Band 8a Lead Nurse – HIV Outpatients and Day Care

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious healthcare provider as a Lead Nurse for HIV Outpatients and Day Care. This role offers the chance to lead nursing practice, ensuring high standards of care for patients living with HIV. You will provide clinical expertise, manage nursing resources, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. This position not only emphasizes professional development but also allows you to make a significant impact in a recognized Centre of Excellence for HIV care. If you are a motivated leader with a passion for improving patient outcomes, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with significant experience in HIV care at a senior level.
• Leadership skills and ability to manage and develop teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead on quality management related to nursing practice within HIV care.
• Provide clinical expertise and support to nursing staff and patients.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Teaching experience

Problem solving

Conflict resolution

Motivation and influencing

Education

Registered nurse with live NMC registration

Degree level education

Evidence of significant continuing professional development in HIV care

Independent prescribing qualification

Job description

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Band 8a Lead Nurse – HIV Outpatients and Day Care

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Main area: HIV
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 391-RFL-6929683

Site: Royal Free London NHS Trust
Town: London
Salary: £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/02/2025 23:59

This is an exciting secondment opportunity to be the Lead Nurse for HIV outpatients and day care at the Royal Free London. The post holder will provide clinical expertise, management and professional leadership to nursing staff at all levels within their area of responsibility, ensuring that nursing care is delivered to a high standard and that the nursing resource is managed effectively.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be accountable for leading on all aspects of quality management related to nursing practice within HIV care. They will provide a visible presence with strong professional, clinical, and managerial leadership to develop nursing at a strategic and operational level.

The post holder will provide specialist knowledge, support, and advice on HIV to patients, carers, and across the HIV Service as a whole, whilst being an independent autonomous practitioner and independent prescriber.

The Lead Nurse will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and across different levels of the organisation with a high level of autonomy and self-motivation, to facilitate and support, inspire, design and lead projects.

Working for our organisation

The HIV service provided by the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is recognised as an international Centre of Excellence for HIV care. It serves the inpatient and outpatient needs of over 3000 people living with HIV and has the largest cohort of women living with HIV in the country.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

• Registered nurse with live NMC registration
• Educated to degree level
• Evidence of significant continuing professional development in HIV care
• Physical assessment module
• Leadership modules
• Master’s degree or working towards
• Independent prescribing qualification/willing to undertake

Experience

• Demonstrable experience within HIV care at a senior nursing level
• Experience of leading change, delivering tangible and sustained improvements
• Clinical experience of designing, establishing, or managing HIV services and/or care pathways
• Significant experience of working as an autonomous practitioner and independent prescriber
• Leadership skills that are capable of supporting and developing service/others
• Experience of influencing staff at all levels to ensure project objectives are owned by all members of the teams
• Managing and/or leading a team
• Evidence of successful delivery of financial and/or quality benefits within agreed timescales

Skills and aptitudes

• Leadership, motivation and influencing skills
• Proven expertise & ability to clinically assess a patient within speciality
• Teaching experience in clinical practice
• Work autonomously within speciality
• Problem solving and decision making skills
• Ability to travel to shared care partners sites
• Successful track record in conflict resolution and performance management
• Knowledge of strategic and national issues pertinent to nursing and area of specialty

Personal Qualities & attributes

• Highly professional role model
• Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with flexible management style
• Organisational skills - able to deliver objectives within an agreed time frame
• Proven ability to manage and progress professional development of self and others
• Ability to reflect, question & evaluate own practice
• Able to build rapport and credibility with others
• Flexible to meet needs of service