Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
29/07/2025
Planned Interview
Date
05/08/2025
Lead Nurse Childrens Nursing Education
Are you a dedicated and compassionate nurse leader seeking a new and rewarding challenge?
Excitingly, an opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of a Lead Nurse for Childrens Nursing Education You will be a key member of the senior nursing leadership team at the Leeds Childrens Hospital and hold responsibility for the nursing leadership and management of a core group of Clinical Educators. You will have a key focus on the delivery of education across the Childrens Hospital and lead on programmes of work for the current and future nursing workforce.
We are in search of a highly motivated individual with a proven track record of progressive and transformational leadership with a specialist interest in child health education. You will be able to manage complex clinical teams and services whilst supporting our staff and fostering a culture of quality care to enhance outcomes.
You will need excellent interpersonal skills, communication and organisational skills and a commitment to providing visible clinical leadership across the Childrens Hospital.
If you require any further information, please contact Laura Whelan, Head of Nursing, laura-clare.whelan@nhs.net or Bridget Sutton, Deputy Head of Nursing, bridget.sutton1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The
Lead Nurse- Education contributes to the development of the Leeds Childrens
Hospitals strategic approach to nursing education and training and will take
a significant lead role in the implementation of pre and post education for
the current and future childrens nursing workforce.
The
post holder will provide professional leadership and specialist expertise
with regard to childrens nursing education within Leeds Childrens Hospital
and across the wider Trust. The post holder will collaborate with the Lead
Nurse - Nursing & Midwifery Education and work with key stakeholders on a
regional and local basis.
The
post holder will support the Head of Nursing - Children in the development
and delivery of the Leeds Childrens Hospitals strategic approach for
childrens nursing education. This strategy encompasses the entire Childrens
Hospitals nursing workforce (c.800 WTE) across all clinical specialities
The
post holder will act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for
managers, leaders and healthcare professionals on all aspects of childrens
nursing education and provide expert advice, education and leadership within
the specialty.
The
post holder will have professional line management responsibility for staff
and will monitor the associated budgets.
About us
The Leeds Childrens Hospital is one the UKs
largest specialist childrens hospitals that provides acute tertiary services
for children and young people across the Yorkshire and Humber region. We host
27 medical and surgical specialties across our 16 inpatient wards in addition
to our Paediatric Critical Care Service, Childrens Medical and Surgical Day
Case Unit, Childrens Assessment Unit and Childrens Outpatient Department. We
are a specialist regional centre for liver and renal transplantation, complex
childrens cancer treatment, neurosurgery, and congenital cardiac surgery.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Lead Nurse- Education contributes to the development of the Leeds Childrens
Hospitals strategic approach to nursing education and training and will take
a significant lead role in the implementation of pre and post education for
the current and future childrens nursing workforce.
The
post holder will provide professional leadership and specialist expertise
with regard to childrens nursing education within Leeds Childrens Hospital
and across the wider Trust. The post holder will collaborate with the Lead
Nurse - Nursing & Midwifery Education and work with key stakeholders on a
regional and local basis.
The
post holder will support the Head of Nursing - Children in the development
and delivery of the Leeds Childrens Hospitals strategic approach for
childrens nursing education. This strategy encompasses the entire Childrens
Hospitals nursing workforce (c.800 WTE) across all clinical specialities
The
post holder will act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for
managers, leaders and healthcare professionals on all aspects of childrens
nursing education and provide expert advice, education and leadership within
the specialty.
The
Lead Nurse - Childrens Nursing Education will support the Head of Nursing -
Children and the Head of Nursing - Workforce & Education as required with
the wider responsibilities of their role.
The
post holder will have professional line management responsibility for staff
and will monitor the associated budgets.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Lead Nurse- Education contributes to the development of the Leeds Childrens
Hospitals strategic approach to nursing education and training and will take
a significant lead role in the implementation of pre and post education for
the current and future childrens nursing workforce.
The
post holder will provide professional leadership and specialist expertise
with regard to childrens nursing education within Leeds Childrens Hospital
and across the wider Trust. The post holder will collaborate with the Lead
Nurse - Nursing & Midwifery Education and work with key stakeholders on a
regional and local basis.
The
post holder will support the Head of Nursing - Children in the development
and delivery of the Leeds Childrens Hospitals strategic approach for
childrens nursing education. This strategy encompasses the entire Childrens
Hospitals nursing workforce (c.800 WTE) across all clinical specialities
The
post holder will act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for
managers, leaders and healthcare professionals on all aspects of childrens
nursing education and provide expert advice, education and leadership within
the specialty.
The
Lead Nurse - Childrens Nursing Education will support the Head of Nursing -
Children and the Head of Nursing - Workforce & Education as required with
the wider responsibilities of their role.
The
post holder will have professional line management responsibility for staff
and will monitor the associated budgets.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to providing quality services.
- Is adaptable and flexible in a dynamic health environment.
- Respects and supports colleagues, co-workers and partners.
- Professional approach to work, co-workers and colleagues.
- Strong and demonstrated patient focus.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent personal and professional development
- Evidence of experience in an education-related post
- Experience of senior professional clinical leadership.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of and an understanding of professional nursing and midwifery education services at the strategic and operational level.
- Experience in developing budgets/funding projections with competent financial management.
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local nursing and midwifery, professional education and health policy issues
- Knowledge of service improvement, modernisation and change management approaches and initiatives
- Knowledge of the national clinical governance, quality and patient safety agendas
- Knowledge & understanding of the Leeds Improvement Method
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local childrens nursing , professional education and health issues.
- Principles of infection prevention and control
- An understanding of research and evidenced based practice
- Customer relations
- Maintaining a safe environment
- Emergency procedures
Desirable
- Demonstrable evidence of leading strategic/service planning.
- Completed service improvement/change management training.
- Demonstrated experience in all aspects of Human Resource Management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters degree level of education (or demonstrable evidence of working at this level)
- Post graduate leadership qualification.
- Post graduate education qualification
Desirable
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification.
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrates a commitment to providing quality services.
- Is adaptable and flexible in a dynamic health environment.
- Respects and supports colleagues, co-workers and partners.
- Professional approach to work, co-workers and colleagues.
- Strong and demonstrated patient focus.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent personal and professional development
- Evidence of experience in an education-related post
- Experience of senior professional clinical leadership.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of and an understanding of professional nursing and midwifery education services at the strategic and operational level.
- Experience in developing budgets/funding projections with competent financial management.
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local nursing and midwifery, professional education and health policy issues
- Knowledge of service improvement, modernisation and change management approaches and initiatives
- Knowledge of the national clinical governance, quality and patient safety agendas
- Knowledge & understanding of the Leeds Improvement Method
- Knowledge of current national, regional and local childrens nursing , professional education and health issues.
- Principles of infection prevention and control
- An understanding of research and evidenced based practice
- Customer relations
- Maintaining a safe environment
- Emergency procedures
Desirable
- Demonstrable evidence of leading strategic/service planning.
- Completed service improvement/change management training.
- Demonstrated experience in all aspects of Human Resource Management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Masters degree level of education (or demonstrable evidence of working at this level)
- Post graduate leadership qualification.
- Post graduate education qualification
Desirable
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification.
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.
