Job summary
We're looking for an experienced and passionate leader to help shape the future of care across Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.In this role, you'll work closely with Consultants, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and other healthcare professionals to develop and expand an expert nurse-led service that truly puts patients first. You'll play a key part in ensuring care is seamless, coordinated, and timely for your patient group.
- Leading and supporting a dedicated team of Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Driving improvements through education, research, and auditProviding expert clinical leadership while managing service development
- Supporting training and development for your team and wider colleagues
This is a hands-on role with a strong clinical focus - 70% clinical, 30% management - giving you the chance to make a real impact both at the bedside and at a strategic level.
Main duties of the job
- Provide visible line management and professional leadership to the Breast Team, overseeing recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisal, and the ongoing development of staff at all levels.
- Foster a culture of high performance, collaboration, and staff empowerment, ensuring alignment with the Trust's values and behaviours framework.Implement effective human resource processes, including workforce planning absence management, succession planning, and support for health and wellbeing in the team.
- Lead the strategic development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Breast Service, always ensuring a clear focus on continuous quality improvement and patient safety.
- To run nurse-led clinics; accept, assess and interpret referrals; making referrals; improve and maintain standards of care within the speciality; carry a caseload and organise own specialist workload.
- Design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based educational programmes and training packages to enhance clinical knowledge, skills, and competencies in tissue viability throughout the Trust.
- Promote shared learning, mentorship, and ongoing professional development within the nursing workforce and the wider multidisciplinary teams.
- Manage allocated staff in the Breast unit, ensuring regular check ins and appraisals are all undertaken in line with local policies, ensuring mandatory training is completed.
About us
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Details
Date posted
16 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,690 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
390-SUR-SO-5220
Job locations
Broomfield Breast Unit A104
Court Road
Broomfield, Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Broomfield Breast Unit A104
Court Road
Broomfield, Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer's website
https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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