Bupa
Clinical Unit Manager
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Job Description: Clinical Unit Manager
Bupa Canary Wharf, 50 Bank Street, E14 5NT
Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours)
Mon-Fri with occasional Saturday work (1 or 2 Saturdays a month)
Salary: Competitive
We make health happen
This is an exciting opportunity to lead nursing and clinical services in a purpose-built Specialist Diagnostics & Dental Centre. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities including MRI, CT, X-ray, and mammography, the centre delivers a wide range of outpatient, diagnostic and day case procedure services across multiple specialities.
Role Overview
As Clinical Unit Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in establishing and embedding clinical services, creating pathways and processes that deliver outstanding patient care and experience. You’ll be a visible leader, driving clinical excellence, governance, and innovation while supporting the seamless transition of patients across care pathways within Bupa’s London network.
How You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen
- Lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of care pathways and clinical service delivery models.
- Ensure safe staffing levels and skill mix, maintaining competence across nursing teams.
- Drive quality assurance programmes and manage clinical audits to improve patient care.
- Provide strong, visible leadership and act as a role model for inclusive culture and clinical excellence.
- Oversee operational delivery, resource utilisation, and financial management within budgetary expectations.
- Manage complaints, incidents, and embed learning to continuously improve care standards.
- Support recruitment, retention, and development of a highly engaged nursing team.
- Collaborate with consultants and multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient pathways and experience.
- Deputise for the Centre General Manager as required.
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Key Skills / Qualifications
Essential:
- Registered Nurse (Adult) with live NMC registration.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional education.
- Teaching/assessing qualification.
- Management qualification or working towards one.
- Significant experience in a senior nursing role within Outpatient/Diagnostic settings.
- Experience leading new service implementation and managing clinical audits.
- Strong knowledge of NMC Codes, governance, and resource management.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and financial awareness.
Desirable:
- Diploma in Management Studies or equivalent.
- Safe sedation training.
- Experience in radiology nursing, theatres/anaesthetics, or research and development.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
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Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Payment of professional registration fees
- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
- Various other benefits and online discounts
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Nursing & Theatres
Locations:
Canary Wharf
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