Lead Nurse- Urgent Care Response and Hospitals at Home Team

Job overview

An exciting Nursing clinical leadership role, working at the forefront of the Hillingdon Urgent Care Response and new Hospitals at Home team providing clinical leadership to an exciting team and delivering highly quality interventions for avoidable hospital admission and facilitating discharges from the acute hospital settings.

You will be responsible for progressing the new Hospital at home team service and supporting the teams to clinically advance and for delivery of evidence-based interventions through direct care, supervision and training and education with practitioners in the team.

The post holder will work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures. They will utilise research skills for audit to support policy and service development; and undertake research within the area served by the service and of relevance to young people their families and carers.

Applicants must be a registered Adult RGN Nurse with extensive post graduate qualifications and experience of working with Adults providing patient-centered care and leading a team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Service Manager to support the strategic development, operational delivery, and continuous improvement of Adult Community Services within Hillingdon. They will be responsible for the operational management of staff, caseloads, and treatment pathways, ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of high-quality services. The role will also oversee performance monitoring against key indicators and ensure that robust clinical supervision arrangements are in place for all staff, in accordance with local and national standards and protocols.

The post holder will provide leadership in driving service transformation in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, working collaboratively with stakeholders to co-produce and develop innovative pathway interventions across community services. They will lead the coordination of Quality and Clinical Governance processes and assurance frameworks, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care. The role will be responsible for maintaining and monitoring high standards of clinical practice, quality, and performance, ensuring services consistently meet regulatory, organisational, and contractual requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work closely with the service manager to support the development and delivery of the adult community services in Hillingdon and will be responsible for operationally managing staff, caseload, and treatment pathway management and for monitoring performance indicators and ensuring clinical supervision for all staff in the teams is in line with local and national protocols.

The post holder will be expected to lead on service transformation in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, co-produce, and support the evolution of pathway interventions with the community services. who will co-ordinate the approach to Quality and Clinical Governance and assurance frameworks to maintain and monitor high standards of care, ensuring services meet quality and performance standards.

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.