# Head of Nursing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-nursing/b3225d2b-d831-4b99-9dbf-27f93031cde1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-nursing/b3225d2b-d831-4b99-9dbf-27f93031cde1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** St Marys Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £88,250 - £100,355 pa Inclusive - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-25T09:30:30.689Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Paediatrics/Paediatrics-v8250127 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8250127?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview At West London Children's Healthcare, we are committed to delivering outstanding care for children, young people and their families. As our Head of Nursing, Children and Young People, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our services, leading with compassion, integrity and a relentless focus on quality. Working closely with the Director of Nursing, Clinical Directors and General Managers, you will provide visible and inspiring leadership across children's services, creating an environment where staff feel valued, empowered and supported to deliver the best possible care. You will drive improvements in quality, safety and patient experience, while championing innovation, research and service development. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference, influencing care today while helping to build the children's services of tomorrow. ### Main duties of the job - Provide strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership across Children and Young People’s services. - Lead and support nursing teams to deliver safe, compassionate and high-quality care for children, young people and their families. - Foster a culture where colleagues feel empowered, developed and able to thrive. - Drive improvements in quality, safety, governance and patient experience, ensuring the highest standards of care. - Work in partnership with senior clinical and operational leaders to shape and develop services that meet the changing needs of our communities. - Ensure effective workforce planning, staff deployment and professional development across nursing teams. - Champion research, innovation and evidence-based practice to improve outcomes for patients and families. - Act as a trusted source of expert advice on children's nursing and professional practice. - Contribute as a senior leader to the delivery of West London Children's Healthcare and Trust-wide priorities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities 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. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Critical analysis and imaginative problem solving - Understanding and experience of strategic issues and management - Proven record of innovative management including effective use of resources in change management - Proven success as a leader and member of a team, achieving corporate and local objectives - Effective negotiating, influencing and leadership and ability to build and motivate teams ### Education **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Child) - Formal Management qualification or equivalent level of skill acquired through experience. **Desirable** - Master’s degree or working towards one. ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive successful experience in a demanding Senior Nurse role or equivalent managerial role at a senior level within a complex organisation - Significant experience of HR management, including managing grievance and disciplinary hearings - Experience of working in an operational nursing senior capacity - Demonstrable experience in working with external partners and meeting their needs in relation to quality initiatives - Demonstrable understanding and experience of management and handling of data and information ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 649.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562315) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirements (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562316) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.