Job summary
Are you are an enthusiastic, motivated individual with supportive and confident leadership ? An exciting opportunity has arisen in the surgical division to work alongside and support the Divisional Director Of Nursing. This post will be for a minimum of six months and this will involve countywide cover. Surgery consists of three directorates that have several specialities within them.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities and Main Duties of the role;
Provide professional leadership
supporting the Divisional Director of Nursing in devising, implementing
and reviewing strategies for the development of clinical practice,
education and management of quality issues.
Working alongside the Governance team and improving patient safety, quality and experience
Strategy and Service improvements by contributing to the development and
realisation of the Divisional clinical strategy and business plan.
Implement a robust system across the
Division to evidence and monitor the nursing contribution to national and
local standards of care.
To identify, support
and implement Trust-wide cost saving schemes, through service and
productivity improvements
Develop leadership capability and
attitudes across wards and departments.
Work with the matrons and lead nurses and role model the effective
use of relevant various leadership styles.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing
PAY BAND: 8B
HOURS: Full Time 37.5 Hours per Week
DIVISION Surgical Division
RESPONISBLE TO: Chief Nursing Officer
PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Divisional Director of Nursing
JOB PURPOSE
- The post holder will support the Divisional Director of Nursing in balancing the challenges of providing high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes and in a way that delivers efficiencies, meeting the expectations of patients and the public.
- The post-holder leads the Divisional nursing team in delivering high standards, evidence based services that puts safety, quality and the patient experience at the centre. They will be responsible for ensuring that the governance agenda is adhered to.
- The post-holder provides innovative professional leadership in order to ensure and consistently develop a high quality, safe and cost effective service for patients. They will work in partnership with the Divisional Director of Nursing, Matrons and senior ward managers / charge nurses and ward / department staff.
- The post-holder supports the development of well structures patient pathways, leading on developing innovative new ways of working and new ways of providing services against the modernisation agenda.
- The post holder will lead the nursing workforce agenda and maximise its contribution to the achievement of the Trust and Divisional strategic goals. The post holder will ensure that this is achieved in accordance with the patient need and nationally determined and locally developed professional standards.
- The post holder participates in Trust local and national projects to both promote and develop nursing. They will lead workforce and nursing workload benchmarking and analysis to drive productivity benefits across the Division.
- The post holder will directly manage a group of specialist nursing roles across the Division ensuring innovation and efficiencies are maintained.
- The Deputy Divisional Nurse is required to maintain clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 20% time in clinical practice within the Division across all three sites.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing
PAY BAND: 8B
HOURS: Full Time 37.5 Hours per Week
DIVISION Surgical Division
RESPONISBLE TO: Chief Nursing Officer
PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Divisional Director of Nursing
JOB PURPOSE
- The post holder will support the Divisional Director of Nursing in balancing the challenges of providing high quality, safe services, with excellent outcomes and in a way that delivers efficiencies, meeting the expectations of patients and the public.
- The post-holder leads the Divisional nursing team in delivering high standards, evidence based services that puts safety, quality and the patient experience at the centre. They will be responsible for ensuring that the governance agenda is adhered to.
- The post-holder provides innovative professional leadership in order to ensure and consistently develop a high quality, safe and cost effective service for patients. They will work in partnership with the Divisional Director of Nursing, Matrons and senior ward managers / charge nurses and ward / department staff.
- The post-holder supports the development of well structures patient pathways, leading on developing innovative new ways of working and new ways of providing services against the modernisation agenda.
- The post holder will lead the nursing workforce agenda and maximise its contribution to the achievement of the Trust and Divisional strategic goals. The post holder will ensure that this is achieved in accordance with the patient need and nationally determined and locally developed professional standards.
- The post holder participates in Trust local and national projects to both promote and develop nursing. They will lead workforce and nursing workload benchmarking and analysis to drive productivity benefits across the Division.
- The post holder will directly manage a group of specialist nursing roles across the Division ensuring innovation and efficiencies are maintained.
- The Deputy Divisional Nurse is required to maintain clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 20% time in clinical practice within the Division across all three sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Level 1)
- Degree related to Nursing
- Masters degree or actively working towards the same
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
- Significant experience at Band 8a or above
- Experience of 2 years working in a senior leadership role
- Evidence of advanced knowledge and understanding of the quality and safety agenda
- Managing service level change in an acute hospital setting
- Team building and roles in teams experience
- Resolving user concerns effectively
- Continuous quality improvement
- Budget and financial management
- Track record of delivering high standards of care
- Clinically credible and evidence based practice
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to achieve change through others
- Staff empowerment and development
- Ability to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Problem solving
- Flexibility
- Works effectively in a pressurised environment
- Current Health Service Priorities
- Local, regional and national nursing agenda
- Key Performance Indicators
- Care Quality Commission Standards for Registration
- CQUINS local and national
- Modernisation Agenda
- Strategic thinker
- Upholds Trust Values
- Respects contribution of others and acknowledges
- Influencing and negotiation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post
- Standard Clauses;
- A Disclosures and Barring Service check will be carried out where the position is eligible for a Disclosures and Barring Service Check in accordance with the 2012 Protection of Freedom Act and the guidance issued by the DBS.
- All posts working with children or vulnerable adults are required to have an Enhanced DBS checked including checking against DBS / ISA Vetting and Barring lists.
Desirable
- Post Grad Management Qualification
- Experience compiling reports suitable for Board submission
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Level 1)
- Degree related to Nursing
- Masters degree or actively working towards the same
- Evidence of on-going personal and professional development
- Significant experience at Band 8a or above
- Experience of 2 years working in a senior leadership role
- Evidence of advanced knowledge and understanding of the quality and safety agenda
- Managing service level change in an acute hospital setting
- Team building and roles in teams experience
- Resolving user concerns effectively
- Continuous quality improvement
- Budget and financial management
- Track record of delivering high standards of care
- Clinically credible and evidence based practice
- Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Highly developed negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to achieve change through others
- Staff empowerment and development
- Ability to make judgements involving complex facts or situations, which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
- Problem solving
- Flexibility
- Works effectively in a pressurised environment
- Current Health Service Priorities
- Local, regional and national nursing agenda
- Key Performance Indicators
- Care Quality Commission Standards for Registration
- CQUINS local and national
- Modernisation Agenda
- Strategic thinker
- Upholds Trust Values
- Respects contribution of others and acknowledges
- Influencing and negotiation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post
- Standard Clauses;
- A Disclosures and Barring Service check will be carried out where the position is eligible for a Disclosures and Barring Service Check in accordance with the 2012 Protection of Freedom Act and the guidance issued by the DBS.
- All posts working with children or vulnerable adults are required to have an Enhanced DBS checked including checking against DBS / ISA Vetting and Barring lists.
Desirable
- Post Grad Management Qualification
- Experience compiling reports suitable for Board submission
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).
