Senior Nurse/Lead Nurse for Critical care Education

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier NHS trust in London is seeking a Senior Nurse/Lead Nurse for Critical Care Education. This role includes developing and leading a Critical Care Nurse Education Strategy and ensures high-quality professional development for nurses. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in teaching and a passion for excellence in nursing care. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to work within a collaborative and innovative multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Education and development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years relevant NHS Band 7 or significant experience in a teaching role.
• Demonstrate credible leadership and role-model excellence in nursing practice.
• Experience in collaboration across organisational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of CPD offer on Critical Care.
• Develop and implement a Critical Care Nurse Education Strategy.
• Ensure excellence in nursing care and the objectives of the Nursing Strategy.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience of developing policies and guidelines

Leadership experience

Education

First level registered nurse

Educated to Masters/MBA level qualification or equivalent experience

Critical Care Qualification

Teaching qualification

Job description

Go back University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Nurse/Lead Nurse for Critical care Education

The closing date is 09 December 2025

At UCLH (University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) our success starts with you. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. Based in the busy West End of London, we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links to all our sites. Our size and resources enable us to offer a range of attractive benefits as well as unparalleled education and development opportunities for staff at all levels. This includes an extensive portfolio of academic and clinical courses and programmes ranging from ongoing personal development through to clinical excellence and leadership skills. UCLH prides itself on its investment in staff both in terms of developing career skills but also its commitment to staff health and wellbeing.

Join us and give the very best physical and psychological care to critically ill patients while learning and developing new clinical, research, education, quality improvement and leadership skills at University College Hospital Critical Care Unit in central London. You will be part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, including the country's leading critical care research and development team, the Unit psychologist, the authors of Europe's best-selling critical care nursing textbook, experts in quality improvement and human factors; led by our Matron and supported by a dedicated education team.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is responsible for high‑quality continuing professional development (CPD) for nurses on Critical Care at UCLH. The post holder will lead the design and development of the CPD offer on Critical Care at UCLH, in response to critical care expansion and the development of new roles on to critical care to future proof workforce retention.

The post holder will also work under the direction of the Critical Care Senior Matron to develop and lead a Critical Care Nurse Education Strategy which is aligned to the new funding model by HEE. Key areas of focus are specialist CPD education (qualification in specialism) and career pathways specific to critical care. The post holder will work with the Senior Matron to develop and deliver the education strategy and coherent CPD and post‑graduate career pathways.

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the development of patient‑focussed clinical practice is supported via the practice development structure and its network of clinical practice facilitators (CPFs) in the delivery of excellence in nursing care and the objectives of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy in relation to critical care nursing.

The post holder will also contribute to the promotion of UCLH as a centre of excellence for nursing practice and research, fostering a culture that values staff, recognises achievement and enables career progression and succession planning.

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 ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital 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.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

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

• First level registered nurse
• Educated to Masters/MBA level qualification or equivalent experience
• Leadership Qualification
• Critical Care Qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Research module

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years relevant NHS Band 7 or significant experience in a teaching/educational/practice development role
• Experience of developing, leading and implementing transformational change
• Experience of working in collaboration with and across organisational boundaries
• Experience of delivering projects to time in a complex organisation
• Experience of developing policies and guidelines
• Experience of teaching, training and development and implementing evidence‑based practice / nursing research in practice.
• Experience of working and delivering Trust wide professional nursing objectives.
• Experience of managing a budget and awareness of costings/finance‑related negotiations for project work

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of liaising with external partners, across traditional boundaries
• Experience of writing business cases and reports

Personal and People Development

• Demonstrate credible, visible leadership and role‑model excellence in nursing practice.
• Experience of supporting others' personal development
• Possesses high level organisational skills, self motivation, drive for excellence in performance & improvement, flexible & dynamic approach and attitude.
• Experience of managing complex situations
• Able to prioritise objectives and workload

Health, Safety And Security

• Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
• Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security Clinical Governance and Risk

Service Improvement

• Thorough understanding of NHS improvement agenda
• Skill‑mix and workforce planning Business planning Skills

Quality

• Quality assurance and Improvement
• Developing policies and protocols
• In‑depth knowledge and experience of nursing quality and audit issues

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

• Demonstratable understanding of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion policy and practice.
• Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Knowledge and Information Resources

• Able to utilise information communication technology (ICT) to full potential
• Collection, interpretation & dissemination of information & data from a variety of sources

Learning and Development

• In‑depth understanding of relevant national professional and PD issues
• Able to design, deliver and evaluate training programmes

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

£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAS, (pro‑rata for part time)