorate, which includes specialist services like In Gastroenterology, Medicine for the Elderly, Respiratory, Dermatology, Diabetes and Endocrinology inpatient wards including general medicine on the Charing Cross site.

This role is key to fostering and developing strong collaborative working relations internally and externally and play a vital role delivering high quality and safe care to all patient groups. The postholder will work with the directorate triumvirate, both the acute and medical teams, allied health professionals and support services to deliver the demands for specialist medicine.

As a senior member of the directorate team, the post holder will work closely together to deliver specialty, divisional and Trust objectives. You will be required to demonstrate that you possess and embrace the values that are the embodiment of our organisation, that you aspire to continue to learn and develop within the role, becoming an expert to ensure we provide the best possible care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Nurse will provide clinical, operational and managerial leadership, which inspires, motivates and empowers nurses, taking part in Back to Floor Thursday activities to quality assure care delivery at the bedside and improve patient experience.

Locally they will professionally lead innovative, improvement projects, which support the Trust's productivity and performance agenda and improve quality of care and patient outcomes; driving transformation through agreed change models.

The Senior Nurse will work in partnership with the Clinical Director, General Manager, Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing and other colleagues to develop and implement patient pathways for the services, lead and take part in clinical audit and research and support with educational framework and development of staff to deliver the divisional and directorate vision in line with wider organisational strategy.

The appointed person in partnership with their Clinical Director, operational managers, and finance and human resources colleagues will deliver Department plans, which drive efficiency and quality initiatives across the Division. He/she will deputise for the Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing.

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 to us at interview. .

Person Specification Education

• Registered Nurse with NMC Pin Number
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Educated to postgraduate degree level or equivalent experience
• Masters level qualification or working towards
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Management or leadership qualification or equivalent experience

Experience

• Improving projects
• Leading and developing a team
• Quality assurance
• Change management
• Complaints handling
• Trust wide initiatives/ committee membership
• Working at a senior nursing level at band 8a
• Experience of quality, safety 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
• Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
• IT Skills (including Microsoft Office packages and fast and accurate keyboard skills)
• Capable of working strategically
• Analyse complex information to make operational decisions
• Maintain accurate records
• Clinical governance
• Clinical Incident and risks management
• EDI agenda
• Quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
• Budget and people management
• Sound knowledge of both clinical and non-clinical policies
• Current issues in healthcare/nursing

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.