Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Islington Urgent Community Response Operational lead

The closing date is 11 September 2025

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic, resilient and dedicated nurse or AHP Operational Manager to join our integrated nursing and therapy Urgent Community Response team team in Islington, North London, to lead the daily clinical and operational staff management. This is a fast-paced but rewarding role that would suit an experienced nurse or AHP who has a background in acute, community or significant experience in other urgent and emergency response teams.

This role will provide an opportunity for new challenged and on-going development in a multi-disciplinary innovative, supportive and friendly team who work closely with community and NHS services to prevent admission to hospital and support hospital discharge.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be operationally and financially accountable to the Urgent Response Service Manager for the development and delivery of the Islington Urgent Community Response Team

To deputise for the Urgent Response Service Manager as necessary.

To lead on the continuing development of Urgent Response areas in the light of current health strategies and improve integrated working with other agencies e.g. Discharge to Assess

To be accountable for the delivery of Urgent Response services. This will include ensuring clinical standards of practice, advising or leading on recruitment and retention of staff in these teams, and giving professional advice to other service managers.

To be an effective change agent, bringing about service development by proactively seeking out new methods of working, initiating changes in policy or procedures, and reviewing the skill mix within the teams.

To coordinate and ensure the delivery of ongoing training for all staff members under your management and or supervision and to ensure equity and opportunity of access to training.

To foster cross-professional working with professionals across the Trust in order to improve patient delivery and care, including developing training, liaison and joint working.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details

Date posted

29 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

220-WHT-3352

Job locations

Hornsey Rise Health Centre

Beaumont Rise

Islington

N19 3YU


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

please refer to JD for duties, responsibilities and key relationships of the post-

https://admin.trac.jobs/documents?tempdoc=0&_ts=4003

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in relevant profession

Desirable

  • Registration with the NMC or Health Professions Council
  • Postgraduate degree relevant to the area of practice/postgraduate management qualification
  • Relevant professional body membership

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to clients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
  • Skilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
  • Evidence of Highly developed problem-solving skills
  • Evidence of ability in leading and working as a team member and developing team spirit
  • Evidence of highly developed organisational and planning skills.
  • Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
  • Demonstrable capability and capacity for clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
  • Demonstrable success in delivering change and improving performance with clinical teams
  • Able to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
  • Knowledge and experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvements
  • Highly developed Computer literacy skills in Microsoft Office, EPR systems
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to community services

Desirable

  • Previous experience of managing community services

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Well-developed interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a team
  • Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to motivate others
Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or Diploma in relevant profession

Desirable

  • Registration with the NMC or Health Professions Council
  • Postgraduate degree relevant to the area of practice/postgraduate management qualification
  • Relevant professional body membership

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Able to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to clients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
  • Skilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
  • Evidence of Highly developed problem-solving skills
  • Evidence of ability in leading and working as a team member and developing team spirit
  • Evidence of highly developed organisational and planning skills.
  • Able to identify and recognise when to seek advice and support concerning clinical, managerial, professional and organisational issues

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 3 years previous senior managerial experience in a large and complex organisation preferably within the NHS.
  • Demonstrable capability and capacity for clinical service management at a senior level in a large, complex healthcare environment, including staff management, financial management and change management.
  • Demonstrable success in delivering change and improving performance with clinical teams
  • Able to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands
  • Knowledge and experience of managing budgets and delivering cost improvements
  • Highly developed Computer literacy skills in Microsoft Office, EPR systems
  • Understanding of Clinical Governance and its application to community services

Desirable

  • Previous experience of managing community services

Personal qualities

Essential

  • Well-developed interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work alone and as part of a team
  • Proactive and self-motivated with the ability to motivate others

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Hornsey Rise Health Centre

Beaumont Rise

Islington

N19 3YU


Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Hornsey Rise Health Centre

Beaumont Rise

Islington

N19 3YU


Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Islington Urgent Response Service Manager

Carole MacGregor

carolemacgregor@nhs.net

07795180645

Details

Date posted

29 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£64,156 to £71,148 a year per annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

220-WHT-3352

Job locations

Hornsey Rise Health Centre

Beaumont Rise

Islington

N19 3YU


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