Job summary
Fantastic secondment opportunity for an ambitious nurse, midwife or AHP to join Liverpool Women's, as Deputy to the Chief Nurse working across all areas of the professional and corporate portfolio
This is a development opportunity ringfenced to applicants in Cheshire and Merseyside.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Chief Nursing Officer / Allied Health professional (DCN/ AHP) is a key role within the corporate team who, alongside the Director of Midwifery (DoM), provides the Chief Nursing (CN) with critical leadership support in leading the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) workforce and delivering high standards of care and experience to women, children, young people and their families.
In addition, the Deputy Chief Nurse/AHP will work closely with the Associate Director of Quality Governance to provide assurance of high standards of quality, safety, and experience, demonstrating ambitious clinical outcome measures.
The Deputy Chief Nurse / AHP will, on behalf of the Chief Nurse lead on health inequalities in developing and implementing models of service delivery to tackle health inequalities, bringing fresh and innovative approaches to coproduction.
The Deputy Chief Nurse/ AHP will act as a Deputy to the Chief Nurse across all areas of the portfolio and deputise for the Chief Nurse across a range of functions and meetings (internal and external) and during periods of leave/absence.
This is a development opportunity ringfenced to applicants in Cheshire and Merseyside.
For an informal discussion please contact Dianne Brown Chief NurseDianne.brown@lwh.nhs,uk
About us
Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.
We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring.
Our core value is to 'Be Kind' and we have an ambition to 'Be Brilliant' with the best people, giving the safest care, to provide outstanding experiences.
We are committed to creating a greener Liverpool Women's https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4095/our-green-plan.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Postholder will have responsibilities including Clinical Leadership, professional leadership to nursing and AHP staff accross the organisation, people management for all functions under the remit of the post. See job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Postholder will have responsibilities including Clinical Leadership, professional leadership to nursing and AHP staff accross the organisation, people management for all functions under the remit of the post. See job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Midwife or AHP
- Degree
- Management qualification or significant senior management experience in an acute setting
- Evidence of significant professional and managerial development
- Masters' degree or equivalent experience working at a senior level.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior nurse management experience in nursing and or midwifery or specialist AHP experience
- Expert in field of nursing / midwifery / AHP
- Extensive experience of nursing development, practice, and benchmarking
- Record of improving nursing performance and quality
- Experience of developing and leading the clinical governance and corporate risk agenda
- Successful achievement of projects through working closely with multidisciplinary teams
- Proven experience of managing substantial change within a complex environment
- Record of applying professional judgement for the purpose of decision making to complex situations
- Specialised knowledge over one or more discipline or function acquired over a significant period.
- Proven management experience in an acute hospital environment including significant experience of; o Staff management at senior level The best people, giving the safest care, providing outstanding experiences o Financial management and control o Performance management
- Experience of managing substantial nursing projects at corporate level, delivering to target and in time.
- Experience in a previous corporate leadership role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of nursing policy and procedure
- Detailed knowledge of current nursing and midwifery issues
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of health policy.
- Ability to develop strategic priorities and to organise staff and resources to achieve high quality patient care and delivery of performance targets.
- Advanced planning, organisational, leadership and communication skills
- Significant change management skills
- Experience of providing senior advice on complex issues to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Evidence of current clinical practice, supported by advanced theoretical & practical knowledge.
- Ability to demonstrate clinical credibility to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in negotiating at an organisational level and externally with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse highly complex information and deliver key messages to a range of staff including experienced clinicians and managers.
- Ability to communicate highly complex and often distressing information to staff, patients and their families
- Attention to detail
- Complex report writing
- Excellent leadership, motivational and communication skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivated and results driven.
- Ability to make decisions and manage emergency situations.
- A team player and able to work collaboratively.
- Committed to improving patient care.
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage a fluctuating workload in a dynamic environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse / Midwife or AHP
- Degree
- Management qualification or significant senior management experience in an acute setting
- Evidence of significant professional and managerial development
- Masters' degree or equivalent experience working at a senior level.
Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior nurse management experience in nursing and or midwifery or specialist AHP experience
- Expert in field of nursing / midwifery / AHP
- Extensive experience of nursing development, practice, and benchmarking
- Record of improving nursing performance and quality
- Experience of developing and leading the clinical governance and corporate risk agenda
- Successful achievement of projects through working closely with multidisciplinary teams
- Proven experience of managing substantial change within a complex environment
- Record of applying professional judgement for the purpose of decision making to complex situations
- Specialised knowledge over one or more discipline or function acquired over a significant period.
- Proven management experience in an acute hospital environment including significant experience of; o Staff management at senior level The best people, giving the safest care, providing outstanding experiences o Financial management and control o Performance management
- Experience of managing substantial nursing projects at corporate level, delivering to target and in time.
- Experience in a previous corporate leadership role.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of nursing policy and procedure
- Detailed knowledge of current nursing and midwifery issues
- Ability to demonstrate a sound understanding of health policy.
- Ability to develop strategic priorities and to organise staff and resources to achieve high quality patient care and delivery of performance targets.
- Advanced planning, organisational, leadership and communication skills
- Significant change management skills
- Experience of providing senior advice on complex issues to a range of internal and external stakeholders
- Evidence of current clinical practice, supported by advanced theoretical & practical knowledge.
- Ability to demonstrate clinical credibility to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience in negotiating at an organisational level and externally with a range of stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse highly complex information and deliver key messages to a range of staff including experienced clinicians and managers.
- Ability to communicate highly complex and often distressing information to staff, patients and their families
- Attention to detail
- Complex report writing
- Excellent leadership, motivational and communication skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Self-motivated and results driven.
- Ability to make decisions and manage emergency situations.
- A team player and able to work collaboratively.
- Committed to improving patient care.
- Emotionally resilient and able to manage a fluctuating workload in a dynamic environment.
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).
