Clinical Nurse Specialist – Lead Travel Nurse

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Travel Medicine team, responsible for leadership and governance. The role offers a chance to shape patient care in a dynamic environment, requiring experience in travel medicine and strong governance leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' relevant post-registration experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Knowledge of NMC guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the clinical team in Travel Medicine.
• Implement governance processes including vaccine management.
• Ensure high-quality patient-centered care.

Skills

Leadership

Governance Processes

Collaborative Work

Education

Registered Nurse (Adult)

Masters Degree

Teaching/Assessment Qualification

Job description

Go back University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist – Lead Travel Nurse

The closing date is 08 June 2025

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Band 7 Specialist Nurse to join our Travel Medicine team at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases. This is a unique opportunity to lead and shape the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in the clinical leadership, development, and operational management of the nursing team, contributing to service growth, governance, education, and collaborative partnerships with NHS and private sectors.

Main duties of the job

Experience with PGDs

Experience in leading governance processes including vaccine management

Travel medicine qualification such as ISTM certificate or diploma or SCTM or working towards

The map to all the RCN travel competencies

Leadership and Governance over travel service based within HTD

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National Throat,Nose and Ear Hospital

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Teaching/Assessment programme
• Completed/completing Masters Degree
• Leadership/Management Qualification or Experience

Experience

• Minimum 3 years' relevant post registration experience
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge and expertise in the specialty - Travel Medicine
• Evidence of ability to work collaboratively and autonomously.
• Completing/Completed Masters Degree

Requirements

• Knowledge of key professional issues and NMC guidelines relating to professional practice
• Able to respond appropriately to accident or untoward clinical incidents.
• Participate in and comply with UCLH, and Divisional clinical governance frameworks
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Previous experience of formal & informal teaching of patients & staff
• Understanding of relevant national strategy / policy and how this relates to the service
• Previous experience of developing standards, guidelines and policies
• Previous experience in budgetary management
• Innovative approach to service Delivery and change

Personal and People Development

• Commitment to maintaining own fitness for practice through maintaining a personal portfolio of competencies
• Experience as a preceptor/facilitator/mentor
• Reflective in practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£54,320 to £60,981 a yearper anum of inclusive HCAS