Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (flexible working available as this is a 5 day service)
- Job ref
- 333-G-HC-1539
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beaufort house
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Salary
- £61,631 - £68,623 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/01/2026
Employer heading
Lead Nurse for Guided Care Matrons
NHS AfC: Band 8a
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.
Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.
We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page
Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.
Job overview
Band 8a Lead Nurse for Guided Care Matrons
To work in collaboration with partner organisations providing strong operational nurse leadership to the Guided Care Matrons and team members as part of the Care Connection Team (CCT) to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient centred nursing care for the residents of Hillingdon.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen to co-lead the Care Connection Teams (CCT) . Alongside one other lead, you will be responsible for the leadership, management and development of the Guided Care Matrons and otehr members of staff within the Care Connection Teams (CCT).
The Care Connection Teams are part of the Hillingdon Health Care Partnership (HHCP) . They proactively support people over 18 years old that have long term conditions and are at risk of hospital admission. The Care Connection Teams are aligned to neighbourhoods, based in GP practices. They are a team comprised of Guided Care matrons, GP’s, Senior Administrator Coordinators, Health Care Support Workers, Pharmacists, Health and Well-being Officers and Mental Health Nurses.
Interview Date: 8th January at 2 South NHS, The Civic Centre, High Street Uxbridge, UB81UW
Interview’s will consist of Q&A, and a stakeholders panel.
Working for our organisation
The successful candidate will join a friendly, experienced, supportive team of Service Leads.
Service Leads are encouraged to be innovative and committed to service improvements including playing an active role in change management.
CNWL offers a wide array of training and professional opportunities and actively works to be a support staff to be well at work, offering robust staff health & well being services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be responsible for ensuring all aspects of the day to day operational delivery of the Care Connection Team. You will be expected to be visible, providing clinical support when necessary. You will be working alongside senior management, commissioners, the CCG and multi-agency providers, families and carers.
You will be expected to work closely with managers from partner organisations to line manage the Guided Care Matrons and team members to meet CCT targets. You will need to be forward thinking and able to provide integrated leadership. This role requires excellent leadership, organisational, time management and communication skills. This role provides an opportunity to play an integral role in shaping community services for the future.
The successful candidate's main duties will be:
- Act as a role model- demonstrating CNWL core values
- Day to day operational management of the Guided Care Matron and other team members.
- Act as a point of escalation
- Manage the service to consistently meet targets and KPI's
- Over see the service budgets
- Manage quality Governance to provide a safe effective service
- Promote innovation
- Engage with Patients, relatives and carers to ensure services meet their needs
- Support the Adult Services Manager
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Advanced patient assessment skills
- Ability to work across boundaries to develop new ways of service delivery.
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of service and ensure sustainability of service
- Evidence of ability to communicate both verbally and in writing at all levels in a multidisciplinary forum and with patients and carers
- Ability to appraise complex situations and facts and take appropriate action.
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing and fast paced environment
- Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach and mentor, seeking to instil and develop the confidence of others.
- Ability to effectively delegate activities to appropriate staff
- Ability to Problem Solve / solution focused
- Ability to devise & deliver teaching packages patients and colleagues, formally, informally individually and in groups.
- Ability to sensitively manage & resolve complaints
- Ability to plan own workload and manage time effectively with minimum supervision
- IT literate with ability to use technology and other digital solutions with patients and in the operation of the service
- Able to produce well written and timely clinical records and service reports/presentations/reports
Desirable criteria
- Qualified coach/coaching skills
- Quality Improvement
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-registration clinical experience at a senior level
- Experience of working in a community environment providing care to people with long-term conditions
- Experience in management, quality improvement, audit and evaluating clinical nursing services
- Experience of providing Clinical supervision
- Experience of team/staff management including PDP & appraisal
- Experience in team management including performance management
- Experience of implementing NMC / NICE Guidelines & Essence of Care Benchmarks
- Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals across organisational boundaries
- Evidence of innovation in practice
- Knowledge across a range of long term conditions, including stroke and rehabilitation
- Knowledge of current NHS organisational structures and policy initiatives
- Knowledge of implementing and monitoring service outcome measures
- Knowledge of resource management
- Knowledge of clinical governance and quality improvement processes, risk assessment and personal accountability
Desirable criteria
- Experince of working in acute and or speicailist nursing settings
- Other clinical leadership/ improvement leader experience
- Knowledge of Safeguarding, MCA, DOLS legislation
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – current NMC registration
- Evidence of ongoing and recent post-registration training and education.
- Post-registration qualification in district nursing or other relevant practice and/or advanced nursing practice
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship or teaching qualification / qualification in teaching or practice based learning
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
- Advance nurse practitioner qualification qualification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kaye Joslin
- Job title
- Clinical service manager & lead nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07894329510
- Additional information
Kaye Joslin's working hours are Tuesday to Friday 08:00 - 18:00
List jobs with Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors