Job summary
As a nurse with extensive general practice experience and motivation to lead would you like the opportunity to influence the growth and development of this area of practice?
This new role within the ICB could be the ideal opportunity for you to develop further your clinical and leadership skills across the integrated care system as the lead for general practice nursing.
Main duties of the job
As part of the Chief Nurse Directorate and with day-to-day engagement with the Thames Valley (TV) Primary Care School, you will take responsibility for providing expert knowledge and guidance to lead and inform the development of GPNs.
Remaining embedded within practice but also part of a wider system team, the Chief Nurse Directorate you will have access to both the necessary ongoing professional support and intelligence to inform and enhance the delivery of excellence in general practice nursing.
About us
In
the heart of the Thames Valley is our Integrated Care Board (ICB). It covers
the geography across three counties and goes in line with the local authority
boundaries of Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, West Berkshire and
Wokingham. Our geography covers a population of nearly 1.8 million. While
overall in good health and socio-economic condition, alongside affluence we
have pockets of severe deprivation.
Our
constituent organisations include 175 GP surgeries, 5 local authorities, 3
acute hospital trusts, 2 mental health and community providers, 1 ambulance
trust and a single operating model across all of this, spending £2.5bn of
public money each year.
We
value and promote diversity and are committed to equality of opportunity for
all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the
communities they serve. We want to increase the diversity of our NHS leadership
and particularly encourage applications from women, people from black and
minority ethnic communities, LGBT communities, younger candidates and from
people with lived experience of disability, who we know are all
under-represented in these important roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions, and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.
This job description and person specification are only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
To enquire more about this exciting opportunity and have an informal discussion, please contact Jane Bell via email to jane.bell1@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post is responsible for providing professional expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Department or Directorate.
The post holder will define current processes, facilitate discussions, and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted in the definition of future processes, document those processes as they are agreed and oversee their delivery.
This job description and person specification are only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
To enquire more about this exciting opportunity and have an informal discussion, please contact Jane Bell via email to jane.bell1@nhs.net
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in relevant clinical area
- Extensive clinical knowledge within primary care
- Current and relevant NMC registration
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
- Understanding of the public sector and current health care policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Knowledge of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England, Health Education England ICBs and individual provider organisations
- Experience of working across boundaries, communicating with a wide range of people at all levels
- Understanding of the interface of primary and secondary care and the patients perspective
- Sound understanding of BOB ICB priorities for primary care development
- Experience of working as a practice nurse within primary care
- IT literate and able to use the range of Microsoft tools required for this role.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful complex sensitive communications for dissemination to a broad range of senior stakeholders on difficult /controversial issues to large and influential groups.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders and assist with public relations and marketing activities.
- Provide and receive highly complex or sensitive information
- Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills to address difficult and potentially controversial issues including performance and change.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting or drawn from multiple sources
- Collate as required qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to general practice nursing
- Demonstrate capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and informed decision making
- Ability to think conceptually and logically, interpreting complex data and information as required
- Ability to analyse statistics, presenting and participating in formal meetings.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Post holder will ensure projects and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
- Determine short-medium-to long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
- Align local general practice nurse policy and guidelines to relevant national policy developing relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to the ICB to access this information
Management Skills
Essential
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Ability to draft reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes and providing progress reports for the chief nurse.
- Ability to create statistical reports using formulation.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Educated to masters degree level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in relevant clinical area
- Extensive clinical knowledge within primary care
- Current and relevant NMC registration
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
- Understanding of the public sector and current health care policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Knowledge of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England, Health Education England ICBs and individual provider organisations
- Experience of working across boundaries, communicating with a wide range of people at all levels
- Understanding of the interface of primary and secondary care and the patients perspective
- Sound understanding of BOB ICB priorities for primary care development
- Experience of working as a practice nurse within primary care
- IT literate and able to use the range of Microsoft tools required for this role.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful complex sensitive communications for dissemination to a broad range of senior stakeholders on difficult /controversial issues to large and influential groups.
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders and assist with public relations and marketing activities.
- Provide and receive highly complex or sensitive information
- Advanced negotiation and interpersonal skills to address difficult and potentially controversial issues including performance and change.
Analytical
Essential
- Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting or drawn from multiple sources
- Collate as required qualitative and quantitative information and lead appropriate analysis to develop robust business cases and contribute to general practice nursing
- Demonstrate capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and informed decision making
- Ability to think conceptually and logically, interpreting complex data and information as required
- Ability to analyse statistics, presenting and participating in formal meetings.
Planning Skills
Essential
- Post holder will ensure projects and initiatives are delivered on time, to quality standards and in a cost-effective manner, adjusting plans as required.
- Determine short-medium-to long term business plans, achieving quality outcomes.
- Align local general practice nurse policy and guidelines to relevant national policy developing relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to the ICB to access this information
Management Skills
Essential
- Abilities for financial and staff management
- Ability to draft reports summarising status on issues, appraising outcomes and providing progress reports for the chief nurse.
- Ability to create statistical reports using formulation.
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).
