Nurse Manager with Enhanced Clinical Practice

NHS; Orpington; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Orpington is seeking an experienced Nurse Manager to lead its Eye Clinic team. This role involves both clinical practice and managerial responsibilities. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, experience in service development, and be a Registered Nurse. The position is permanent with a salary range of £53,751 to £60,651, offering flexible working patterns.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in managing and leading a team.
• Relevant specialty enhanced clinical practice within the last 2 years.
• Experience in service development and change management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective, safe and quality care.
• Oversee workforce skillset and professional development.
• Lead service transformations and initiatives.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical governance

Service development

Clinical decision-making

Autonomous practice

Education

NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse

Independent/Non-medical Prescribing qualification

Post-registration qualification in specialty

Job description

Overview

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Nurse Manager with Enhanced Clinical Practice at Orpington Hospital Eye Clinic. The closing date is 07 October 2025.

Are you an experienced and dynamic Registered Nurse with a passion for ophthalmic care, enhanced practice and service development? We are seeking a proactive and clinically skilled Nurse Manager to lead and support our nursing team at Orpington Hospital Eye Clinic, with dedicated time allocated to deliver clinical sessions.

In this hybrid leadership and advanced practice role, you will combine expert clinical care with oversight of service delivery, workforce development, and patient-centred innovation. You will lead by example, support junior staff, and actively contribute to MDT planning and service improvement initiatives.

We are looking for a professional who thrives in both autonomous and team-based settings, and who is ready to make a measurable impact on patient outcomes and nursing practice.

Main duties

• Team leadership to ensure effective, safe and quality care
• Team managerial responsibilities, overseeing workforce skillset and professional development
• Lead site service or trust initiated transformation
• Clinical governance, audits, and risk assessments.
• Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team
• Supporting capacity and flow across high-demand services
• Autonomous practitioner to deliver enhanced speciality practice

About us

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for this hybrid nurse manager and advanced practice role.

Person Specification

• NMC Level 1 Registered Nurse
• Experience of managing and leading a team
• Relevant post-registration qualification and/or evidence of speciality enhanced clinical practice within the last 2 years
• Independent/Non-medical Prescribing qualification
• Experience in service development and change management
• Experience of clinical decision-making and autonomous 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.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£53,751 to £60,651 a year, including high cost area

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working