Lead Nurse - Acute & Specialist Medicine
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, W2 1NYView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£75,328 to £86,114
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 October 2026
11 days leftJob description
We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional and highly experienced senior nurse to join Acute & Specialist Medicine as Lead Nurse for Acute Med...
- Strategic and professional leadership
- Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive nursing leadership across Acute Medicine.
- Contribute to directorate, divisional and Trust strategy, translating priorities into clear and measurable delivery plans.
- Lead service redesign and transformation, ensuring clinical quality, workforce sustainability and operational performance remain aligned.
- Provide professional advice and assurance to senior leaders on nursing, quality, safety and patient experience.
- Lead the quality, safety and governance agenda across the portfolio.
- Ensure effective systems are in place to review incidents, complaints, patient feedback, audits and quality indicators, with clear learning and action.
- Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement, innovation, openness and accountability.
- Maintain strong oversight of regulatory standards, professional practice and compliance with Trust policies.
- Champion co-production and ensure the patient and carer voice informs service improvement
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Master's degree or equivalent senior-level knowledge and experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to senior nursing leadership
- Recognised leadership or management development, or equivalent experience
- Recognised teaching, assessing or practice education qualification, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Master's qualification completed or working towards completion
- Formal quality improvement, project management or coaching qualification
- Advanced clinical practice or speciality-related qualification
Experience
Essential
- Substantial senior nursing leadership experience at Band 8A level or above
- Senior experience within Emergency Care, Acute Medicine or Specialist Medicine
- Leading large teams and complex services across multiple clinical areas
- Delivering quality improvement, transformation and sustained service change
- Quality governance, patient safety, risk management, complaints, audit and regulatory assurance
- Managing patient flow, workforce pressures and competing operational priorities
- Workforce planning, safe staffing, recruitment, retention and staff development
- Budget management, business planning and delivery of productivity or efficiency plans
- Working collaboratively with senior multidisciplinary, corporate and system partners
Desirable
- Experience of Virtual Ward, medical SDEC, discharge, elective or cross-site pathway development
- Experience of research, publication, conference presentation or academic partnership working
- Experience of leading Trust-wide programmes or committees
- Project management experience
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of current NHS, nursing, urgent and emergency care, workforce and regulatory priorities
- Sound financial, resource and people-management skills
- High standard of written reporting, presentation and digital literacy, including Microsoft Office applications
Desirable
- Root cause analysis or systems-based investigation skills
- Coaching, mediation or facilitation skills
- Knowledge of digital transformation, data visualisation or population health approaches
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
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First seen
25 September 2026
Last checked
28 September 2026
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