Senior Nurse Leader – Inpatient Services

East London NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Duty Senior Nurse to provide senior clinical and operational leadership across inpatient services. You will oversee safe running of services, incident response, patient flow, bed management and staffing deployment to maintain high standards of care and governance.

In this pivotal role you will lead multidisciplinary teams, support staff wellbeing and drive quality improvements across all inpatient wards within our Trust.

Qualifications

• RMN with current NMC registration and extensive post-registration acute experience.
• At least 5 years post-registration, with 2 years in a senior role including DSN duties.
• Evidence of post-registration specialist clinical study.
• Teaching or mentoring/assessing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible senior nursing leadership and operational oversight across inpatient services.
• Lead, support and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective and high-quality patient care.
• Coordinate patient flow, bed management and service escalation processes.
• Support the safe and effective deployment of staffing resources.
• Provide expert clinical advice, guidance and decision-making support to clinical teams.
• Lead and coordinate responses to incidents, emergencies and operational pressures.
• Promote high standards of patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance.
• Maintain oversight of service delivery, ensuring timely resolution of operational and clinical issues.
• Act as a senior role model, fostering a positive culture and supporting staff development and wellbeing.

Skills

Ability to manage difficult situations

Prioritise and meet deadlines

Use initiative and make decisions

Resource management

Education

RMN

Current NMC registration

5+ years post-registration acute experience

Post-registration specialist clinical study

Teaching/mentoring/assessing qualification

Tools

MAPS

RIO

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 7 Duty Senior Nurse to provide senior clinical and operational leadership across inpatient services. You will oversee safe running of services, incident response, patient flow, bed management and staffing deployment to maintain high standards of care and governance.

In this pivotal role you will lead multidisciplinary teams, support staff wellbeing and drive quality improvements across all inpatient wards within our Trust.