Job summary
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust and North Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Do you have the energy, experience and passion to make a real difference?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Associate Director of Nursing at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Associate Director of Nursing will be part of a triumvirate team and will be jointly accountable for developing the direction of the collaboratives in partnership with the Clinical Chair and Service Manager, providing clinical expertise. This post holder will also be part of a clinical board structure with the remit of developing the long and short term aims of the services.
Main duties of the job
The triumvirate team is supported by senior multi-professional teams at directorate level comprising of a Clinical Director, management support and Clinical Matron for each of the service groups.
As a key professional leader the Associate Director of Nursing will provide operational direction to all nurses within the collaboratives, be responsible for providing high quality patient focused care, ensuring robust risk management and governance arrangements are in place.
The post holder will be an integral part of the trust senior nursing team working with other Associate Directors of Nursing, Deputy Chief Nurses and Chief Nursing Officer.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to drive towards developing a safety culture at South Tees.
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Nurse
2. Management / leadership qualification or equivalent experience
3. Teaching and assessing qualification
4. Master's degree or equivalent experience
Knowledge
Essential
5. Understanding of topical nursing issues, local, regionally and nationally
6. Demonstrable understanding and experience of management, and handling of data and information
7. Budgetary management experience Understanding and experience of Clinical and Quality Governance
8. Proven experience of leading and delivering the patient safety agenda