Band 8b Lead Nurse – Site Integrity

Band 8b Lead Nurse – Site Integrity

The closing date is 23 July 2026

This position is a key strategic and operational role ensuring site integrity is maintained in relation to capacity management, quality and safety. The post holder will work across all Clinical Delivery Groups to oversee improvement projects, provide visible leadership and ensure delivery of agreed objectives and plans.

Responsibilities include working in partnership with Clinical Delivery Groups and hospital teams to achieve local and national targets, contributing to the formulation, implementation and evaluation of national and local initiatives related to patient flow, and managing capacity and flow issues across the Trust.

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensure delivery of the National patient access standard in ED.
2. Participate in Red to Green and Safer processes for the site and other initiatives that improve patient flow and discharge across all divisional areas.
3. Have operational and professional line management responsibilities for the clinical site management team.
4. Work with Lead Nurse colleagues across all hospital sites to ensure that activity and capacity is fairly balanced in conjunction with patient requirements.
5. Ensure staffing provision is matched to need and staff deployment is consistent with divisional plans.
6. Act as first point of contact for capacity and flow issues and make any operational decisions required.
7. Support others in ensuring operational performance is effectively managed across the Trust in relation to stranded patients, reduction in LOS and reduction in delayed discharges.
8. Perform complex analysis of data and assess performance against national and local benchmarks.
9. Support monitoring performance and, where below target, identify and lead plans to address this.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Adult or Child Nurse
• Degree in Nursing or a health‑related subject
• Masters in a health‑related subject or equivalent demonstrable experience supplemented by specialist training, experience or short courses to doctorate level or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the post
• Postgraduate leadership training or development course

Experience

• Extensive knowledge of the preventing harm agenda, quality assurance and professional standards, and improvement agenda associated with secondary care provision, acquired through postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience or training.
• Experience in developing and implementing governance and safety frameworks to support service and quality delivery, improvement and sustainability, including learning from incidents, quality assurance audits, patient and carer feedback, and national policy.
• Significant senior nursing management experience within a multidisciplinary environment across healthcare sectors, including local service, community and health and social care partners.
• Experience in using data for continuous quality improvement and outcome monitoring and assurance.
• Experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex NHS environment.
• Experienced and successful project manager who can demonstrate sustainable service or quality improvement achievements in current or previous roles relevant to the post.
• Experience setting objectives and KPIs.
• Experience leading and implementing safety, quality and experience initiatives and sustainable service improvement.
• Experience writing reports and presenting information internally and externally to senior managers, including directors and executive directors.
• Experience as a resource manager with staff performance and management, and financial control mechanisms.
• Extensive knowledge of the speciality portfolio service provision across service areas and information management systems.
• Demonstrable understanding of current healthcare policy aims and implications.
• Clear understanding of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and commissioning organisations.
• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation, clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence‑based practice associated with the portfolio.
• Experience in contract management and negotiation associated with the speciality.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous criminal convictions.

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