Job vacancy: Lead Nurse Children and Young People WLCH, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Fulham

Job summary

Main area

Paediatrics

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Will be required to work on-call on some weekends/bank holidays)

Job ref

289-SC-2421

Employer: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Fulham
Salary: £70,387 - £80,465 per annum incl. HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/04/2025 23:59

Lead Nurse Children and Young People WLCH

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Provide expert knowledge and advice on all matters relating to Children’s Services

Demonstrate expert knowledge by being visible, accessible and using clinical skills within the workplace as appropriate

Supervise and ensure that continuous quality improvement programmes are in place working collaboratively with the Head of Nursing and Director of Nursing.

Supervise the management of complaints and clinical incidents, ensuring robust systems are developed and implemented to inform and improve practise

Provide strong professional and managerial leadership, by being a highly visible and authoritative presence ensuring the provision of a high quality, responsive children’s nursing service with the needs of the child and its family placed at the centre of care delivery

Lead Innovation in nursing practice using an evidence based approach to meet the needs of the child, family, relatives and staff

Ensure Senior Nurses and Ward Managers are effectively managing their wards/departments, within the agreed budget and have responsibility for managing nursing budgets within sphere of responsibility

Work collaboratively with the Patient Advisory and Liaison Service, identifying areas for public and patient involvement and ensuring that the Family Liaison Nurses are involved in co-ordinating this work within the Service and all areas of the Trust where children are treated. This includes leading on the patient/parent involvement strategy, ensuring that opportunities to learn from user experiences are sought and opportunities to improve the experience of patients are families are taken

Assist with the strategic and financial planning for all wards and department within the Service, working closely with the General Manager, Service Manager and Children & Young People Head of Nursing

Act as a senior member of the management team ensuring nursing input into strategic and operational decisions

Please see job description and role specifications attached

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

RSCN/RN (child
Post registration qualification in specialty
Educated to degree level in relevant subject area
Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuing professional development
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)

Desirable criteria

Master’s degree or working towards one.

Skills

Essential criteria

Proven leadership skills through experience of leading a large team
Proven organisational and people management skills
Good time management skills, with the ability to meet deadlines and work effectively under pressure

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience at senior nurse level within children’s services
Appropriate knowledge and understanding of current issues in children’s services
Experience in quality and safety and quality assurance.
Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit

Important

The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Vivette Wallen-Mitchell
Job title: Head Of Nursing Children and Young People WLCH
Email address: [email protected]
Additional information: N/A

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Lead Nurse Children and Young People WLCH

NHS AfC: Band 8b

Job overview

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Important

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Applicant requirements

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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