Job summary
Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality Band 9
An opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality to join our outstanding Trust.
We are looking for a dynamic and inspiring nursing leader with extensive experience, who is highly motivated and driven to facilitate the delivery of the very best patient experience and outcomes.
Responsible to the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance, this post is a key professional nursing leader within the Trust. The post holder will be a natural collaborator, working effectively with all divisions and clinical departments in the Trust. MWL is looking for someone who has the ability to inspire, motivate and influence across both professional and organisational boundaries developing the nursing and midwifery workforce to reach its full potential, in order to deliver quality and safe services to the population we serve.
Assessment Centre: W/C 4th December 2023
Main duties of the job
You should have the ability to provide strategic vision, strong communications skills and demonstrate clinical expertise and experience in directing and influencing change in an engaging way.
We are looking for an experienced and inspirational senior nurse whose career plan is to be an aspirant Director. You will be able to demonstrate a recent track record of achievement in leading and developing innovative nursing practice in an acute environment, improving quality as well as possessing a working knowledge of regulation, accreditation and governance.
This is a great opportunity to join an enthusiastic and driven team with a clear vision for the Trust's future with the foundations already firmly in place.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
- CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
- SAFETY that is of the highest standards
- COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
- SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
- PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
- Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Ensure the pivotal role as a visible nurse leader is upheld to ensure the nursing voice is heard and supports the care groups in the delivery of high standards of care.
- Ensure quality and safety statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Quality and Safety Teams.
- Ensure safe staffing mandatory requirements, aligned to best current practice, are met. This includes supporting the Matron for Safe Staffing and ensuring their ongoing professional development to deliver all organisational safe staffing development, review, and reporting.
- Responsible for the 6 monthly nurse staffing establishment reviews in conjunction with the Head of Strategic Resources to ensure workforce safeguard standards are met and presented 6 monthly to the Executive Committee and Trust board, in line with national requirements.
- Professional development leadership with the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance for Nursing (Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates) and non-registered care workers, inclusive of clinical bank staff. Ensure planning, training and delivery objectives reflect best current practice and align to workforce planning.
- Support the translation of national and local Nursing Care initiatives to SMART objectives for clinical services.
- Work in conjunction with the named lead for Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP), ensuring planning, training and delivery objectives reflect best current practice and are achieved.
- Lead on liaising with training and education providers as required, supporting the Corporate Matrons and members of the Learning and Development Team in their direct work with these providers.
- Lead clinical supervision development and assurance for Nursing, Care staff (inclusive of Bank only staff), ensuring all national standards are achieved, keeping the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance briefed on all related matters.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and Medical Director/Assistant Medical Director to ensure the cost improvement programme quality impact assessment (CIP QIA) process for the Trust is robust and aligned to best current practice.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance in providing advice, support and guidance to senior managers and clinical staff on issues relating to nursing and care to ensure compliance with national and local agendas.
- Ensure robust leadership of the Nursing and Care Workforce, including development and implementation of Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and coordinating the Trusts annual Nursing and Care conference.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance to ensure quality and safety statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Quality and Safety Teams, deputising line management of the Assistant Director of Safety
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and the Assistant Director of Safeguarding to ensure safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act (MCA) statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Safeguarding and MCA Team as required.
- Chair the monthly matron and ward/departmental nurse managers meetings and the specialist nurse meeting in conjunction with Deputy Director of Governance.
- Deputise for the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and participate in the annual specialist nurse job planning process with HR and Operational leads. ake line management responsibility for the Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit Team, the Corporate Matrons and the administrative team in Quality and Risk Department.
- Lead on the continued benefits realisation of e-rostering/safe care for nursing & midwifery staff to enable optimisation of resources, including robust adherence to the rostering policy and the achievement of required levels of safer staff across all areas.
- Leading on strategic nursing workforce planning, review, develop and support new and emerging nursing roles, to ensure a workforce for the future.
- Maintain understanding of developments and changes in legislation, national policy and guidance and ensure that senior Trust personnel are kept up to date and informed of the likely impact to Trust services.
- Lead on the programme of activity and specific initiatives on related nursing and professional matters including quality, safety ward round, data analysis and understanding trends and implementation/monitoring of actions.
- Ensure that all line-managed staff have clear goals and objectives, regular appraisal and feedback on performance and a plan for personal development.
- Participate in the learning from deaths reviews.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY DUTIES
- Ensure the pivotal role as a visible nurse leader is upheld to ensure the nursing voice is heard and supports the care groups in the delivery of high standards of care.
- Ensure quality and safety statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Quality and Safety Teams.
- Ensure safe staffing mandatory requirements, aligned to best current practice, are met. This includes supporting the Matron for Safe Staffing and ensuring their ongoing professional development to deliver all organisational safe staffing development, review, and reporting.
