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.
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 through publications, presenting at Conferences and general internal and external networking.
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.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
