Job summary
We are seeking an experienced, visionary and dynamic Nursing Director to lead our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities (MHLD) services.
Reporting directly to the Director of MHLD, this is a pivotal leadership role responsible for the strategic direction, delivery and continuous improvement of nursing services across these sectors.
As Nursing Director for MHLD, you will provide professional leadership to our nursing workforce, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation and compassion. You will play a key role in transforming services, shaping clinical strategy and ensuring the highest standards of patient care and staff development.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, motivate and develop teams to deliver outstanding care across MHLD services
Drive service transformation aligned with clinical best practices and NHS Value
Provide expert nursing leadership at strategic level, influencing service delivery and operational planning
Ensure robust clinical governance and regulatory compliance
Collaborate at board and team level to influence strategic and financial planning
About you
Registered Mental Health nurse or learning disability nurse with current NMC registration
Significant senior leadership experience in Mental Health and or learning disability services
Proven track record in driving service improvements and delivering measurable outcomes
Join us and make a lasting impact on the future of MHLD services in North Wales.
Main duties of the job
The MH&LD Nurse Director will provide and take responsibility for Nursing and leadership, building, motivating and developing a team of nurses, to drive forward service transformation across MH&LD services. As a member of the MH&LD Senior Leadership and Management Team, the MH&LD Nurse Director will hold responsibility jointly with other members of the MH&LD team for the strategic direction, and operational delivery of services.
The MH&LD Nurse Director is professionally accountable for the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care for services within the sphere of responsibility. This includes collaborating with colleagues to continuously promote multidisciplinary working and review the workforce plan for the future.
Key responsibilities will be to challenge, support, manage and develop the delivery of care systems relating to a single hospital and community model, with services delivered on multiple sites, through ensuring high levels of nursing and staff engagement that are outcomes focused, developing and implementing robust systems for performance and financial management with patient safety and quality governance at the heart of everything that we do.
About us
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is the largest health organisation in Wales, providing a comprehensive range of primary, community, mental health, and acute hospital services for a population of around 700,000 people across North Wales. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities through high-quality, compassionate care.
The Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to provide excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales. This includes the University of Bangor which will be launching its first medicine programme in September 2024 and operates in a research-rich learning culture.
Having experienced a challenging few years the Health Board is now on a new footing, and we seek a dynamic Nurse Director to help continue this improvement throughout our MH&LD services.
We are determined to use the escalated status of Special Measures as an opportunity. We know we will need all the skills of great leaders and colleagues to take us forward to achieve and sustain success and joining this endeavour will require creativity, hard work, pragmatism and resilience. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our MH&LD Services, working collaboratively to drive positive cultural change and ultimately improving services for the people of North Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
If you are ready to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare in North Wales and possess the skills and experience required for this role, we invite you to apply.
Informal conversations are encouraged prior to applying. Please contact Donna Larder donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
If you are ready to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare in North Wales and possess the skills and experience required for this role, we invite you to apply.
Informal conversations are encouraged prior to applying. Please contact Donna Larder donna.larder@finegreen.co.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse with current NMC registration
- Masters level qualification in management/leadership or equivalent knowledge and extensive experience to Masters level in a senior leadership role within the area of speciality
- Evidence of Continuous Professional development
- In depth professional specialist knowledge and experience of managing a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period
Desirable
- PhD
- Professional publications; Personal acknowledgement at national level (publication/ representation)
- PRINCE or other Project / Programme management qualification
- Leadership course / qualification
Experience
Essential
- In depth professional knowledge of nursing performance and staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period
- Extensive and varied experience based on working in a strategic nursing role with a track record of achievement
- Significant senior operational nursing management experience across a range of healthcare setting
- Extensive senior managerial and proven experience of budgetary and staff management across several services
- Experience of working at, or just below, Board level
- Considerable experience and highly developed clinical skills which are used in the day to day management of a MH&LD Service
- Evidence of managing resources in a complex environment
- Ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
- Complaints management and experience of the litigation process
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective patient / public /customer involvement
- Extensive experience of implementing quality systems and benchmarking
- Extensive experience of policy development and implementation across a range of services
- Has significant experience and knowledge at a senior management level in a complex service organisation
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative or facilitative approaches to effective partnership working with other public, private and voluntary sector organisations at a senior level
Desirable
- Experience of facilities management within a complex environment.
