Job summary
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a confident, experienced and talented Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery,Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and Quality to join the Trust Board.This role is critical to the vision for health care that the Trust recently set out in its new five-year strategy and, for the right person, is a hugeopportunity with huge potential to make an impact and a difference to colleagues, partners and local people living across Blackpool, Fylde andWyre.
Main duties of the job
Providing highly visible professional leadership and direction for colleagues is a critical part of this role. We're looking for someone who will workclosely with medical, operational and corporate colleagues to inspire improvements that make a real difference to our patients and their families.In addition, as a key part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System, you'll need to actively build relationships and collaborateopenly with colleagues across the Integrated Care Board, the Provider Collaborative and the area's five providers.
About us
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is a challenged provider on a defined improvement journey and the expectations on this Executive Director will besignificant, but regulators have consistently recognised colleagues in both hospital and community services for 'caring' and you'll inherit a greatteam of people who will help every step of the way.You'll also have the support of the Chief Executive and a refreshed Trust Board of talented and experienced Executive and Non-ExecutiveDirectors who will encourage and champion your ideas and successes each and every day.We're looking for someone who is committed to creating the very best health care services we can for our local population and those further afieldwho need our specialist expertise in a significant and important role at the heart of the Trust.If it sounds like you, please get in touch to find out more and discuss this very unique opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the Job Description and main responsibilities, please review the attached document.The Person Specification attached clarifies the skills and experience required to meet the criteria to undertake the post.
Please note :
In the short term some aspects of Clinical Governance will be included in the role of Chief Nursing, AHP & Midwifery officer, accountabilities may in due course transfer to another role, with a dotted line to this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on the Job Description and main responsibilities, please review the attached document.The Person Specification attached clarifies the skills and experience required to meet the criteria to undertake the post.
Please note :
In the short term some aspects of Clinical Governance will be included in the role of Chief Nursing, AHP & Midwifery officer, accountabilities may in due course transfer to another role, with a dotted line to this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse.
- Master's degree, other relevant postgraduate qualification in nursing or related/relevant subject or equivalent experience.
- Management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Board level experience.
- At least 3 year's senior management experience in an NHS acute trust, operating at or close to Board level in an acute Trust.
- Expert knowledge and skills in managing the demands of the Nursing, Midwifery and AHP workforce.
- Recent evidence of introducing practice innovation and change in professional practice.
- Detailed understanding of the process and delivery of healthcare services and of government policy for modernising healthcare.
- Experience of leading significant organisational change.
- Experience of improving services and patient experience through patient engagement.
- Experience in nursing and midwifery issues which includes NMC requirements, pre and post registration nurse education and the educational implications of the workforce redesign agenda.
- Experience of managing significant projects to successful completion. Experience of partnership working at a senior level with other professions and disciplines towards a common goal.
- Experience of successful experience in leading the patient safety and quality agenda within an acute Trust environment
- Experience of delivering high levels of productivity and efficiency.
- Experience of leading on clinical governance and risk management strategies Understanding of clinical governance, information governance and quality performance.
- Acute experience.
- Experience of successful management of complex serious incidents.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent presentational skills, including public speaking to large audiences.
- Knowledge of key current issues in NHS systems reform.
- Strategic thinking and innovation.
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
- Highly developed influencing, persuading and communication skills.
- Well-developed leadership skills and emotional intelligence.
- Robust, with experience of being able to balance competing priorities and meet personal and directorate targets within a demanding workload.
- Courage to challenge the status quo and follow through change.
- Ability to deal with people at all levels to guide, support and counsel on highly complex and contentious issues.
- Able to interpret/analyse complex financial and statistical data and report on it.
- Ability to undertake research on a wide range of relevant topics and related issues.
- Politically astute.
- Ability to plan, execute and deliver.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Dynamic and entrepreneurial.
- Displays strong leadership skills.
- Role model for Trust core behaviours, including diversity.
- Displays strong intellectual ability.
- Ability to be credible at all levels of the Trust and across all staff groups.
- Positive attitude to change.
- Ability to handle situations of high emotional intensity.
- Embodies the Trust values.
- Displays honesty and integrity with personal values aligned to those of the Trust and NHS Constitution
- Self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience.
Other Requirements
Essential
- A strong commitment to personal continuing professional development.
- Sound IT skills in Microsoft Office and Word.
- Able to attend meetings and conferences across the country including overnight stays.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse.
- Master's degree, other relevant postgraduate qualification in nursing or related/relevant subject or equivalent experience.
- Management qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional and personal development.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Board level experience.
- At least 3 year's senior management experience in an NHS acute trust, operating at or close to Board level in an acute Trust.
- Expert knowledge and skills in managing the demands of the Nursing, Midwifery and AHP workforce.
- Recent evidence of introducing practice innovation and change in professional practice.
- Detailed understanding of the process and delivery of healthcare services and of government policy for modernising healthcare.
- Experience of leading significant organisational change.
- Experience of improving services and patient experience through patient engagement.
- Experience in nursing and midwifery issues which includes NMC requirements, pre and post registration nurse education and the educational implications of the workforce redesign agenda.
- Experience of managing significant projects to successful completion. Experience of partnership working at a senior level with other professions and disciplines towards a common goal.
- Experience of successful experience in leading the patient safety and quality agenda within an acute Trust environment
- Experience of delivering high levels of productivity and efficiency.
- Experience of leading on clinical governance and risk management strategies Understanding of clinical governance, information governance and quality performance.
- Acute experience.
- Experience of successful management of complex serious incidents.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent presentational skills, including public speaking to large audiences.
- Knowledge of key current issues in NHS systems reform.
- Strategic thinking and innovation.
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
- Highly developed influencing, persuading and communication skills.
- Well-developed leadership skills and emotional intelligence.
- Robust, with experience of being able to balance competing priorities and meet personal and directorate targets within a demanding workload.
- Courage to challenge the status quo and follow through change.
- Ability to deal with people at all levels to guide, support and counsel on highly complex and contentious issues.
- Able to interpret/analyse complex financial and statistical data and report on it.
- Ability to undertake research on a wide range of relevant topics and related issues.
- Politically astute.
- Ability to plan, execute and deliver.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Dynamic and entrepreneurial.
- Displays strong leadership skills.
- Role model for Trust core behaviours, including diversity.
- Displays strong intellectual ability.
- Ability to be credible at all levels of the Trust and across all staff groups.
- Positive attitude to change.
- Ability to handle situations of high emotional intensity.
- Embodies the Trust values.
- Displays honesty and integrity with personal values aligned to those of the Trust and NHS Constitution
- Self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience.
Other Requirements
Essential
- A strong commitment to personal continuing professional development.
- Sound IT skills in Microsoft Office and Word.
- Able to attend meetings and conferences across the country including overnight stays.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
Employer's website
https://www.bfwh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
