Head of Nursing | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £82,906 - £94,632 Per Annum Including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7698939/391-NMUH-7698939 |
Summary
We are seeking exceptional, inspiring and experienced nursing leaders to join Royal Free London Group as Heads of Nursing. These pivotal roles sit within our Divisional Leadership Teams, shaping high-quality services and create environments where staff can truly thrive.
This is an exciting time to join the Trust as we implement a new clinical operational model that strengthens accountability, flow, and professional leadership across pathways of care.
At Royal Free London we haveset out an ambitious plan to enable our staff to deliver world-leading healthcare for all our patients, meet growing demand and create a healthier future for local people and those further afield who come to our hospitals for specialist treatment.
Our clinical vision is transforming how we deliver world-class care, and the way people access our services.Our hospitals have different opportunities and challenges based on the patients they care for. We have developed local clinical priorities that reflect the needs and expectations of those different communities
About You
You will be a credible, visible and values-driven nursing leader, able to:
• Envision and implement future models of nursing care aligned to system priorities.
• Lead through influence, collaboration and clinical credibility.
• Foster high-performing, compassionate teams and inclusive, positive working cultures.
• Balance strategic leadership with operational grip and delivery.
• Champion equality, diversity and inclusion for patients & staff.
We have three exciting opportunities across two major divisions, all with their main base at the North Middlesex University Hospital:
BCYP Division – across hospital, community & CAMHS services
• BCYP Community & Therapies
• BCYP Hospital & CAMHS
Surgery & Associated Specialties Division
• Surgery & Associated Specialties
Each role offers the opportunity to lead complex services, influence strategy, & champion outstanding patient & staff experience.
Key Responsibilities
BCYP roles
• Lead nursing teams across BCYP services, including acute, community, therapies, & CAMHS (role dependent).
• Act as a senior advocate for patients & families, ensuring care is safe, compassionate, equitable, & developmentally appropriate.
• Shape & strengthen integrated pathways across hospital & community settings.
Surgical role
• Lead nursing teams across Critical Care, Theatres in surgical and associated specialties.
• Drive improvement, patient flow, & workforce sustainability across complex surgical pathways.
Across all roles
• Ensure delivery of safe, evidence-based, compassionate and person-centred care.
• Strengthen patient pathways, improve outcomes, & enhance experience for service users.
• Lead quality improvement, workforce development, & professional standards.
• Contribute to divisional and Trust-wide strategy as a senior nursing leader.
• Work collaboratively with partners including local authorities, primary care, Integrated Care Systems, NHS England and professional networks.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
Take a tour of our hospital here
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026