Recovery Nurse

HDU / Recovery Lead Nurse Location: Central London
Salary:£45,000+ Excellent Benefits
Job Type: Full-Time | Permanent

Are you an experienced HDU / Recovery Nurse ready to take the next step into a leadership role? We're recruiting on behalf of a leading independent private healthcare provider for an exceptional HDU / Recovery Lead Nurse to join a highly regarded surgical and critical care team in Central London.

This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Registered Nurse with extensive experience in High Dependency Unit (HDU), Critical Care, and Post Anaesthetic Care (PACU) to lead a dynamic department delivering outstanding patient care and clinical excellence.

The Role As the HDU / Recovery Lead Nurse
, you will provide operational and clinical leadership across the High Dependency Unit and Theatre Recovery, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based care for surgical and critically ill patients.

You'll lead a multidisciplinary team, oversee daily operations, manage staffing and resources, support outreach services to inpatient wards, and ensure compliance with CQC, ICS and national clinical standards. This role combines hands-on clinical practice with leadership, governance and service development.

• Lead the day-to-day management of the HDU and Recovery departments.
• Deliver exceptional Level 2 critical care, with Level 3 support where required.
• Provide expert post-anaesthetic recovery care within Theatre Recovery.
• Lead, mentor and develop the HDU and Recovery nursing team.
• Coordinate staffing, resources and departmental operations.
• Deliver an outreach service supporting deteriorating patients across inpatient wards.
• Work collaboratively with consultants, anaesthetists and multidisciplinary teams.
• Promote clinical governance, patient safety and continuous quality improvement.
• Ensure compliance with CQC, ICS and professional practice standards.
• Participate in education, training and competency development of staff.
• Support emergency response teams and participate in the on-call rota, including nights.
• Drive service improvement and maintain exceptional patient outcomes.

To be considered for this opportunity, you will have:

• Current NMC Registered Nurse registration.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in Recovery Nursing.
• Minimum 5 years' experience within Critical Care or HDU.
• Recognised postgraduate Critical Care qualification.
• Teaching or Mentorship qualification.
• Management and Leadership qualification.
• Previous leadership or management experience within HDU, Recovery or Critical Care.
• Experience with in the independent healthcare sector is desirable.
• Excellent knowledge of post-anaesthetic care, critical care and clinical governance.
• Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• A passion for delivering safe, high-quality patient-centred care.

Our client offers an excellent rewards package including:

• Competitive salary up to £45k
• Private healthcare
• Generous annual leave
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Staff wellbeing initiatives
• Discounted gym membership
• Ongoing professional development and funded training
• Career progression opportunities
• Employee referral scheme
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Recognition awards and staff events