Ward Manager General Paediatrics | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Ward Manager for their paediatric unit. The role involves overseeing care for young patients, leading a team, and innovating service delivery. Candidates should have significant paediatric nursing experience and a commitment to creating a culture of excellence. This role offers flexible working options and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Optional benefits like Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• Significant experience in paediatric nursing, ideally with leadership exposure.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and a dedication to patient outcomes.
• Commitment to innovation, transformation, and creating a culture of excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic management and day-to-day oversight of the ward.
• Lead workforce planning and clinical governance initiatives.
• Mentor and support junior nurses, driving professional development.
• Foster interprofessional collaboration across clinical areas.
• Advocate for child-centred care, ensuring safety and quality.

Skills

Experience in paediatric nursing

Leadership exposure

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Are you an experienced paediatric nurse ready to lead with impact? Step into a pivotal leadership role as Ward Manager of Great Western Ward, where your clinical expertise, managerial insight, and passion for paediatrics will shape the future of care for children and young people.

This is more than a Band 7 post—it's an opportunity to drive service delivery, inspire a high-performing team, and collaborate with paediatric specialists across the trust. Based on our 22-bedded general paediatric inpatient unit, you’ll oversee care for patients ranging from neonates to adolescence, including admissions from emergency services, paediatric intensive care units, specialist services such as infectious diseases and referrals from other sites across West London Children’s Hospital.

We’re looking for someone who brings:
• Significant experience in paediatric nursing, ideally with leadership exposure.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and a dedication to patient outcomes.
• Strong communication and organisational skills with confidence in decision-making.
• A commitment to innovation, transformation, and creating a culture of excellence.

Join a ward where teamwork is second nature, learning is continuous, and your leadership genuinely makes a difference. If you're driven to lead paediatric care with energy, empathy, and expertise, we would love to hear from you.

In this leadership role, you will:

• Provide strategic management and day-to-day oversight of the ward
• Lead workforce planning, clinical governance, and service improvement initiatives
• Mentor and support junior nurses and drive continuous professional development
• Foster interprofessional collaboration across critical care, ED, community teams, and ambulatory care
• Be a visible advocate for child-centred care, ensuring safety, quality, and compassion at every turn

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.


This advert closes on Thursday 31 Jul 2025