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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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
Person specification
Essential
- 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
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This advert is for Lead Nurse Discharge with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Hillingdon. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £72,719 - £83,505 per annum (incl. of HCAA). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 25 Aug 2026.
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