Overview
Cleveland Clinic London Hospital offers a state-of-the-art, high-acuity medical and surgical environment. Our caregivers can grow their clinical expertise across multiple specialities in collaboration with expert clinicians.
We were the first private UK hospital to offer a complete end-to-end electronic barcode medication administration (BCMA) process, a fully integrated electronic medical record (EMR) and integrated theatre iMRI. Our investment in EMR technology means nurses have the latest patient information at their fingertips. This places the patient at the centre of their care and helps to improve patient safety.
At Cleveland Clinic London, we support the Pathway to Excellence® and Magnet® journey for nursing. These programmes are the highest recognition for nursing excellence and outcomes. This accreditation confirms there is an environment that empowers nurses, values their contribution and supports nursing leadership. We are on our journey to Pathway to Excellence® and will be amongst the first wave of Pathway to Excellence® hospitals in the UK.
We also celebrate our nurses through the Nursing Excellence Awards and DAISY Awards. The DAISY award is an international recognition programme where patients, their families and caregivers can nominate a nurse or midwife who has made a significant impact through outstanding care.
A Focus on Development
Our aim is not only to be the best place to receive healthcare, but the best place to work in healthcare. We offer a wide range of professional development opportunities, including:
- Specialist courses.
- Study days.
- Workshops.
- Leadership development.
- Simulation.
We also share best practices through professional nursing organisations, community events and global resources — including virtual programmes to enhance patient care and professional growth.
Our fast-paced, technologically advanced environment allows nurses to learn, grow and remain professionally challenged while shaping their careers according to their own interests. We have a robust evidence-based clinical competency framework to ensure our nursing caregivers demonstrate high-quality, safe care. And we help them achieve their goals with personalised development plans that are tailored to their specific professional path.
Nurses as Leaders
Nursing caregivers are core members of our clinical teams. These caregivers raise ideas, develop problem-solving projects and use evidence-based practice to innovate and make positive impacts to patient care. Our nurses are bedside leaders, empowered to speak-up and advocate for patient and caregiver safety.
As Cleveland Clinic London’s largest caregiver group, our nurses have vast experience and wide-reaching expertise, with over 70 nationalities represented.
They work in every setting and can be found in positions of leadership, advanced clinical practice, quality and safety, research, education, informatics and more.
Excellence Through Teamwork and Serving our Community
We have a 24/7 clinical coverage model to ensure nurses are always supported by surgical Fellows, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Advanced Critical Care Practitioners and Consultants. All nursing caregivers receive training in high-reliability to prevent errors. And when things don’t go to plan, we apply a just-culture model and patient safety incident response framework to evaluate the systems and processes to learn and improve patient care. Our globally integrated model assures learnings are embedded and best practices disseminated throughout the organisation.
Our nursing caregivers volunteer within the community through a range of programmes such as presenting at conferences and community events. They also volunteer for non-clinical environmental stewardship projects, charities and more.
Leadership
Tiina Thornton, MSc, BSc, RN | Chief Nursing Officer
Tiina Thornton is Chief Nursing Officer at Cleveland Clinic London. In this role, she leads nursing strategy, quality and professional practice. She plays a key role in the hospital’s planning, activation and ongoing commitment to nursing excellence. Previously, Tiina has held senior leadership roles in nursing quality, education, and patient experience across several major London hospitals, including The Harley Street Clinic and St Mary’s NHS Trust. Her leadership has helped advance nursing development, strengthen clinical education and enhance patient care standards. Tiina holds an MSc in Advanced Clinical Healthcare with distinction from King’s College London and a BSc in Nursing from Jyvaskyla Polytechnic, Finland. She is an active member of the Florence Nightingale Foundation Shared Governance Forum and the London Simulation Network.
