Job Description Clinical Head of Department - Outpatient and Pre Assessment Tunbridge Wells Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full Time Up to £56,500.00 per annum, dependent on experience 37.5 hours per week
Key Responsibilities
* Provide strategic and operational leadership to outpatient and pre-assessment nursing services
* Drive excellence in patient care, ensuring services are safe, effective, and responsive
* Champion clinical governance, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice
* Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance service delivery and patient outcomes
* Lead workforce planning, recruitment, and development of nursing staff
* Support financial and performance targets, contributing to the department's commercial success
About You
* Proven leadership experience in a clinical setting, ideally within outpatient or pre-assessment services
* Strong understanding of clinical governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance
* Commercially astute, with experience managing budgets and driving service efficiency
* Excellent communication, influencing, and team-building skills
* Passionate about innovation and continuous improvement in patient care
Hospital Overview
Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital is recognised for its friendly atmosphere, clinical expertise, and high standards of care. Our purpose‑built hospital has been established since 1968 and houses 40 en‑suite bedrooms, busy outpatients and pre‑assessment departments, a diagnostic imaging service (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Mammography and X‑ray), pathology, a paediatric unit, surgical recovery ward, cancer care unit, three state‑of‑the‑art operating theatres and physiotherapy services.
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