Job summary
Are you an inclusive, compassionate, nurse leader with a significant track record of regional / partnership working and transformational change to help us on our exciting journey?
Come and join us here at Velindre Cancer Services!
As the post holder you will be an integral part of the Directorate Triumvirate, working in partnership with the General Manager and Clinical Director at Velinde Cancer Services, progressing into the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) in Cardiff. When complete, the new Velindre Cancer Centre will be a world class facility which provides specialist tertiary oncology services to patients across Southeast Wales.
You will possess exceptional operational expertise to deliver and evaluate progress in achieving the Trust's vision in achieving excellence in healthcare. Providing visible, clinical, professional and compassionate leadership, for nursing across the directorate.
As post holder you will possess relevant professional qualifications plus additional specialist management knowledge, acquired through training and experience.
More information on how we are building your new Cancer Centre can be foundhere
Main duties of the job
You will be professionally accountable for the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care for services within the sphere of responsibility.
The post holder will actively develop a culture of quality, improvement and productivity to improve patient/client care and services by analysis of complex data and information (such as PREMS, PROMS, DATIX), developing and implementing solutions to enhance quality and meet performance targets in line with the Trusts Quality and Patient Safety Governance Framework.
You will promote and role model the Trusts values, leadership expectations and behaviours, endorsing the principle of the Values and Behaviours. The individual will be an advocate for diversity and equal opportunities in all business and services provided by the Trust.
You will lead on identifying and cascading appropriate challenging goals and objectives ensuring that the vision, values and strategic themes of the Trust are translated into clear goals and objectives in business and workforce plans and PDRs.
The individual will lead a culture of ensuring patient/client safety through adherence to legal obligations and safety requirements by reviewing and challenging risks and progress on plans to reduce risk.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
About us
Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and ouraward-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1994, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.
Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Knowldege
Essential
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification
- Professional NMC registration applicable to area of practice.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
- Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities.
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Detailed understanding of the provision of health services.
- High level knowledge of all current issues related to professional nursing practice
- Has a good understanding of research and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice.
Experince
Essential
- Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level.
- Highly specialised and in-depth professional knowledge and experience from a range of nursing/midwifery disciplines across the services of the UHB.
- Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors.
- Experience of developing and implementing governance frameworks to support service delivery and service change.
- Extensive personnel, performance management experience
- Complaint management experience
- People management experience
- Performance management experience.
- Budgetary management experience.
- Managing change experience
- Experience of strategic business case development
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Advanced decision making skills
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through.
- Ability to demonstrate emotional leadership skills and apply to appropriate situations.
- Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff.
- Good organisational skills.
- Highly developed communications skills
- Computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Person Specification
Qualifications / Knowldege
Essential
- Educated to Masters Level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification
- Professional NMC registration applicable to area of practice.
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
- Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities.
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Detailed understanding of the provision of health services.
- High level knowledge of all current issues related to professional nursing practice
- Has a good understanding of research and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice.
Experince
Essential
- Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level.
- Highly specialised and in-depth professional knowledge and experience from a range of nursing/midwifery disciplines across the services of the UHB.
- Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors.
- Experience of developing and implementing governance frameworks to support service delivery and service change.
- Extensive personnel, performance management experience
- Complaint management experience
- People management experience
- Performance management experience.
- Budgetary management experience.
- Managing change experience
- Experience of strategic business case development
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Advanced decision making skills
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through.
- Ability to demonstrate emotional leadership skills and apply to appropriate situations.
- Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff.
- Good organisational skills.
- Highly developed communications skills
- Computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
