Band 8a | Full-time (37.5 hours) | On-call commitment
Location: Haven House Children's Hospice North East London
Haven House Childrens Hospice is seeking a highly experienced senior nurse leader to join our leadership team as Head of Clinical Services & Quality.
This is a key operational leadership role at a time of significant service development across North East London. The post holder will act as Deputy to the Director of Clinical Services and will be the organisation's CQC Registered Manager, with responsibility for quality, safety, and day-to-day clinical delivery.
The role
You will provide operational leadership across all clinical services, including hospice-based care, Hospice at Home and end-of-life services. You will line manage the Integrated Nursing Team, Therapies and Wellbeing Team, and Education and Governance Team, ensuring services are safe, responsive and well governed.
The role includes participation in the senior on-call rota and requires confident, timely decision-making in complex and sometimes high-pressure situations.
Main Responsibilities Include
- Operational leadership of clinical services across hospice, home and community settings
- Acting as CQC Registered Manager and maintaining regulatory compliance
- Oversight of quality, safety, governance, incidents and safeguarding
- Workforce leadership, including supervision, appraisal and development
- Supporting service mobilisation, expansion and transformation
- Deputising for the Director of Clinical Services as required
About You
You must be:
- A Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- An experienced senior clinical leader with strong operational skills
- Confident managing quality, risk and regulatory requirements
- An effective people manager and visible clinical leader
- Calm, organised and values-led
- Experience in childrens palliative care, hospice care or complex community services is desirable, but transferable senior leadership experience will be considered.
Benefits
As an employee you will be entitled to the following range of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Agenda for Change Band 8a terms and conditions including pension
- Free onsite parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care voucher scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest-free season ticket loan
- Blue Light Card discount scheme
Haven House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment is subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.
To apply for the role, please download the application and job description and return to resourcing.
If you would like to discuss the role further, please email Aisling Kilbane, Director of Clinical Services.
Haven House reserves the right to commence the recruitment process before the closing date.
Closing date: Friday 6 February
Interviews week: commencing16 February
