# Head of Nursing - Medical specialities

**Company**: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
**Location**: Harlow
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £79504.00 to £91609.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, compassionate and inspirational Head of Nursing to join and provide professional leadership across a defined portfolio of care services.

The postholder will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe and person-centred care while supporting the strategic and operational objectives of the division.

As a key member of the divisional leadership team, you will work collaboratively with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues to drive improvements in quality, patient safety and patient experience.

You will provide visible nursing leadership, support workforce development, strengthen governance arrangements and contribute to the implementation of the Trust's Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy.

This is a senior leadership role requiring an individual who can successfully balance quality, workforce, operational and financial priorities while maintaining an unwavering commitment to delivering outstanding patient care and supporting our people to thrive.

Main duties of the job:

- Provide visible, compassionate and credible professional leadership to nursing and allied health professional teams across the division.

- Lead improvements in patient safety, clinical quality and patient experience, ensuring learning is embedded and improvements are sustained.

- Ensure robust clinical governance, risk management and regulatory compliance across all services.

- Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention, succession planning and professional development initiatives.

- Promote high professional standards, accountability and evidence-based practice in line with the NMC Code and national guidance.

- Monitor quality, workforce and performance information to identify risks, provide assurance and drive measurable improvements.

- Support the development of integrated care pathways and collaborative working across organisational and system boundaries.

- Lead responses to incidents, complaints, audits and inspections, ensuring learning is translated into service improvement.

- Support effective financial and workforce management, ensuring resources are used safely and efficiently.

- Foster a culture of inclusion, innovation, psychological safety and continuous improvement where staff feel valued, supported and empowered to deliver excellent care.

- Deputise for the Divisional Director of Nursing when required and represent the division at Trust-wide and system-level forums.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, Integrated Care System partners and external stakeholders to improve population health outcomes, reduce health inequalities and develop integrated models of care.

We are looking for an experienced senior nurse who is currently registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and has a proven track record of leading complex clinical services, workforce transformation and quality improvement programmes.

You will possess excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills, alongside the resilience and leadership capability required to operate effectively within a complex and fast-paced NHS environment.

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## Skills

### Required
- NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife
- Masters level or equivalent senior leadership experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in leadership, management, or clinical practice

### Nice to have
- Completion of NHS Leadership Academy programme or equivalent
- Qualification in coaching, mentoring, or change management

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