Head of Nursing
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £76,965.00 to £88,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £76965.00 - £88682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2025 |
| Location: | Woolwich, SE18 4QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9197-25-0871 |
Summary
Work with the Divisional management team and service leads to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure all nursing, midwifery and AHP staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated. In partnership with the Chief Nurse and Clinical Services lead and implement the Trusts corporate Nursing and Midwifery priorities and strategy. Maintain a highly visible leadership profile, undertaking quality rounds and being proactive about engaging with service areas where required. Support Matrons to supervise clinical areas requiring special management measures or additional support to ensure that patient safety is maintained and improvement objectives are met. Work with other health care professionals in the service to ensure safe, effective and professional standards of patient flows, care management and delivery. Ensure that patient care is delivered with care and compassion to a high standard, to ensure a positive patient experience and achievement of clinical quality standards as measured through the collection and use of relevant clinical indicators and High Impact Intervention audits. Ensure a consistent approach is taken across pathways and services in the Service, so that all clinical staff comply with Trust-wide policies and procedures. Ensure all clinical services in the post holders portfolio are managed within budget and achieving their key performance indicators. Contribute to the development and implementation of the Divisions business plan by contributing to the service and business strategy, including cross-service and external partnership working Responsible for the delivery of identified quality and service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services Delivery of the Trusts Equality and Diversity Strategy in terms of non-medical clinical staff recruitment, retention and development. On behalf of the Chief Nurse, to manage the delivery of all nursing or midwifery innovation and development within the division and where relevant, for the Trust. Identify and take forward the specific contribution nursing or midwifery can make to the development of the services in the Division, delivery of QIPP and achievement of the cost improvement programme. Support the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance and Service Leads in the development and application of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements that ensure full compliance with internal and external governance procedures and to benchmark against best practice requirements. Undertaking root cause and trend analyses of selected complaints and adverse incidents, and especially as they relate to nursing or midwifery or other non-medical clinical staff. Responsible for ensuring that all other aspects of risk and clinical governance are robustly and effectively managed, especially as they relate to non-medical clinical staff. Responsible for the delivery of identified service improvement projects or development programmes that contribute to the modernisation of patient services, providing both professional and clinical advice as necessary Where appropriate, support the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance to (a) represent the Trust within the NHS and with partner organisations, (b) work closely with them to institute integrated working in the best interest of patient care, (c) ensure appropriate public and patient involvement in assessing service quality and improvements.