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Job summary

Main area
Corporate
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
309-UCLH-6961
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University College London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2025 23:59

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Senior Nurse - Workforce Utilisation

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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Job overview

The Nursing & Midwifery Workforce team in UCLH is seeking to appoint an experienced Workforce Utilisation Nurse with outstanding leadership skills and a passion for staff development, engagement and workforce planning. You will have a central role in supporting the delivery of excellence in healthcare by ensuring we have the right number of staff, with the right skills, values and behaviours at the right time and in the right place (NHS 2013, NQB 2016)

You will be an integral part of the Nursing & Midwifery workforce team, supporting our current strategy and developing and implementing new approaches to nursing and midwifery workforce utilisation, as well as opportunities for nurse led research to support initiatives to enhance our workforce, ensuring our organisation remains a destination of choice.

We welcome your experience, creativity and innovative ideas. As a member of the team, you will be supported and nurtured as you continue in your professional development.

Interviews will be held on the 14th November 2025.

Main duties of the job

The Corporate Nursing division is the office of the Chief Nurse, providing professional leadership and standards of practice to over 4,000 nurses, midwives, nursing associates and healthcare assistants within UCLH Trust. The division consists of the Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Team, Nursing Education Team, Harm Free Care Team, the PERRT team, PALs, Patient Affairs, Volunteers, and Chaplaincy.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. 

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: 

·       University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 

·       National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

·       Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

·       University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

·       Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 

·       University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 

·       The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

·       UCLH at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details / informal visits contact: Inge Cordner ([email protected]) Assistant Chief Nurse Workforce

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. 

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff - UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. 

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. 

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? 

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First level registered nurse
  • Educated to Masters level or working towards completion of a Masters programme within the next 12months
  • Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of E-roster, safe staffing and workforce policies
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership Qualification
  • Management qualification
  • Safer Staffing Fellow or working towards
  • Experience of N&M establishment setting tools e.g., safer nursing care tool / audit
  • Competent in the use of IT skills, data management and report writing in relation to roster practice.
  • Good knowledge base regarding clinical information systems and the appropriate application of IT to clinical practice

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in line managing a team
  • Ability to build professional relationships and rapport with staff of all levels including senior clinical, corporate and managerial colleagues
  • Experience of developing workforce plans in line with future service requirements
  • Experience in reviewing capacity and capability in the N&M workforce

Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of current NHS workforce-related strategies and initiatives

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Advance IT and report writing skills, to include but not limited to; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams, Zoom

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders and a successful track record of influence and engagement

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria
  • Human Resource Skills
  • Decision Making Skills
  • Practise Development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Inge Cordner
Job title
Assistant Chief Nurse Workforce
Email address
[email protected]
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