Lead Clinical Duty Manager

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for an experienced Lead Clinical Duty Manager. In this full-time, permanent role, you will provide operational leadership across hospital services during out-of-hours, oversee emergency management, and develop your team. Candidates must be registered nurses with significant experience and proven leadership capabilities. Join us to ensure exceptional patient care and operational excellence in a well-rated hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in a nursing field.
• Recent clinical experience at Senior Staff Nurse Band 6.
• Proven experience in leading teams and managing change.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and support Duty Managers in managing clinical and non-clinical emergencies.
• Lead on team development and performance monitoring.
• Act as a role model for clinical leadership and governance.
• Coordinate the staff bank and manage nursing shift cover requests.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical decision-making

Team development

Influencing practice standards

Education

Registered Nurse

First degree level or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

Join our leadership team and make a real impact. We’re seeking an experienced nurse leader to head our Duty Manager team, ensuring consistent, safe and effective decision‑making across hospital operations out of hours. If you’re passionate about clinical leadership, team development and operational excellence, we’d love to hear from you.

Main Duties of the Job

The Lead Clinical Duty Manager provides operational leadership and coordination of hospital services out of hours, ensuring safe, effective and consistent decision‑making across the Duty Manager team.

This includes:

• Managing and coordinating a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical emergencies, dealing with and addressing a range of clinical and non‑clinical problems.
• Reviewing and ensuring safe staffing levels where required.
• Coordinating admissions and escalating issues to the senior manager on call.

About us

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.

Details

Date posted: 15 December 2025

Pay scheme: Other

Salary: Depending on experience

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: B0263-25-0303

Job location: 60 Grove End Road, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 9NH

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee and support Duty Managers in managing clinical and non‑clinical emergencies, staffing and bed utilisation.
• Lead on team development, performance monitoring and professional decision‑making consistency.
• Act as a role model for clinical leadership and governance, ensuring patient safety and quality standards are maintained.
• Work closely with Admissions to ensure proactive focus on effective utilisation of hospital beds and provide support for clinical areas as a 08 bleep holder.
• Coordinate the staff bank and primarily focus on management of requests for cover for nursing shifts with effective utilisation of staffing resources.

Person Specification - Qualifications (Essential)

• Registered Nurse.
• Current NMC registration in adult or general nursing.
• Evidence of Leadership, Management and Speciality Development.
• Significant post‑qualification/registration experience in nursing field.
• Recent clinical experience at Senior Staff Nurse Band 6.
• Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing and coaching.
• Proven experience in leading teams and managing change.
• Strong ability to influence and standardise practice across multiple stakeholders.

Person Specification - Qualifications (Desirable)

• Educated to first degree level or equivalent.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Details

Employer name: The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth

Address: 60 Grove End Road, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 9NH

Employer’s website

https://www.hje.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)