Job summary
Are you an ambitious nursing leader ready to shape the future of trauma care?

Do you want to lead highly skilled teams, influence strategic decision-making, drive service improvement and maintain a meaningful clinical presence within one of Europe's leading Major Trauma Centres?

This is a unique 12-month opportunity to take on a senior leadership role within a world-leading Major Trauma Centre, gaining significant experience in service leadership, transformation and operational management.

At the Royal London Hospital, we provide some of the most complex orthopaedic and plastic surgery care in the country. Every day, our teams deliver life-changing and life-saving care to patients with complex injuries from across London and beyond.

We are seeking an exceptional Lead Nurse to provide strategic, professional and operational leadership across our Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery services.

Whether you are an experienced Band 8 leader looking to broaden your portfolio or a high-performing Band 7 ready for your next leadership challenge, this role offers the opportunity to gain experience across operational management, specialist nursing leadership, trauma pathway development, quality improvement and strategic service delivery.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a tangible impact on patient care, staff experience and service performance while developing their own leadership skills within a supportive senior leadership team.

Main duties of the job
The Lead Nurse for Trauma & Orthopaedics and Plastic Surgery is responsible for providing strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership across the services at the Royal London Hospital.

The post holder will lead the delivery of high-quality, safe and effective patient care through visible clinical leadership, workforce development, service improvement and robust governance processes. They will provide direct line management and professional leadership to the Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) teams and the Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Trauma Coordinators, ensuring these services deliver outstanding patient care, effective pathway management and positive patient outcomes.

As a key member of the senior leadership team, the post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of divisional and organisational objectives, supporting innovation, operational performance, patient safety and continuous improvement.

In addition to leadership responsibilities, the post holder will maintain a clinical presence within the Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery Trauma Coordination Service for up to one to two days per week, supporting the coordination of complex trauma pathways, maintaining clinical credibility and ensuring service developments remain grounded in frontline practice.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Job responsibilities
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Significant post-registration experience within Trauma, Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery, Major Trauma or related acute services
• Demonstrable experience of leading teams, including workforce management and staff development

Skills
Essential

• Ability to influence, negotiate and build effective multidisciplinary relationships
• Ability to prioritise, manage complexity and make decisions under pressure

Desirable

• Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of trauma, orthopaedic and plastic surgery pathways

Desirable

• Knowledge of Major Trauma Networks, GIRFT recommendations and national standards

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.