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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

About

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

We provide general acute hospital services to approximately 500,000 people from Coventry and Rugby and specialist hospital services to over one million people from Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. The Trust has a revenue budget of approximately £473 million, we employ over 10,000 staff, manage 1,380 beds and 32 operating theatres.

The Trust is made up of the following hospitals:
University Hospital Coventry
Hospital of St Cross – Rugby

Contact

Address: University Hospital Coventry; Clifford Bridge Road; Walsgrave; Coventry; West Midlands; CV2 2DX
Contact Number: 02476 96 9192

Find out more

Jobs Website

Open

Ref: 218-NM-B8A-8249016 Vacancy ID: 8249016

Lead Nurse for E-rostering and Safe care

Accepting applications until: 02-Sep-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 02-Sep-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Cyfeiriad: Clifford Bridge Road , Walsgrave
Tref: Coventry
Cod post: CV2 2DX
Major / Minor Region: Warwickshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Oriau: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On site working required)

Salary

Cyflog: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (NHS AfC: Band 8a)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: E-rostering

Dyddiad y cyfweliad: 21/09/2026

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Job Summary

A high profile, accessible and responsive leader, the role of Lead Nurse for E-Rostering and Safe Care is to strategically lead the safe and sustainable staffing agenda across the Trust working closely with the Associate Director of Nursing for workforce, Deputy Chief nursing officer and other key stakeholders.

The post holder will be required to:

Lead on the strategic development of E-Rostering (electronic rostering) as an instrument to strengthen safer staffing governance for Nursing, Midwifery and AHP colleagues, maintaining and acting as a contact for guidance and support on all aspects of E-Rostering, including, but not limited to, e-job-planning for relevant staff.
Have responsibility for the delivery of the E-Rostering team objectives and oversee quality control.
Work directly with the senior corporate nursing team to deliver on key objectives determined through Carter review meetings and NM and the AHP workforce groups advising the groups on system capability and opportunities.
Lead on compliance and implementation of national guidance and recommendations from NHSE workforce safeguards and NQB guidance.
Lead on the deployment of the Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT) through training and quality assessment.
Support operational implementation of workforce safeguards, including the optimisation of the daily review process.
Support and advise Group Directors of Nursing and Matrons with regard to staffing during exceptional circumstances

Leadership and Management

Provide strategic leadership to the non-medical E-Roster team ensuring achievement of agreed key performance indicators (KPIs).
Work with Trust key stakeholders to ensure effective rostering management through the agreed roster approval processes.
Provide expert advice to inform decision making regarding future software procurement.
Monitoring of software licence use in line with procurement requirements.
Provide expertise to the Trust in the use of evidence-based tools such as Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT), in the implementation of nursing establishment setting and skill mix reviews.
Ensure an agreed system and process for efficient data collection for acuity and dependency scores to support establishment setting.
Support the training and education of the Safer Nursing Care Tool and SafeCare categories to all inpatient ward areas, emergency departments and community settings to support establishment setting across the trust including the inter-rater reliability assessment process.
Support compliance with national guidance and quality assurance of an effective safe staffing system, such as NQB guidance and Developing Workforce Safeguards.
Ensure that the Safer Nursing Care Tool licence is kept up to date and the use of the tool within the Trust is within the boundaries of the licence.
In close collaboration with the Associate Director of Nursing for Workforce and Group Directors of Nursing, support Carter Reviews, ensuring the process is of a high standard and meaningful for participants.
Work collaboratively across the Trust with group ward managers and lead the E-Rostering team, to ensure that staff use the systems to maximum potential and provide reports such as (but not limited to) effective real time management of staffing levels, bank and agency utilisation and red flag reporting.
Audit processes related to nurse staffing management and policy documentation – ensuring all SOPs/policies are up to date and being adhered to.
Work with software suppliers to ensure service levels are maintained for the benefit of the Trust. This will include service improvement and operational performance management with the suppliers.

Key Working Relationships

Deputy Chief Nursing officer

Group and Associate Directors of Nursing
Associate Director of Therapies
Director of Midwifery
Lead Nurses
Modern Matrons
Workforce and Organisational Development colleagues
Nursing staff across the Trust
Local and sector-wide colleagues
Other NHS Trusts
E-Rostering provider

For further details please see the attached job description.

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Current professional registration • Demonstrable CPD • Graduate and/or working towards Master’s degree • Completed RL Datix training modules or willing to complete

Meini prawf dymunol

• Completion of leadership development programme/ course/module

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Professional clinical experience at a senior level • Significant experience leading rostering, staffing, workforce deployment, or operational workforce services. • Experience of eRostering systems, workforce reporting, and performance management. • Experience of change management and quality improvement techniques e.g. UHCWi methodology, NHSE improvement methodology or Lean • Experience of managing and completing complex projects requiring communication which may be highly complex, highly sensitive, highly contentious and/or conflicting • Proven leadership experience, including line management experience

Meini prawf dymunol

• Experience of reviewing workforce models

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol

• A sound knowledge of professional priorities and issues • Strong knowledge of safer staffing principles, workforce planning, and roster governance • A sound knowledge and experience of E -rostering systems management and solutions • Knowledge of the national and local NHS healthcare agenda and its implications

Meini prawf dymunol

• Knowledge of research/audit processes and application

Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Demonstrate ability to produce complex reports and formulate policies • Highly developed communication, influencing and negotiating skills • Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines • Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines • Demonstrate substantial level of digital literacy, with ability to be proficient in the use of word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software • Ability to present complex and challenging issues to senior management and clinicians

Meini prawf dymunol

• Ability to critically appraise data to determine impact and consequences. • Project management skills • Presentation skills

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Meini prawf hanfodol

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s values. (As detailed in UHCW’s Values in Action document below) • Applicants applying for job roles with managerial responsibility will be required to demonstrate evidence of promoting equal opportunities through work experience