Fundamentals of Care Lead Nurse

Job summary

This is an exciting developmental opportunity to support driving change and support leading on our Fundamentals of Care Strategy and Fundamentals of Care Academy.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Fundamentals of Care Lead Nurse to support the delivery of our Trust-wide approach to the fundamentals of care, supporting all Harm Free Care subjects/agenda. This is an opportunity to provide visible clinical leadership, work alongside teams across the organisation and help embed safe, effective, person-centred and harm-free care for every patient, every time.

The post holder will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the Fundamentals of Care Strategy and Fundamentals of Care Academy, working collaboratively with nursing, midwifery, allied health professional and wider multidisciplinary colleagues and supporting the Corporate Director of Nursing in driving our strategic aims and objectives across WWL. You will support teams to strengthen standards, share learning, promote best practice and use quality improvement approaches to improve patient outcomes and reduce avoidable harm.

Please Note: This role is PENDING AFC SALARY BANDING APPROVAL; therefore, salary cannot be fully confirmed until the Banding is approved.

Please note that this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. We encourage interested candidates to apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

• Improved quality, safety and consistency of fundamental care across all Trust services and sites.
• Successful implementation and embedding of the Trust’s Fundamentals of Care Strategy and Fundamentals of Care Academy
• Reduction in avoidable harm across harm-free care priorities, including but not limited to skin integrity, falls prevention, sepsis, nutrition and hydration, continence care, infection prevention and control, personalised care, patient experience, dignity, comfort, communication, documentation standards and risk assessment completion.
• Improved use of audit, data, evidence and quality improvement methodology to identify variation, support improvement activity and demonstrate measurable outcomes.
• Increased staff knowledge, confidence and capability in delivering the fundamentals of care through education, coaching, role modelling and practice-based support.
• Greater standardisation of evidence-based practice, tools, processes and documentation across clinical areas.
• Strengthened governance and assurance through clear reporting, escalation of risks, monitoring of key performance indicators and evidence of learning from incidents, complaints, audits and patient feedback.
• Improved patient, family and carer experience through care that is compassionate, person-centred, dignified and responsive to individual needs.
• Effective collaboration with divisional, community, corporate and multidisciplinary teams to support sustainable improvements in care delivery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, Midwife or Allied Health Professional with current NMC or HCPC registration.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of clinical experience.
• Evidence of recent continuing professional development relevant to clinical practice, quality, safety or improvement.

Desirable

• Teaching, coaching, leadership or quality improvement qualification.
• Post-registration qualification relevant to fundamentals of care, harm-free care, governance, leadership or education.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience at Band 6 level or equivalent/above within a clinical setting.
• Experience of providing visible clinical leadership and supporting teams to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care.
• Experience of leading or supporting quality improvement activity, including audit, data analysis, action planning and evaluation of outcomes.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary, divisional, community, corporate or specialist teams.
• Experience of influencing practice, supporting behaviour change and embedding evidence-based standards across clinical areas.
• Experience of contributing to governance, assurance, risk escalation, incident learning, reports or committee updates.
• Experience of delivering education, coaching, practice-based support or informal teaching to staff groups.

Desirable

• Experience of Trust-wide or cross-divisional improvement work.
• Experience of supporting harm-free care priorities such as skin integrity, falls prevention, sepsis, nutrition and hydration, continence care, infection prevention and control, patient experience or documentation standards.
• Experience of working with digital, clinical informatics, business intelligence or reporting systems to support improvement and assurance

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence and support staff at all levels.
• Ability to provide compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership across clinical environments.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands and respond flexibly to service needs.
• Ability to analyse audit findings, incident themes, patient feedback, key performance indicators and performance metrics to inform improvement.
• Ability to develop, support and evaluate improvement plans using quality improvement methods.
• Ability to design, deliver and evaluate education, coaching and practice-based support
• Ability to prepare clear reports, presentations and assurance updates for governance meetings.
• Ability to build effective relationships with nursing, midwifery, allied health professional, medical, operational, specialist and corporate colleagues.
• Ability to promote accountability, challenge poor practice appropriately and escalate risks or concerns in line with Trust policies.

Desirable

• Change management skills.
• Advanced report writing and presentation skills.
• Confident use of digital platforms, dashboards, clinical systems or business intelligence tools.

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of digital innovation, clinical informatics, dashboards or reporting tools linked to care improvement and assurance
• Awareness of specialist harm-free care subjects including tissue viability, falls prevention, sepsis, nutrition and hydration, continence care and infection prevention and control.

Desirable

• Change management skills.

Additional

Essential

• Flexible, adaptable and able to work across multiple clinical environments and Trust sites.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites as required by the role.
• Committed to continuing personal and professional development.
• Demonstrates resilience, professionalism and compassion when working in sensitive, challenging or emotionally demanding situations.
• Able to speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to the role, with confidence and accuracy.

Desirable

• Flexibility to support occasional early, late or weekend working where required to meet service needs and support staff engagement.

Closing Date: 10 August 2026