Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and forward-thinking leader to take up the role of head of nursing and quality in Southampton community mental health services. In this role you will be responsible for the strategic, financial and day-to-day running of a diverse portfolio of mental health services. This includes adult community mental health services and bespoke specialist teams. As a clinical leader you will play a vital role in ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to our population. You will be working within a supportive environment, working as part of a team that values empathy dedication and professionalism. As part of the senior leadership team you will coach, line manage and develop clinical staff. You will support and contribute to undertaking audits and governance and contribute to developing and reviewing local operating procedures for the services.
You will chair and facilitate key meetings to ensure that you have robust oversight of quality and performance monitoring within your services. You will be joining an existing stable leadership team with a culture of collaborative leadership. The post holder will be an integral member of the Divisional Senior Management Team and will be involved in working with key stakeholders and partners to support Southampton in providing safe clinical service delivery. You will be expected to play an active role on the Divisional Board, supporting the strategic development of community mental health services.
Main duties of the job
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is a highly skilled and experienced clinician who is looking to work across a complex and challenging system. This is an excellent opportunity to experience senior leadership and gain insight into the strategic vision and direction of mental health services in Southampton.
The post holder will provide professional clinical expertise; advice and guidance that will drive high quality care standards and deliver recovery focused, compassionate services.
This role will spend a proportion of its time working clinically; providing clinical leadership and supervision at the frontline. Working with our staff and partners on the most complex cases; supporting clinical risk decisions to ensure the best possible outcomes for people.
This role will work collaboratively with external partners; flexing across traditional boundaries of work and thinking to ensure high quality and safe clinical practice is maintained for the people that use our services and our staff.
For further information and informal discussion please contact Becky Clooney - Associate Director Of Mental Health, Southampton Division Rebecca.Clooney@southernhealth.nhs.uk
About us
Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?
Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?
We want to meet you!
Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.
Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.
Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:
- Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
- We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
- We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.
Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*To provide visible professional clinical leadership and expertise to all staff in the Division; establishing a culture of professionalism and constructive challenge to improve outcomes.
*Working with the Divisional Director of Nursing and AHP lead transformational change, with partners, throughout the clinical services in the Division to improve the health needs of the local population.
*Role model and promote a culture that reflects the values of the organisation and the NHS more widely, applying relevant national initiatives and strategies.
*Provide professional leadership to all Nursing and AHP staff within their Division enabling each person's unique clinical expert contribution to inform peoples care
*Provide evidence based expert nursing leadership, working in partnership with corporate support partners on divisional and Trust priorities e.g. workforce, education and training outcomes.
*Support and chair, as required, professional forums, networks and governance meetings in partnership with other managers & clinicians
*Ensure that robust mechanisms are in place for clinical supervision and revalidation within the division.
*Build the positive reputation of our services to enable the Trust to become an 'Employer of Choice' for the nursing and AHP, alongside other professions.
*Support the ability of nurses and AHPs within the Division to maintain their professional registration. Taking timely and appropriate action should staff not re-register.
*Take a lead role in care pathways across the Division and Trust where appropriate
*Lead and manage the process of learning from incidents, ensuring robust and transparent investigations take place in a timely manner, SMART actions are agreed, and actions are delivered by teams to improve that care for people.
*Ensure that wider learning about safety and patient experience are embedded within the Division
*To develop strong professional relationships in Nursing and governance with colleagues across the Trust, Primary Care Networks (PCN) and Local Authority.
*The role will implement and embed national and local professional and quality standards and best practice requirements. Specifically, demonstrating an in depth knowledge of relevant clinical expertise, statutory and regulatory standards and ability to plan and deliver interventions to assure compliance
*The role will create an environment within the Division that promotes openness and transparency making care, safety and staff satisfaction everyone's first concern.
*Support the development and introduction of new roles across professions that support improved outcomes for patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
*To provide visible professional clinical leadership and expertise to all staff in the Division; establishing a culture of professionalism and constructive challenge to improve outcomes.
*Working with the Divisional Director of Nursing and AHP lead transformational change, with partners, throughout the clinical services in the Division to improve the health needs of the local population.
