Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen as the substantive Deputy Director of Nursing for Specialist Medicine which includes within its portfolio: Respiratory, Cardiology, Haematology, Oncology, Palliative care and Renal Medicine. The post holder will work alongside the Clinical Director and Senior General Manager to make decisions on behalf of the CSU and set direction to deliver quality, safe and cost effective services.
The post requires someone with
- the ability to think and act strategically, set direction in a complex acute hospital environment and manage relationships with a wide range of senior colleagues.
- a high level analytical, problem-solving and communication skills, and a strong understanding of clinical specialty management across several specialties
- experience of delivering programmes of work using a QI methodology and of leading teams of people through change.
- excellent communication skills along with visible, dynamic and inspirational leadership enabling the nursing workforce to deliver safe and high quality standards of care.
- who will act as a positive role model , demonstrating at all times behaviours in line with our Trust values and for whom kindness and looking after our people is at the heart of their approach to leadership.
- be educated to Masters level in a relevant subject with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level and have demonstrable and credible experience of senior clinical nursing roles in the acute hospital setting.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing professional leadership and operational management to the Matrons, Lead nurses and Specialist Nurses who lead our nursing teams within the CSU. This includes leading on recruitment, appraisal, continual professional development and disciplinary matters in order to provide a patient focused service.
As the Senior nurse within the CSU you will be accountable for the oversight and assurance of care standards, Governance and all aspects of Patient experience - liaising with other agencies as appropriate and playing a pro-active role in quality improvement.
You will be responsible for all nursing budgets within your portfolio ensuring the safe and effective management of resources including assuring safe staffing.
You will lead on the implementation of agreed areas of quality / service development projects and improvement schemes relating to nursing in your clinical areas to meet patient and service needs in accordance to local and national standards.
About us
At Bradford Teaching Hospitals we're passionate about providing outstanding care for the people of the Bradford district and communities across the North of England. We're keen to meet people interested in sharing our passion and helping us continue to deliver the highest quality of care to our patients.
We're a renowned teaching hospital trust at the forefront of research, education and development, with a state-of-the-art simulation and skills training centre on site.
In short, we can help you lift your career to the next level. We've received huge investment to improve patient care which means we have truly world-class facilities including a brand new neonatal suite, state-of-the-art intensive care unit, a newly refurbished A&E department, new children's unit and a welcoming, modern atrium and reception area for staff and visitors.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to utilise your expert operational and clinical knowledge to ensure effective delivery of nursing services and champion patient centred care ensuring safety, quality and patient experience are embedded in everything that we do. This will include ensuring safe and effective patient flow to manage capacity and demand within your areas.
With excellent communication skills you will need to be able to establish your credibility at all levels internally and externally, and be able to quickly build relationships within your own team and the wider organization. Both a flexible 'can do' attitude and a strong focus on delivery are essential.
Ideally, you will have a proven track record of successfully managing and leading nursing teams across a diverse range of services and for delivering high standards of quality care. Your commitment to providing the best possible experience for our patients and their families who access our services will be at the core of all that you do, contributing to our mission to improve the health and well-being of those that we serve.
The post holder will participate in the First Manager On-call Rota which includes out of hours, on site working.
This role involves cross site working with Speciality services based at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Eccleshill Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital and Skipton General Hospital and therefore being a car driver is essential.
For further details or to discuss your interest in applying for this post please contact:
- Director of Nursing (Operations) Sarah Freeman: sarah.freeman@bthft.nhs.uk
- Senior General Manager for Specialist Medicine Jen Green : jen.green@bthft.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need to utilise your expert operational and clinical knowledge to ensure effective delivery of nursing services and champion patient centred care ensuring safety, quality and patient experience are embedded in everything that we do. This will include ensuring safe and effective patient flow to manage capacity and demand within your areas.
With excellent communication skills you will need to be able to establish your credibility at all levels internally and externally, and be able to quickly build relationships within your own team and the wider organization. Both a flexible 'can do' attitude and a strong focus on delivery are essential.
Ideally, you will have a proven track record of successfully managing and leading nursing teams across a diverse range of services and for delivering high standards of quality care. Your commitment to providing the best possible experience for our patients and their families who access our services will be at the core of all that you do, contributing to our mission to improve the health and well-being of those that we serve.
The post holder will participate in the First Manager On-call Rota which includes out of hours, on site working.
This role involves cross site working with Speciality services based at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Eccleshill Hospital, St. Lukes Hospital and Skipton General Hospital and therefore being a car driver is essential.
