Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Lead Nurse

St Mary's Hospital; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare facility in London is seeking an exceptional Lead Nurse / Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This role encompasses providing operational leadership for the HIV nursing team while also delivering advanced clinical care. The ideal candidate must be a registered nurse with extensive experience in sexual health and HIV. This position offers opportunities for professional development and comes with various employee benefits, including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working options

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience.
• Minimum of 3 years in a clinical position within sexual health.
• Minimum of 18 months of experience in staff management.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical care in HIV.
• Lead operational management of the HIV nursing team.
• Engage in departmental teaching and research initiatives.

Skills

Leadership skills

Experience in change management

Ability to work autonomously

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife

Working towards a master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice

Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare

Job description

Job overview

We are looking for an exceptional nurse to appoint to this key leadership post within our HIV and Integrated Sexual Health service based at St Mary’s hospital in central London.

The successful candidate for this Lead Nurse / Advanced Clinical Practitioner role will provide operational leadership and direction for the HIV nursing team comprising of nurse practitioners, specialty nurses, staff nurses, nursing associates and healthcare assistants.

Our ideal candidate will have extensive relevant experience within the field, advanced clinical skills and knowledge, especially in operational management, and HIV. The post holder will be expected to work clinically as well as proving operational leadership to the team.

Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will be a skilled communicator with a passion for education and staff development. You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for both patients and staff, and on developing the highest standards of evidence based practice and achieving key quality metrics.

You will be fully supported in your role by the department’s consultant nurses and wider leadership teams.

Main duties of the job

• Advanced clinical care in HIV
• Operational leadership of the HIV service, including management of the nurse practitioner team
• Taking an active role in departmental teaching
• Audit, research & service development

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse / Midwife
• Has attained / working towards a master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or related area
• Post registration courses in HIV, contraception and / or sexual health.
• Holds / working towards Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare, letters of competence in sub dermal implants and intrauterine devices

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and assessing qualification and has taught as a guest lecturer in sexual health at a University level
• Holds / working towards Faculty Registered trainer status
• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• Minimum of 3 years in a clinical position within sexual health posts
• Minimum of 18 months of experience of staff management

Desirable criteria

• Previous people management / budget management experience
• Previous experience of staff supervisionPrevious experience of involvement with clinical audit and / or disease surveillance

Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience in change management
• Previous experience of working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• A proven ability to work autonomously at an advanced level in both male and female patients in sexual and reproductive health
• Leadership skills.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrate commitment through involvement in Trust wide initiatives / committees.
• Comprehensive understanding of other services and local referral networks.
• Proven work record of busy / stressful environments
• Experience of managing projects and delivering cost Improvement plans

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).