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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust View all jobs
Posted 13 day(s) ago
Reference: 337-NP-9920KS
Job summary
This role is an essential part of the nursing leadership team focusing on attracting and retaining quality nursing staff to the Trust to meet our current and future workforce plans.
The post holder will support the Deputy Chief Nurse with the overview and coordinating functions for leading and developing the Trust approach to Nursing workforce/safer staffing in line with national and regulatory requirements.
The post holder will build upon their specialist knowledge and function as an expert within workforce development, effectively contributing to the Trust agenda.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will prepare nursing workforce reports for internal and external submissions.
The post holder will play a key leadership role in delivery of the nursing productivity work, providing scrutiny and challenge regarding use of temporary staffing and working with nursing and human resource colleagues to deliver agreed reduction targets
The postholder will work in collaboration with colleagues in the Health Roster team to ensure effective utilisation of the workforce deployment system's capacity and realisation of the associated benefits.
The role will work in collaboration with our partners and other professional networks to ensure best practice in nurse recruitment and retention is shared across the system.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
"We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR)."
Details
Date posted
03 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887 a year per annum Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
337-NP-9920KS
Job locations
Northwick Park Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registered nurse status, eligible to practice
- Educated to master level in relevant subject area Evidence of post qualifying and continuous professional development.
- Completion of appropriate leadership or management development programme
Desirable
- NHSE Safer Staffing module
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrate a successful track record of delivering effective nursing services as a senior nurse/manager, multifaceted healthcare environment including staff management, financial management and change management.
- oEvidence of delivering successful nursing strategic and operational performance management and clearly demonstrating improvement in the quality of nursing care delivered at a strategic level.
- oExperience of quality and risk management, to include experience in analysing and resolving complaints and incidents.
- oExperience and understanding of safer staffing models and workforce planning
Desirable
- Experience of working at Matron/Senior Nurse level within the NHS
Skills abilities and attributes
Essential
- Analytical skills to interpret complex data and action
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral, with the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels
- Commitment to self-development with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of current policy and thinking affecting nursing profession
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC registered nurse status, eligible to practice
- Educated to master level in relevant subject area Evidence of post qualifying and continuous professional development.
- Completion of appropriate leadership or management development programme
Desirable
- NHSE Safer Staffing module
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oDemonstrate a successful track record of delivering effective nursing services as a senior nurse/manager, multifaceted healthcare environment including staff management, financial management and change management.
- oEvidence of delivering successful nursing strategic and operational performance management and clearly demonstrating improvement in the quality of nursing care delivered at a strategic level.
- oExperience of quality and risk management, to include experience in analysing and resolving complaints and incidents.
- oExperience and understanding of safer staffing models and workforce planning
Desirable
- Experience of working at Matron/Senior Nurse level within the NHS
Skills abilities and attributes
Essential
- Analytical skills to interpret complex data and action
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral, with the ability to liaise and negotiate effectively at all levels
- Commitment to self-development with the ability to demonstrate knowledge of current policy and thinking affecting nursing profession
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Northwick Park Hospital
Watford Road
Harrow
HA1 3UJ
United Kingdom