Clinical Leader - Emergency Department

Job summary

As an influential and visible leader, you will inspire excellence by role-modelling best practice, supporting the Unit Manager, and confidently taking charge of clinical operations across fast-paced shifts.

You will share responsibility for achieving key departmental performance targets, ensuring that patient flow, safety, and experience remain central to everything we do. A key part of this role is supporting, guiding, and empowering staff across all grades promoting professional growth, safeguarding wellbeing, and fostering a positive, resilient team culture.

Strong conflict-management skills are essential, enabling you to address challenges proactively, manage difficult situations with fairness and confidence, and maintain effective team dynamics even under pressure. You will champion a culture where professional standards, respectful communication, and collaborative working are upheld at all times.

In this role, you will help shape the future of the department. You may deputise for the Unit Manager and contribute to developing and implementing policies, clinical standards, and SOPs that improve the quality of care.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, compassionate, and forward-thinking clinician who is ready to take the next step in leadership within a dynamic Emergency Care environment.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to all patients and service users, ensuring practice aligns with current clinical standards, guidelines, and regulatory requirements.

Coordinate and take operational charge of the department, providing clear, effective leadership to ensure the safe, efficient, and seamless delivery of clinical services.

Promote and safeguard staff wellbeing, ensuring patient care is delivered safely, compassionately, and in a timely manner, in adherence to local policies, procedures, and professional standards.

Maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with all specialties and members of the multidisciplinary team to support effective communication and continuity of care.

Support professional development and continuous learning, encouraging growth within the team and providing supervision, guidance, and mentorship to junior staff.

Confidently manage challenging conversations, addressing concerns or performance issues in a fair, supportive, and timely manner, while maintaining professionalism and fostering a positive team culture.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

1st Level Registered Nurse

Essential

• 1st level registered nurse. Recent post basic clinical qualification in relevant area
• Recent relevant experience at senior level within the speciality. Evidence of clinical competence in speciality. Able to assume a lead clinical role as appropriate. Understanding of the setting and monitoring of standards. Evidence of teaching and developing staff. Able to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team
• Demonstrable appropriate/specific clinical skills to designated area

Desirable

• Recent leadership development or willingness to work towards a leadership qualification
• Challenging Conversations training
• 3 years qualified
• Triage Trained (MTS)

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).