Overview
Head of Nursing for Medicine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The post is a key leadership role within the Divisional Management Team, reporting to the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance, with a focus on day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services in the Medical Specialities and division projects.
The post holder supports the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance and other senior managers in the daily clinical business, and undertakes delegated nursing development programmes, recruitment and retention, measurement and improvement of care standards and patient experience within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resources. A highly visible, authoritative, democratic leadership style underpins the role, aligned to Trust values. The post holder may deputise for the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance as required.
Main duties
* Provide professional and clinical leadership to the clinical services in partnership with the Divisional management team and service leads, ensuring nursing, midwifery and AHP staff are appropriately managed and developed.
* Manage budgets for pathways and services within the portfolio, identify cost pressures, and support cost improvement plans.
* Ensure fair and effective staff management, appropriate staffing levels, controlled leave, and up-to-date mandatory training and appraisals.
* Participate in the Trust on-call manager rota.
* Ensure clinical services are managed within budget and achieve key performance indicators.
* Deliver patient care with compassion to a high standard and support a positive patient experience, using clinical indicators and High Impact Intervention audits.
* Maintain a visible leadership profile, conduct quality rounds, and engage proactively with service areas as required.
* Ensure pathways and services achieve contracted activity and access targets; develop local systems for patient feedback and respond to adverse outcomes.
* Manage complaints and incidents promptly and to a high quality.
About us
Our people are our greatest asset. We value Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) with staff networks, a corporate EDI Team, and programmes to advance representation and inclusion across the organisation.
Details
Date posted: 08 September 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for Change
Band: Band 8c
Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year plus HCA
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference: 197-HF7279
Location: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, SE18 4QH
Job responsibilities (expanded)
* Work with the Divisional management team and service leads to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring management and development of nursing, midwifery and AHP staff.
* Implement Trust corporate Nursing and Midwifery priorities and strategy in partnership with the Chief Nurse and Clinical Services lead.
* Maintain a highly visible leadership profile, conduct quality rounds, and engage with service areas as required.
* Support Matrons to supervise clinical areas needing additional support to maintain patient safety and meet improvement objectives.
* Collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure safe, effective standards of patient flow, care management and delivery.
* Ensure patient care is delivered with care and compassion, achieving clinical quality standards via relevant indicators and audits.
* Standardise approaches across pathways and services to ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures.
* Ensure all clinical services in the portfolio are within budget and meet KPIs.
* Contribute to the Division’s business plan and cross-service/external partnerships; deliver quality and service improvement projects.
* Deliver the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Strategy in terms of non-medical clinical staff recruitment, retention and development.
* Manage nursing or midwifery innovation and development within the division; identify contributions to service development, QIPP and cost improvement.
* Support governance, risk management, and compliance with internal and external requirements; conduct root cause analyses of complaints and adverse incidents relevant to non-medical clinical staff.
* Represent the Trust with NHS and partner organisations and foster integrated working with patient involvement where appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training – Essential: RN (Part 1); postgraduate training in Clinical Specialty, or Business or NHS Management; first degree level or equivalent; Master’s degree desirable.
Experience – Essential: Minimum 3 years operational management in an acute NHS Trust (senior level) and 3 years staff management; management of change; familiarity with basic IT. Desirable: governance and PSIRF experience.
Knowledge & Skills – Essential: drive, leadership, collaborative approach, problem solving, stakeholder engagement, resilience in managing own limitations. Personal Qualities – Essential: flexibility, resilience, willingness to travel around the borough.
Compliance
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a DBS disclosure. UK Registration: Current UK professional registration required. See NHS Careers for details.
Employer details
Employer: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, SE18 4QH
Employer website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/
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