Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosurgery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 18 months (Secondment / Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-SCCS-2273
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- Hammersmith
- Salary
- £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Ward Manager - Neurosurgery
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Band 7 Ward Manager – 11 South Neurosurgery Ward Charing Cross Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced, dynamic and highly motivated Band 7 Ward Manager to lead 11 South, our busy specialist Neurosurgery Ward. This is an exciting opportunity to manage a diverse service caring for both elective and acute neurosurgical patients, delivering high-quality care within one of the UK's leading neuroscience centres.
As Ward Manager, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership to a skilled multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care. The ward manages a wide range of neurosurgical conditions, including cranial and spinal surgery pathways, emergency admissions and complex specialist care.
Main duties of the job
- Provide overall leadership, management and professional support to the nursing workforce on 11 SouthEnsure delivery of high standards of patient safety, quality and experience across elective and acute neurosurgical pathways
- Lead on workforce planning, recruitment, staff development and performance management
- Manage patient flow, bed capacity and operational demands in collaboration with the wider neuroscience team
- Promote evidence-based practice and drive service improvement, audit and quality initiatives
- Foster effective multidisciplinary working with neurosurgeons, therapists, specialist nurses and operational teams
- Support the development of junior staff and create a positive learning environment
- Maintain compliance with Trust policies, governance requirements and national quality standards
- Act as a role model, demonstrating compassionate leadership and a commitment to excellence in neurosurgical care.
- This role offers an outstanding opportunity to shape and develop a specialist neurosurgical ward within a forward-thinking and innovative organisation.
- Date and panel to be confirmed pending availability.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications Registered Nurse
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Working towards BSC/MSC
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- Relevant specialist course or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
- Graduate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience within speciality
- Experience of leading and developing a team
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Organisation, administrative and management skills
- Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
- Competency in medication administration including IV drugs
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit
- IT skills including use of email and office packages
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucia Gallagher
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Neurosurgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07467463011
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