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Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Demonstrates strong leadership skills.
- Skills
Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Skills
Formal presentation skills suitable for all audiences including chairing senior management and stakeholder meetings.
- Skills
Effective analytical and effective problem-solving skills.
- Skills
Able to manage time effectively, prioritising objectives and workloads.
- Skills
Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working.
- Skills
Able to communicate with patients and families effectively, including through challenging processes.
- Skills
Good computer skills
- Knowledge
An understand of the local and national agenda and strategy for Children.
- Knowledge
An expert level of safeguarding knowledge to be able to support responsible services.
- Knowledge
Ability and evidence of working to build internal and external relationships.
- Knowledge
Evidence of managing and leading staff with advanced leadership knowledge and facilitation skills. Including the ability to empower others.
- Knowledge
Demonstrable success in the development of clinical practices and service delivery
- Knowledge
HR knowledge
- Experience
Evidence of operational, people and management responsibilities in an acute hospital setting at matron level or above.
- Experience
Experience of working with external and internal multi-professional teams.
- Experience
Evidence of participation with manager on-call role
- Experience
Experience of auditing, evaluating and service development.
- Experience
Experience with managing complex budgets, including budget setting.
- Experience
Experience of planning, development of feasibility and business cases.
- Experience
Evidence of management/service transformation.
- Qualifications
BSc Registered Children’s Nurse/ RN with extensive Children’s or Neonatal experience.
- Qualifications
Post registration leadership and management
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Major Incident training
- Qualifications
MSc in relevant nursing or leadership subject
- Qualifications
Qualified in Managing Conflict or Mediation training.
- Qualifications
Qualified in Clinical Supervision or Professional Nurse Advocate
Job overview
Are you an inspirational children's nurse leader ready to shape the future of integrated paediatric services? We are seeking an exceptional Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics to provide strategic, compassionate, and visible leadership across a diverse portfolio of hospital and community children's services.
Working alongside senior clinical and operational leaders, you will lead strategic improvements, champion patient safety, and ensure outstanding experiences for children, young people and their families who use our services.
We are looking for a highly motivated children's nurse with significant senior leadership experience, strong operational and financial management skills, and a passion for transforming services. You will be a visible role model, empowering teams to deliver compassionate, evidence-based care while fostering innovation, accountability, inclusion, and professional development.
At Barts Health, you'll join one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, working with talented colleagues across hospital, community and system-wide partnerships to improve outcomes for children and young people across North East London.
If you are a visionary nursing leader who thrives on challenge, collaboration and making a lasting difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide forward-thinking and professional leadership to all nursing staff and other staff groups, within the Integrated Arm of the Children’s Division. The post holder will have responsibility for ward areas 7D and the Paediatric Assessment Unit, Children’s Hospital at Home and community Children’s Nursing Services based at Mile End Hospital, including the Looked After Children’s Nursing Team. In addition, the post holder will manage clinical nurse specialists within the integrated arm, namely Allergy, dermatology and children with medical complexity.
The post holder will also have full understanding of the key functions of the teams and services they manage ensuring the child and their family/carers experience in wards & departments is of a consistent high standard with an emphasis on safety, dignity and compassion. The post holder will understand the current local and national objectives for their responsible services and be able to plan and develop strategies to incorporate these into current services.
The post holder will work in partnership with the Clinical lead and General Manager for the services in their portfolio, developing the strategic direction and policy framework, ensuring that the service contributes significantly to the achievement of corporate objectives and that effective governance arrangements are implemented and maintained.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
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.
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This advert is for Senior Nurse for Integrated Paediatrics with Barts Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 8 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £75,328 - £86,114 per annum inc. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Sep 2026.
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