For further details or to discuss your interest in applying for this post please contact:
- Director of Nursing (Operations) Sarah Freeman: sarah.freeman@bthft.nhs.uk
- Senior General Manager for Specialist Medicine Jen Green : jen.green@bthft.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge of quality, standard setting and audit, R and D processes and practice.
- oAbility to lead a large team
- oOrganisation and management skills with ability to prioritise and delegate
Experience
Essential
- Significant current Operational management / leadership experience at 8a /Matron level in an acute NHS organisation.
- Significant post registration experience
- Experience in leading and managing staff
- Experience of mentorship and staff development
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and its impact on the Professional Nursing Agenda and BTHFT
- Experience of delivering service improvements with demonstrable positive impact on patient safety, patient experience and quality of care
- Evidence of a track record of developing nursing, or research experience and audit application
- Leading and developing a team
- Budget management including human resource management
- Quality assurance and quality improvement
- Complaints handling
- Policy implementation
- Participation in Trust-wide initiatives/ committee membership
- Proven experience in managing and implementing change
- oNegotiating skills
- oTeam building skills
- oAppraisal skills
- oAbility to manage change
- oArticulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- oAbility to work effectively under pressure
- oIT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
- oCapable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, strategies for infection control)
- oAbility to meet deadlines
- oMaintain accurate records
- oReport writing / presentation skills
- oAbility to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
- oAbility to manage, motivate and empower others
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand and deliver the Trust's expectations
- Attributes of patient centred approach
- Quality benchmarking
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Ability to undertake: oRoot cause analysis oService improvement experience
Desirable
- Management / Leadership at 8a / Matron level in a speciality within the defined role portfolio
Knowledge
Essential
- oquality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- obudget and people management
- ocurrent issues in healthcare/specialty
- oNursing Agenda
- oClinical Governance
- oIP and C
- oFundamentals of Care
- oPatient Safety Issues
- oHealth and Safety
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief "up the line"
- A commitment to improving research services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Knowledge of the key regulations, outcomes and assessment methods used by the Care Quality Commission in judgement of healthcare organisations
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level Registered Nurse (with current registration with NMC)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of on going and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years
- Recognised post graduate study within a Leadership programme with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
- Masters level study in a relevant subject with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Desirable
- QSIR or Prince2 :Project management qualification
Other requirements
Desirable
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- oKnowledge of quality, standard setting and audit, R and D processes and practice.
- oAbility to lead a large team
- oOrganisation and management skills with ability to prioritise and delegate
Experience
Essential
- Significant current Operational management / leadership experience at 8a /Matron level in an acute NHS organisation.
- Significant post registration experience
- Experience in leading and managing staff
- Experience of mentorship and staff development
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of Health Policy and its impact on the Professional Nursing Agenda and BTHFT
- Experience of delivering service improvements with demonstrable positive impact on patient safety, patient experience and quality of care
- Evidence of a track record of developing nursing, or research experience and audit application
- Leading and developing a team
- Budget management including human resource management
- Quality assurance and quality improvement
- Complaints handling
- Policy implementation
- Participation in Trust-wide initiatives/ committee membership
- Proven experience in managing and implementing change
- oNegotiating skills
- oTeam building skills
- oAppraisal skills
- oAbility to manage change
- oArticulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
- oAbility to work effectively under pressure
- oIT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
- oCapable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, strategies for infection control)
- oAbility to meet deadlines
- oMaintain accurate records
- oReport writing / presentation skills
- oAbility to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
- oAbility to manage, motivate and empower others
- Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand and deliver the Trust's expectations
- Attributes of patient centred approach
- Quality benchmarking
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Ability to undertake: oRoot cause analysis oService improvement experience
Desirable
- Management / Leadership at 8a / Matron level in a speciality within the defined role portfolio
Knowledge
Essential
- oquality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
- obudget and people management
- ocurrent issues in healthcare/specialty
- oNursing Agenda
- oClinical Governance
- oIP and C
- oFundamentals of Care
- oPatient Safety Issues
- oHealth and Safety
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, and diverse interest groups, and common sense in knowing when to brief "up the line"
- A commitment to improving research services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
- Knowledge of the key regulations, outcomes and assessment methods used by the Care Quality Commission in judgement of healthcare organisations
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level Registered Nurse (with current registration with NMC)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of on going and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years
- Recognised post graduate study within a Leadership programme with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
- Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
- Masters level study in a relevant subject with evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Desirable
- QSIR or Prince2 :Project management qualification
Other requirements
Desirable
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).
