Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a visible, compassionate leader who is passionate about delivering high-quality care for our older patients and those recovering from stroke.
In this role, you will provide strong clinical and professional leadership to our nursing teams, ensuring excellent standards of care, patient experience, and staff wellbeing. You will support the delivery of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, lead on quality and performance improvement, and ensure effective governance across the service. You will also have responsibility for line managing nursing staff within your area.
The post holder will spend at least 20% of their time in clinical practice, maintaining credibility, supporting teams, and driving best practice at the point of care.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a resilient, forward-thinking nurse leader who is committed to innovation, service improvement, and delivering exceptional standards of dignity and compassion.
Please note that if you have applied for this position within the last 6 months and were not successful, we kindly ask that you do not reapply at this time.
NLPSS have advised that candidates who do not meet the required benchmark score are routinely recommended to wait 6 months before submitting a new application.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will also undertake the key functions of the matron role ensuring the attainment and monitoring of quality and clinical performance indicators and ensuring that any aspect of Directorate service delivery is underpinned by the patient and service user experience. This role will be primarily based at one site but, where thepostholder is managing a portfolio offering services across more than one site, the postholder will be expected to travel where required and have clear visibility across all health unit sites within their remit.
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse(Adult)
- First degree /or equivalent knowledge and skill
- Relevant post registration courses in speciality
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Educated to Masters level or working towards
- Evidence of management and leadership development
Experience
Essential
- Current experience of line management of staff
- Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff both formally and informally
- Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care
- Proven experience of managing budgetary resources
- Evidence of managing Employment relation issues
- Proven experience of recruitment of staff to set world class values
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise
- Evidence of political awareness and professional issues in nursing
- Experience of managing and sustaining change
- Experience of developing and implementing new policies and guidance
- Evidence of clinical standard/ guideline setting
- Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing
- Skilled in staff selection and development
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care
- Highly effective communication and relationship skills
- Evidence of involvement with patient/user groups to develop patient centred care
- Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, excel and powerpoint
- Demonstrable ability to assess complexity and situations which require analysis and opinion
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of recent personal development activity
- Demonstrates an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Highly professional role model
- Able to work to work under pressure
- To be flexible and approachable
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse(Adult)
- First degree /or equivalent knowledge and skill
- Relevant post registration courses in speciality
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Educated to Masters level or working towards
- Evidence of management and leadership development
Experience
Essential
- Current experience of line management of staff
- Evidence of teaching and developing junior staff both formally and informally
- Evidence of leading a change management initiative which improved patient care
- Proven experience of managing budgetary resources
- Evidence of managing Employment relation issues
- Proven experience of recruitment of staff to set world class values
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Demonstrate advanced clinical expertise
- Evidence of political awareness and professional issues in nursing
- Experience of managing and sustaining change
- Experience of developing and implementing new policies and guidance
- Evidence of clinical standard/ guideline setting
- Evidence of understanding professional issues in nursing
- Skilled in staff selection and development
- Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care
- Highly effective communication and relationship skills
- Evidence of involvement with patient/user groups to develop patient centred care
- Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, excel and powerpoint
- Demonstrable ability to assess complexity and situations which require analysis and opinion
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of recent personal development activity
- Demonstrates an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Highly professional role model
- Able to work to work under pressure
- To be flexible and approachable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
