# Lead Nurse (Matron) - Oncology & Acute Medicine

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: Negotiable
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Lead Nurse is directly responsible for the day-to-day operational and clinical management and performance of the Oncology and Acute Medicine services delivered at the Cromwell Hospital.

As a key member of the nursing leadership team, you will be responsible for advancing change in four main areas of impact: quality, patient experience, finance and efficiency, and leadership and skills development.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide strong, visible clinical leadership across Oncology and Acute Medicine, inspiring teams and promoting best practice.

- Ensure high standards of care are delivered and monitored in line with regulatory and professional requirements.

- Lead clinical governance, audits, and compliance with CQC and other statutory frameworks.

- Drive improvements in patient experience, clinical quality, operational efficiency, and pathway development.

- Collaborate with consultants and multidisciplinary teams to enhance services and develop new procedures and protocols.

- Promote evidence-based practice, innovation, and a strong learning culture.

- Mentor and develop senior nurses, strengthening leadership capability and succession planning.

- Manage resources effectively, ensuring safe staffing, strong financial stewardship, and efficient service delivery.

- Maintain strong consultant relationships and ensure services meet agreed clinical standards.

**About us**

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

**Benefits**

- Payment of professional registration fees

- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell

- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind

- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance

- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available

- Various other benefits and online discounts

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## Skills

### Required
- Active NMC Registration as an Adult Nurse
- Teaching/assessing qualification
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- ILS certification
- Substantial clinical experience within an acute setting
- Strong Oncology/Acute Medicine knowledge
- Demonstrated experience leading change and driving innovation in practice
- Experience in clinical governance, audit, benchmarking, and complaints management
- Strong financial awareness and experience in resource management
- Evidence of professional leadership and continuous professional development

### Nice to have
- Diploma in Management Studies or equivalent
- ALS certification

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