Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse Management
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
- Job ref
- 394-UPC-8171792VV
- Employer
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hillingdon
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £72,719 - £83,505 per annum (incl. of HCAA)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/09/2026
Employer heading
Lead Nurse Discharge
NHS AfC: Band 8b
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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).
Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.
“We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”
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Job overview
The Lead Nurse will provide visible clinical and professional leadership of the integrated discharge team, the Lead Nurse post is a senior leadership role focused on patient flow, complex discharges, and delayed discharge reduction.
The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing the Hillingdon Hospital Integrated Discharge Team, delivering a robust integrated discharge model that ensures effective, person-centred and integrated pathways of care out of hospital are embedded through interdisciplinary ways of working and clear, well managed processes and protocols.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.
The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Person specification
Essential criteria
- Currently registered with the NMC
- Master’s Level or working towards
- Experience of working at a senior level and working collaboratively with external stakeholders e.g. partners in primary care, local authorities, other NHS organisations
- Experience of leading significant project work and managing service changes.
- Experience of service development and quality improvement
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
- Paula Wheatley
- Job title
- Divisional director of nursing unplanned care
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07909525364
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