Lead Nurse Women's & Children's

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Nurse in our Women's and Children's Clinical business unit, covering paediatrics and gynaecology. We are looking for a committed and self-motivated individual. The Lead Nurse will be accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality care. They will provide operational nursing advice and expertise, leadership and management support and work collaboratively with the wider MDT to deliver strategic and operational objectives.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) serves residents across Halton and Warrington boroughs.

Services are provided at two hospital sites and more than 30 community hubs and facilities across our boroughs.

Warrington Hospital provides emergency care, general medicine, surgery, cardiac care, stroke care, cancer care, maternity, paediatrics, and support services like physiotherapy, pathology and pharmacy.

Both hospitals offer outpatient clinics and diagnostic services to ensure patients can access care close to home.

The Trust is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Within this context Warrington and Halton operate as place-based partnerships which aim to develop a plan to address the broader health, public health and social care needs of the local population and design the delivery of integrated services to address these.

Main duties of the job

The Lead Nurse is a core member of the business unit's triumvirate management team and holds responsibility for ensuring all areas of operational nursing are delivered to a high standard to provide the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. Responsible to the Clinical Business Manager and professionally accountable to the Care Group Associate Chief Nurse to assist in delivering the Trust Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and the development of out-standing clinical practice.

We are looking for a talented, passionate and experienced nurse leader who can demonstrate strong clinical leadership, who can communicate effectively across multi-professional boundaries and role-model and promote a culture of caring and compassion.

About us

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.