Band 8d Divisional Head of Nursing and Therapies

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an individual who is interested in that next step in their professional career who has the enthusiasm to take the teams through the changes which are likely as our trust progresses a merger with the North Middlesex Hospital in 2025.

You will join a quadrumvirate with the divisional director, divisional director of operations and Group director of midwifery. The division covers multiple sites and the quadrumvirates working week is split between Barnet Hospital (the main divisional base) and the Royal Free Hospital.

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential

• Registered childrens nurse
• MSc and/ or equivalent clinical experience that recognises highly developed and complex levels of knowledge
• Demonstration and evidence of personal professional development

Experience

Essential

• Substantial senior nursing management experience and operational experience in an acute and community setting
• Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
• Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
• Experience in the supervision of nursing and therapy staff and students, including HR issues

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills
• Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working
• Heightened awareness of national CYP nursing initiative s

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential

• Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a timely and confident manner
• Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
• Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting users and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement

Communication

Essential

• High level of influencing and negotiation skills;
• Evidence of high levels of original thought, innovation and problem solving skills.

Health, safety and security

Essential

• Act in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies;
• Good knowledge and experience of leading the risk and clinical governance agenda .

Service Improvement

Essential

• Multi -professional problem solving in teams;
• Able to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines;

Quality

Essential

• Able to work to deadlines and under pressure;
• Able to work to deadlines and under pressure;

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Experience of Equal Opportunities policies and procedures;
• Able to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).