Job summary
- Main area
- HIV
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 164-7385128
- Employer
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

HIV Department Leader
Band 7
Job overview
The post holder will be expected to lead a team providing care for people living with HIV (LWHIV). Individuals LWHIV are predominately managed in an outpatient setting by the Genito-Urinary Team or Infectious Diseases Department and at times are inpatients at NUH. The post holder will be expected to manage the workload across all areas. HIV Department Leader will be expected to ensure integration of the nursing and medical, working alongside the HIV consultant lead.
Main duties of the job
Have managerial responsibility for patient care, maintaining safe staffing levels and budgets.
Ensure that the standards and quality of care given are maintained to a high standard, to include a safe environment in which care is delivered.
Have responsibility for ensuring that patients and service users are involved in their care.
Be aware of the care plans relating to every patient accessing the service, be visible and accessible to patients and staff alike.
Provide visible evidence that feedback is used to maintain standards or implement improvements that have an effect on patient care.
Be a leader and role model, providing regular direct clinical care, in addition to ensuring effective use of non-clinical time to support the implementation of both clinical and non-clinical governance, facilitating the modernisation of patient services.
Commit to the standards within the NUH Professional Practice model and actively support the embedding of this within practice.
Promote the health and well-being of staff and patients
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The attached job description and person specification provides more detailed information with regards to responsibilities, experience and qualifications
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Current level one NMC registration/HCPC registration
- • Professional knowledge acquired through obtaining a degree (BSc Hons in Nursing/health related studies), supplemented by clinical experience.
- • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and reflective practice.
- • Completion of all local competency packages.
- • Evidence of Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) training or equivalent.
- • Evidence of leadership and management training.
- • National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA) Advanced competencies or willingness to complete
- • Non-Medical Prescriber (NMP) qualification or willingness to complete
Desirable criteria
- • Working towards Masters in Nursing/ health related studies
- • Completion of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or willingness to undertake
- • Research training or experience.
- • Quality Service Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) methodology training or equivalent.
- • Trained coach or clinical supervisor
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Post registration experience of leadership and/or management
- • Able to manage the clinical area, ward or department efficiently and effectively.
- • Able to lead change and new ways of working
- • Demonstrates professional autonomy and effective decision making skills when managing caseload
- • Experience of managing risk, handling clinical incidents and complaints
Desirable criteria
- • Experience supporting audit or research within the clinical area or department.
- • Experience of formal teaching of groups of staff.
- • Budget management.
- • Patient partnership working.
Communication and Relationship Skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to present and receive complex information within the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT).
- • Team player who can initiate, delegate and complete projects.
- • Demonstrate negotiation and influencing skills.
- • Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with conflict.
- • Demonstrate self-awareness and understanding of personal accountability.
- • Able to support colleagues, patients and relatives/carers in distressing circumstances
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate leadership for the management of change.
- • Experience developing external partnerships supporting collaborative working.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to respond to, prioritise and analyse clinical and non-clinical complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are in place.
- • Able to deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines.
- • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of national policy and current issues affecting specialty and its implications for practice
- • Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NUH and NHS strategy and policy
Planning and Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- • Able to plan the delivery of nursing care and coordination of the MDT.
- • Able to formulate short and long-term objectives.
- • Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- • Demonstrate the personal development of members within a team.
Desirable criteria
- • Demonstrate effective resource management.
- • Have experience in strategic planning for a service.
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- • Physically able to perform the full range of professional duties.
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
- Lee Portas
- Job title
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03001317010
- Additional information
Susan Griffiths
Matron
0115 9691169 ext. 71607
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