Job summary
The Head of Nursing role is a key position within the Divisional Management Team, responsible to the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services, delivered across the Trust including the community. This post covers the acute directorate which includes Emergency Department, Same day Urgent Care, Medical Admissions Unit and acute ward based respiratory and cardiac wards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder supports the Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance and other senior managers in the day to day delivery of the clinical business of the Service, and assumes delegated functions of corporate nursing or midwifery development programmes, nursing recruitment and retention, measuring and improving standards of care and the patient experience, in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the Divisional management team and service leads to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure all nursing, midwifery and AHP staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated. Main key performance indicators are staff recruitment and retention, quality indicators, and access targets.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the Divisional management team and service leads to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure all nursing, midwifery and AHP staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated. Main key performance indicators are staff recruitment and retention, quality indicators, and access targets.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- RN (part 1 ) Post graduate training in Clinical Specialty, or Business or NHS Management in progress or completed
- Formal education to first degree level or equivalent ability Master's degree or equivalent ability/evidence of skill
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years operational management in an acute NHS Trust, including senior level experience & management of specialist services
- Minimum 3 years staff management, including senior level experience Minimum 3 years management
- Management of change Familiarity with basic IT applications
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Has the drive and energy to make things happen; frequently goes "above and beyond" the call of duty Shares leadership with and is respected by clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Is action oriented and adaptable to changing circumstances Thinks and solves problems creatively and from a position of inquiry (versus advocacy)
- Provides authentic and clear communication and direction even in times of uncertainty/ambiguity
- Has effective strategies for dealing with and managing own limitations
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility Resilient, even in the face of setbacks
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- RN (part 1 ) Post graduate training in Clinical Specialty, or Business or NHS Management in progress or completed
- Formal education to first degree level or equivalent ability Master's degree or equivalent ability/evidence of skill
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 3 years operational management in an acute NHS Trust, including senior level experience & management of specialist services
- Minimum 3 years staff management, including senior level experience Minimum 3 years management
- Management of change Familiarity with basic IT applications
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Has the drive and energy to make things happen; frequently goes "above and beyond" the call of duty Shares leadership with and is respected by clinical and non-clinical staff.
- Is action oriented and adaptable to changing circumstances Thinks and solves problems creatively and from a position of inquiry (versus advocacy)
- Provides authentic and clear communication and direction even in times of uncertainty/ambiguity
- Has effective strategies for dealing with and managing own limitations
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexibility Resilient, even in the face of setbacks
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
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).