- Responsible for the 6 monthly nurse staffing establishment reviews in conjunction with the Head of Strategic Resources to ensure workforce safeguard standards are met and presented 6 monthly to the Executive Committee and Trust board, in line with national requirements.
- Professional development leadership with the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance for Nursing (Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates) and non-registered care workers, inclusive of clinical bank staff. Ensure planning, training and delivery objectives reflect best current practice and align to workforce planning.
- Support the translation of national and local Nursing Care initiatives to SMART objectives for clinical services.
- Work in conjunction with the named lead for Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP), ensuring planning, training and delivery objectives reflect best current practice and are achieved.
- Lead on liaising with training and education providers as required, supporting the Corporate Matrons and members of the Learning and Development Team in their direct work with these providers.
- Lead clinical supervision development and assurance for Nursing, Care staff (inclusive of Bank only staff), ensuring all national standards are achieved, keeping the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance briefed on all related matters.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and Medical Director/Assistant Medical Director to ensure the cost improvement programme quality impact assessment (CIP QIA) process for the Trust is robust and aligned to best current practice.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance in providing advice, support and guidance to senior managers and clinical staff on issues relating to nursing and care to ensure compliance with national and local agendas.
- Ensure robust leadership of the Nursing and Care Workforce, including development and implementation of Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and coordinating the Trusts annual Nursing and Care conference.
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance to ensure quality and safety statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Quality and Safety Teams, deputising line management of the Assistant Director of Safety
- Support the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and the Assistant Director of Safeguarding to ensure safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act (MCA) statutory responsibilities are achieved through the Trusts Safeguarding and MCA Team as required.
- Chair the monthly matron and ward/departmental nurse managers meetings and the specialist nurse meeting in conjunction with Deputy Director of Governance.
- Deputise for the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Governance and participate in the annual specialist nurse job planning process with HR and Operational leads. ake line management responsibility for the Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit Team, the Corporate Matrons and the administrative team in Quality and Risk Department.
- Lead on the continued benefits realisation of e-rostering/safe care for nursing & midwifery staff to enable optimisation of resources, including robust adherence to the rostering policy and the achievement of required levels of safer staff across all areas.
- Leading on strategic nursing workforce planning, review, develop and support new and emerging nursing roles, to ensure a workforce for the future.
- Maintain understanding of developments and changes in legislation, national policy and guidance and ensure that senior Trust personnel are kept up to date and informed of the likely impact to Trust services.
- Lead on the programme of activity and specific initiatives on related nursing and professional matters including quality, safety ward round, data analysis and understanding trends and implementation/monitoring of actions.
- Ensure that all line-managed staff have clear goals and objectives, regular appraisal and feedback on performance and a plan for personal development.
- Participate in the learning from deaths reviews.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/Registered Midwife and/ or Registered Mental Nurse
- Masters level qualification or equivalent qualification
- Relevant management or leadership qualification and/or evidence of equivalent competence
- Evidence of continuous professional development in current and previous roles
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant senior experience in a variety of clinical and managerial nursing posts gained in an acute complex environment
- Significant experience in senior management roles within a healthcare setting, with demonstrable track record of leading teams to improve patient care
- Experience of managing budgets and delivering year-on-year cost improvement programmes supported by quality impact assessments
- Extensive experience of managing large teams in a matrix structure
- Experience and proven ability to lead, implement and maintain quality improvements in patient facing teams including, clinical effectiveness, risk management, safeguarding, infection control
- Experience of developing, delivering and monitoring organisational-wide strategies, policies and procedures
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage projects and complex tasks requiring analytical problem solving skills
- Proven experience in leading service re-design/development projects
- Resilient with the ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against stringent deadlines
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/Registered Midwife and/ or Registered Mental Nurse
- Masters level qualification or equivalent qualification
- Relevant management or leadership qualification and/or evidence of equivalent competence
- Evidence of continuous professional development in current and previous roles
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant senior experience in a variety of clinical and managerial nursing posts gained in an acute complex environment
- Significant experience in senior management roles within a healthcare setting, with demonstrable track record of leading teams to improve patient care
- Experience of managing budgets and delivering year-on-year cost improvement programmes supported by quality impact assessments
- Extensive experience of managing large teams in a matrix structure
- Experience and proven ability to lead, implement and maintain quality improvements in patient facing teams including, clinical effectiveness, risk management, safeguarding, infection control
- Experience of developing, delivering and monitoring organisational-wide strategies, policies and procedures
Skills
Essential
- Ability to manage projects and complex tasks requiring analytical problem solving skills
- Proven experience in leading service re-design/development projects
- Resilient with the ability to achieve demanding tasks and objectives against stringent deadlines
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).
