Key Responsibilities

Provide visible, compassionate and professional leadership across medical wards and outpatient departments. Promote and maintain the highest standards of patient-centred care, ensuring patients are treated with dignity, respect and compassion. Drive improvements in patient experience, quality, safety and clinical outcomes. Ensure compliance with CQC Fundamental Standards, infection prevention and control requirements, and Trust policies. Lead initiatives to improve patient flow, reduce delays in care and support effective capacity management. Maintain clean, safe and welcoming care environments. Influence practice through clinical leadership, governance, education, research, audit and quality improvement activities. Support, develop and empower nursing teams to deliver excellence in care.



Provide line management and qualified leadership to designated Ward Sisters and Clinic Nurse Leads, where required. Participate in the Trust's Late Matron and On-Call Management rotas.

About You

You will be an experienced senior nurse leader with a strong clinical background, a passion for delivering outstanding patient care, and the ability to inspire and motivate teams. You will demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and operational management skills, with a proven track record of driving quality improvement and delivering positive outcomes for patients and staff. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and compassionate nursing leader to make a significant impact on patient care and the future development of services across the Trust.

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