Job summary
- Main area
- Colorectal
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible as expected to do Silver on call for the Trust)
- Job ref
- 337-NP-9137AC-B
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross site, but mainly in CMH
- Town
- Acton
- Salary
- £82,906 - £94,632 pro rata pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Head of Nursing - St Mark's Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 8c
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
The Head of Nursing is a key member of the nursing management team working closely with the Divisional Director of Nursing for Surgery and St Mark's Hospital. As Head of Nursing, the post holder will provide leadership, facilitation, and operational direction to all nurses within St Marks Hospital, ensuring this reflects the changing needs of the wider Division and the organisation. Through professional leadership the post holder is responsible for providing patient focused services.
The role will support the Division in providing cross-site (NPH, Ealing and CMH) leadership but will mainly be based at Central Middlesex Hospital
Main duties of the job
- Ensure an effective, efficient, high-quality service is delivered by competent, motivated nursing staff
- Demonstrate clinical credibility and act as a role model in the delivery of patient care.
- Hold line reports to account for improving standards and delivery of their objectives in their clinical areas.
- Monitor and assesses clinical areas against CQC standards and key lines of enquiry, ensuring appropriate timely action if improvement is required.
- To act as a clinical expert within the Division.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full role duties and responsibilities
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full role duties and responsibilities
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Post graduate qualification or equivalent.
- Teaching and assessing qualification or relevant experience
- Higher degree/ Masters or working towards
- Management Qualification/ Experience
- Experience of managing multiple budgets
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills suitable for working as part of a large team managing complex situations
Desirable criteria
- Experience in colorectal and gastrointestinal nursing
Desirable
Desirable criteria
- Advance nursing practice qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nancy Hyde
- Job title
- Divisional Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07789868246
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