*Role model and promote a culture that reflects the values of the organisation and the NHS more widely, applying relevant national initiatives and strategies.
*Provide professional leadership to all Nursing and AHP staff within their Division enabling each person's unique clinical expert contribution to inform peoples care
*Provide evidence based expert nursing leadership, working in partnership with corporate support partners on divisional and Trust priorities e.g. workforce, education and training outcomes.
*Support and chair, as required, professional forums, networks and governance meetings in partnership with other managers & clinicians
*Ensure that robust mechanisms are in place for clinical supervision and revalidation within the division.
*Build the positive reputation of our services to enable the Trust to become an 'Employer of Choice' for the nursing and AHP, alongside other professions.
*Support the ability of nurses and AHPs within the Division to maintain their professional registration. Taking timely and appropriate action should staff not re-register.
*Take a lead role in care pathways across the Division and Trust where appropriate
*Lead and manage the process of learning from incidents, ensuring robust and transparent investigations take place in a timely manner, SMART actions are agreed, and actions are delivered by teams to improve that care for people.
*Ensure that wider learning about safety and patient experience are embedded within the Division
*To develop strong professional relationships in Nursing and governance with colleagues across the Trust, Primary Care Networks (PCN) and Local Authority.
*The role will implement and embed national and local professional and quality standards and best practice requirements. Specifically, demonstrating an in depth knowledge of relevant clinical expertise, statutory and regulatory standards and ability to plan and deliver interventions to assure compliance
*The role will create an environment within the Division that promotes openness and transparency making care, safety and staff satisfaction everyone's first concern.
*Support the development and introduction of new roles across professions that support improved outcomes for patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional -- (registered RMN may be needed to oversee MHA for roles in MH and LD)
- Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Confident and professional leadership approach, influencing and negotiating skills to enthuse, motivate and involve others.
- Experience of leading and inspiring teams and individuals to confidently, continually improve care to people.
- Experience of motivating and valuing staff to deliver high quality services in challenging environments.
- Experience of successfully leading service improvement and using re-design techniques, quality improvement tools.
- Knowledge and understanding of the key national and policy initiatives and drivers relating to the services for people you lead.
- Experience of leading complex and challenging organisational issues and manage competing agendas.
- Experience of working with clinical performance systems, governance and national regulatory frameworks.
- Experience of senior nursing/AHP roles within clinically appropriate services.
- Evidence of strong clinical leadership resulting in high clinical standards related to regulatory requirements and best practice.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and developing productive partnership arrangements
- Evidence of personal achievement transforming healthcare services and improving patient experience
- Evidence of ensuring the provision of clinically safe services
- Evidence of championing the voice of the people who use our services and their families.
- Experience of work under pressure with competing and ambitious deadlines.
- Ability to self-motivate, high levels of self-awareness and high levels of personal resilient.
- Experience of balancing financial and clinical pressures to provide safe services to the population.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional -- (registered RMN may be needed to oversee MHA for roles in MH and LD)
- Masters level qualification
Experience
Essential
- Confident and professional leadership approach, influencing and negotiating skills to enthuse, motivate and involve others.
- Experience of leading and inspiring teams and individuals to confidently, continually improve care to people.
- Experience of motivating and valuing staff to deliver high quality services in challenging environments.
- Experience of successfully leading service improvement and using re-design techniques, quality improvement tools.
- Knowledge and understanding of the key national and policy initiatives and drivers relating to the services for people you lead.
- Experience of leading complex and challenging organisational issues and manage competing agendas.
- Experience of working with clinical performance systems, governance and national regulatory frameworks.
- Experience of senior nursing/AHP roles within clinically appropriate services.
- Evidence of strong clinical leadership resulting in high clinical standards related to regulatory requirements and best practice.
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and developing productive partnership arrangements
- Evidence of personal achievement transforming healthcare services and improving patient experience
- Evidence of ensuring the provision of clinically safe services
- Evidence of championing the voice of the people who use our services and their families.
- Experience of work under pressure with competing and ambitious deadlines.
- Ability to self-motivate, high levels of self-awareness and high levels of personal resilient.
- Experience of balancing financial and clinical pressures to provide safe services to the population.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
