Clinical Unit Manager

Job Description:

Clinical Unit Manager

Canary Wharf, 50 Bank Street, London, E14 5NY

Permanent, Full time (37.5 hours)

Mon-Fri with occasional Saturday work

Competitive Salary

We make health happen

This is an exciting opportunity to lead nursing and clinical services in a brand-new, purpose-built Specialist Diagnostics & Dental Centre at Canary Wharf, opening in 2026. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities including MRI, CT, X-ray, and mammography, the centre will deliver a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services across multiple specialities.

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.

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.

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.

Canary Wharf

The Canary Wharf Centre at 50 Bank Street is a purpose-built Specialist Diagnostics & Dental Centre opening in 2026. It will feature state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities, including MRI and CT scanning, X-ray and mammography, enabling high-quality care in a modern environment designed to support clinical excellence. 

The centre will provide a wide range of services, including secondary care for orthopaedics, pain and spinal, dental and maxillofacial, breast and gynaecology, dermatology, and ear, nose and throat, with the ability to perform procedures onsite. It will also offer cardiology, urology, ophthalmology and neurology, alongside primary care services such as health assessments, private GP appointments, women’s health plans, physiotherapy and dental care. 

This development is part of our ambition to grow our business and transform the healthcare markets we operate in, offering customers greater choice and better access to services. Most patients will benefit from end-to-end care under one roof, with onward referrals within the Bupa network when needed. By delivering more connected care, we aim to make healthcare simpler and more joined up for our customers. 

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Locations:

Canary Wharf