Lead Nurse CNS Services Planned Care: Sponsorship Available

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Lead Nurse CNS Services Planned Care, Band 8b An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated senior nurse to join the Planned Care Division as Lead Nurse for Clinical Nurse Specialist Services. This is a cross-site Band 8b leadership role, responsible for providing strategic, professional and clinical leadership across Clinical Nurse Specialist services and supporting the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based and patient-centred care. The successful candidate will provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership, line-manage designated staff and contribute to workforce planning, recruitment, retention, appraisal, performance and sickness management. They will be an influential communicator, capable of working across professional and organisational boundaries and of managing complex, sensitive or contentious matters constructively. Participation in the Trust’s out-of-hours on-call rota is also required.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead service development, quality improvement, research, audit, education and the implementation of evidence-based practice. They will use clinical outcomes, benchmarking, patient and staff feedback, incidents, reviews and complaints to evaluate services, identify opportunities for improvement and support the delivery of national and local requirements. The role includes developing policies, protocols, clinical standards and educational programmes, while building the capability and professional confidence of the specialist nursing workforce.

Person Specification

assessment

Essential

  • Extensive senior leadership experience in specialist nursing services
  • Demonstrable track record of leading service transformation, quality improvement and clinical governance.
  • Master’s level qualification (or working towards) or equivalent experience with evidence of education, research and workforce development.

Desirable

  • Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
  • Advanced Academic Achievement
  • Evidence of National Influence and Professional Contribution

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered nurse with post registration experience
  • Qualification or equivalent experience in teaching, mentorship and supervision
  • Qualification in the specialty
  • Demonstrable senior nursing experience in a relevant area with clinical leadership experience
  • Has attained a Degree in a relevant subject area or is registered for and working towards a Master’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant subject area
  • Leadership qualification
  • Evidence of recent continuing professional development
  • Ability to practice within the scope of the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
  • Ability to demonstrate application of NICE Guidance to own sphere of practice

Desirable

  • Registered for and working towards a Master’s Degree or PhD in a relevant subject
  • Non-medical prescribing
  • Advanced skills certificate

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 30 September 2026

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