Borough Lead Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Dover; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in the UK is seeking a Borough Lead Nurse to provide professional leadership and manage nursing staff to improve inpatient care. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience in nursing management and the ability to inspire improvements in service delivery. This role emphasizes compliance, performance management, and inter-professional collaboration to enhance community health services.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing inpatient nursing services and developing local nursing practice and leadership.
• Demonstrated partnership experience and capacity to inspire and lead improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and manage nursing staff for improved inpatient care.
• Oversee the education, training, and professional development of nursing workforce.
• Ensure compliance with relevant nursing statutes and professional guidance.
• Develop and implement a performance management structure for nursing staff.
• Strengthen inter-professional working within the borough.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Inter-professional collaboration

Nursing practice management

Job description

Overview

Borough Lead Nurse. The Borough Lead Nurse is a key member of the Directorate Management Team who is accountable for delivering nursing leadership and services of the highest quality in the Borough. The successful applicant will focus on meeting the needs of service users through high-quality nursing services. You will be interested in the lives of people with mental health needs and how good services can improve quality of life and well-being, actively working with service users to achieve this end. Tower Hamlets is a highly diverse area of London with considerable social deprivation. Professionals work closely with service users to improve and develop services. The Trust has achieved excellent service ratings and, as a Foundation Trust, is committed to strengthening the capacity of our membership while developing the expertise of our workforce and our partnerships with external organisations.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership, manage and support nursing staff to enable improved inpatient care, develop nursing practice and clinical leadership at a local level.
• Be the responsible lead for local induction of nurses entering the service and oversee the education, training and professional development of the nursing workforce for the designated area of responsibility.
• Support the Director of Nursing for London to provide visible nursing leadership, advice and support to nurses in the borough.
• Ensure that all relevant statutes and professional guidance on nursing are reflected in local strategies, procedures and plans and that all nurses work within these statutory and regulatory frameworks.
• Be responsible for budgets for the Tower Hamlets in-patient units that include 3 older adults wards and 2 PICU wards for men and women.
• Develop and implement a performance management structure for all nursing staff with clearly defined, measurable objectives and work with the Director of Nursing for London to keep the Borough’s governance team informed on emerging issues and progress on nursing performance and national targets across the borough.
• Strengthen inter-professional working within the borough and the interface between in-patients and community services.

Qualifications and Experience

• Particularly demonstrate partnership experience, practical abilities in managing people and resources, and capacity to inspire, lead and drive improvements in nursing and wider services.
• Experience in managing inpatient nursing services and developing local nursing practice and leadership.

About the Trust and Values

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\'s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive. We are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Application

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025.