Head of Nursing-Emergency Medicine

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated, professional Nurse with a passion for working at a senior level and looking for your next step in Emergency Care Medicine.

The Head of Nursing for the Emergency Department is a senior member of the nursing division who will support the Divisional Nurse and wider nursing teams across two sites. The post holder will be responsible for taking the lead on:

• Recruitment and retention
• Measuring and improving standards of care and the patient experience, in accordance with agreed objectives
• Targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints

The post-holder is pivotal to ensuring safe, timely and compassionate care to patients and service users across and beyond designated areas.

If you wish to make a difference, and have the experience, skills and passion to take forward nursing across Emergency Medicine then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To manage nurses and nursing within the urgent care directorate in support of the Associate Director of Nursing for Medicine. The Directorate will be led by the Clinical Director, with the Associate Director of Nursing taking shared responsibility for clinical governance, operational delivery, clinical safety and financial control. The Head of Nursing will directly manage the Clinical Matrons and be responsible for the delivery of safe and effective nursing care. The Head of Nursing will be accountable for the delivery of a high performing, effective nursing service including the delivery of a balanced budget and associated financial performance. The Head of Nursing will undertake delegated responsibility from the Associate Director of Nursing for dedicated healthcare governance portfolio and specific group of clinical areas.

About us

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecologyto over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospitaland St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Careand Surrey Downs Health and Care. St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unitand Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E)and Maternity services (Obstetrics). With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.

As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George's Hospital and St George's Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.