Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Senior Nurse within Division of medicine at Whipps cross hospital. We are looking for an individual who can provide leadership to the Division with particular emphasis on leading and Improving Services . You will be an   enthusiastic assertive and inspirational leader who has a passion for steering the medical nursing agenda. Providing high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes in a way that delivers efficiencies and meeting the expectations of patients and the public.

Main duties of the job

The post holder provides forward-thinking clinical and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within the service group, ensuring the nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively. He/she contributes to the ongoing implementation of the nursing strategy, ensuring achievement of its objectives and strive to develop nursing roles in accordance with patient and service needs.

The Senior Nurse will lead innovative improvement projects which supports the Trust Quality strategy, driving transformation through change models and prepare business cases where appropriate. He/she will ensure patient experience in wards /departments is of the highest possible standard and reflecting Trust values at all times with particular emphasis on patient safety, dignity and compassion.

The Senior Nurse will work in partnership with the Service Clinical Directors, Service Managers and other colleagues to continue to develop and implement a clinical, research and academic service strategy promoting multi professional research, audit and education that contributes to delivering the Hospitals and the Groups objectives. The Senior Nurse will work to ensure staff health and wellbeing is considered within the service objectives.

The post holder may be required to deputise for their line manager in his/her absence, overseeing the smooth running of the service as required.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.