Head of Nursing
| Posting date: | 22 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £85,431.00 to £97,148.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £85431.00 - £97148.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE19RT |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9196-26-0077 |
Summary
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Leadership & Performance Management In partnership with the Clinical Director and General Manager, provide leadership to all Directorate staff, ensuring clear communication of Trust and Directorate values, vision, priorities and expectations to ensure the engagement of teams to deliver services of the highest quality. In partnership with the Clinical Director provide professional and clinical leadership to Directorate staff. To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the Directorate Service Delivery Plan In partnership with the Clinical Director and General Manager, develop and deliver the strategy and performance management of clinical services, holding service operational management teams to account for delivery of their service objectives and performance through regular performance review meetings. Joint responsibility with the General Manager to manage the highly complex nature of the business area and ensuing that the appropriate strategic plans are delivered within the complex operating framework. Joint responsibility with the General Manager and Clinical Director for the development and delivery of capacity plans to ensure that the directorate achieves access targets including 18 weeks for first appointment and Cancer targets of cancer targets of 62 days to treatment and FDS of 28 days. Responsibility and accountability for nursing specific Quality, Safety and Productivity targets, Delivering to plan and taking immediate and robust actions should standards fall. To hold Lead Clinicians, Senior Nurses and other health professionals to account for delivery of their objectives through regular performance review meetings. Produce performance reports and briefings to monitor Directorate activities and to support decision making Provide the leadership and experience to manage and deliver on the complex and changing workload, which will include the need to identify and resolve conflicting priorities within tight timescales. Develop workforce plans for nursing and AHP as required and provide appropriate input and challenge to clinical and business plans where necessary. Exercising delegated authority on behalf of the Clinical Director, the post holder will provide leadership to resolve day-to-day management issues within the Directorate. To formally deputise for the Clinical Director as required.