Skills
Essential
- Significant Clinical Skills with the competency to use evidenced based practice in terms of managing safe clinical services
- Advanced decision making skills
- Ability to undertake research to ensure evidence based service development
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through
- Proven ability to work across organisational boundaries, develop networks and alliances, project a vision and obtain ownership and commitment from stakeholders
- Ability to use motivational, negotiating and reassurance skills to overcome any barriers to understanding.
- Ability to demonstrate vision and direction
- Highly developed verbal communication skills i.e. ?Able to demonstrate effective engagement and provision of information of a highly technical, highly complex, highly sensitive nature in an understandable format to all stakeholders ?Can demonstrate emotional leadership skills in complex situations and apply these appropriately
- Highly developed written communications skills
- Good organisational skills
- Highly developed keyboard and computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a broad understanding of the key determinants of health and healthcare
- Expert knowledge of the current nursing and health agenda, NHS policy and other key policy drivers
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of infection prevention, nutrition, spiritual care and all aspects of facilities management
- Knowledge of Standards for Healthcare Services as they relate to Nursing, Patient Services and infection Prevention and Control
- Up to date knowledge of nursing management theory
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of clinical pathways
- Detailed knowledge of all aspects of research methodology and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse or Learning Disability Nurse with current NMC registration
- Masters level qualification in management/leadership or equivalent knowledge and extensive experience to Masters level in a senior leadership role within the area of speciality
- Evidence of Continuous Professional development
- In depth professional specialist knowledge and experience of managing a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period
Desirable
- PhD
- Professional publications; Personal acknowledgement at national level (publication/ representation)
- PRINCE or other Project / Programme management qualification
- Leadership course / qualification
Experience
Essential
- In depth professional knowledge of nursing performance and staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period
- Extensive and varied experience based on working in a strategic nursing role with a track record of achievement
- Significant senior operational nursing management experience across a range of healthcare setting
- Extensive senior managerial and proven experience of budgetary and staff management across several services
- Experience of working at, or just below, Board level
- Considerable experience and highly developed clinical skills which are used in the day to day management of a MH&LD Service
- Evidence of managing resources in a complex environment
- Ability to think, plan and deliver strategically
- Complaints management and experience of the litigation process
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Extensive experience of effective patient / public /customer involvement
- Extensive experience of implementing quality systems and benchmarking
- Extensive experience of policy development and implementation across a range of services
- Has significant experience and knowledge at a senior management level in a complex service organisation
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative or facilitative approaches to effective partnership working with other public, private and voluntary sector organisations at a senior level
Desirable
- Experience of facilities management within a complex environment.
Skills
Essential
- Significant Clinical Skills with the competency to use evidenced based practice in terms of managing safe clinical services
- Advanced decision making skills
- Ability to undertake research to ensure evidence based service development
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through
- Proven ability to work across organisational boundaries, develop networks and alliances, project a vision and obtain ownership and commitment from stakeholders
- Ability to use motivational, negotiating and reassurance skills to overcome any barriers to understanding.
- Ability to demonstrate vision and direction
- Highly developed verbal communication skills i.e. ?Able to demonstrate effective engagement and provision of information of a highly technical, highly complex, highly sensitive nature in an understandable format to all stakeholders ?Can demonstrate emotional leadership skills in complex situations and apply these appropriately
- Highly developed written communications skills
- Good organisational skills
- Highly developed keyboard and computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates a broad understanding of the key determinants of health and healthcare
- Expert knowledge of the current nursing and health agenda, NHS policy and other key policy drivers
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of infection prevention, nutrition, spiritual care and all aspects of facilities management
- Knowledge of Standards for Healthcare Services as they relate to Nursing, Patient Services and infection Prevention and Control
- Up to date knowledge of nursing management theory
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of clinical pathways
- Detailed knowledge of all aspects of research methodology and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice
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).
