Acute Deteriorating Improvement Team (ADIT) Lead Nurse | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 06 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG5 6PN |
| Company: | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7736266/164-7736266 |
Summary
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Registered Nurse to join Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust’sAcute Deterioration Improvement Team (ADIT).
As Lead Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in delivering trust-wide improvements to the recognition, escalation, and management of clinically deteriorating patients. This post offers the chance to work within a high-performing, evidence-driven team, contributing to nationally recognised quality improvement work across adult inpatient, emergency, and cross-specialty pathways.
The role demands clinical credibility, a sound grasp of quality improvement methodologies, and the ability to translate data into action at the front line. You will work closely with multi-professional teams to design, deliver, and evaluate safety-critical interventions in areas such as sepsis care, early warning scores (NEWS2/PEWS/MEOWS), handover safety, fluid management, and failure to rescue.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious professional to develop system-wide leadership skills, shape clinical standards, and directly impact patient outcomes across NUH’s three hospital sites. The successful candidate will be supported by the ADIT Matron and the wider Recognise & Rescue Steering Group and will contribute to strategic programmes aligned to NUH’s Quality Strategy and Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP).
If you are passionate about patient safety, enjoy working collaboratively, and thrive on driving measurable improvements in care delivery, we would love to hear from you.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Feb 2026