Head of Nursing - Community Mental Health

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join us as Head of Nursing in our Adult Community Mental Health Directorate.

We are developing new and initiative models of care including primary care mental health as well as secondary mental health services, looking at our nursing workforce and utilising new and developmental roles.

We want our nurses to be the best they can be to ensure our patients get the outcomes they deserve, you will be part of leading that work and seeing the difference we can make to the people we serve.

You will also be joining a dedicated and stable leadership team who will support you to do you best in an organisation consistently considered one of the best places to work.

Main duties of the job

The Head of nursing will be a member of the CMH management team, and represent the directorate at the Trust Nursing Executive.

The Head of nursing will provide nursing leadership and have professional responsibility for all nurses within the directorate.

Through leading the delivery of the nursing strategy within their area they will ensure that nursing practice is of a high quality and is focused on the Oxleas values. They will ensure that care is delivered with kindness dignity and respect and the provision of a skilled and person-centred nursing service to service users their carers and families.

As the professional lead for nursing, they will provide advice and guidance to managers and other professional leads and take the lead on initiatives to improve nursing care.

They will provide professional advice relating to national and local policy, nursing workforce issues, referring to the Nursing Directorate and Nursing and Midwifery Council guidance (where appropriate) ensuring nurses are accountable for their practice.

The postholder will also lead on the Patient safety agenda for the directorate ensuring all standards are met and that we maintain robust links with the Trust patient safety team.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

London

SE18 3RG

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Memorial Hospital

Shooters Hill

London

SE18 3RG

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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