Associate Director of Nursing, Quality & Professions
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust
Are you interested in a key leadership role in a values-driven and caring organisation? Do you want to work in an improvement-focused Trust that provides compassionate services in mental health, community physical health, learning disability and forensic mental health?
An opportunity has arisen for a passionate, motivated and ambitious person to join the Nursing, Quality and Professions Directorate at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as Associate Director of Nursing, Quality and Professions. The successful applicant will work closely with the Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality and Professions, and will support the Chief Nurse & Director of Quality and Professions to provide overall strategic direction, vision, leadership and management for the directorate and its work in the Trust.
The work of the directorate includes areas such as quality improvement, governance, regulatory oversight, professional standards, safeguarding, patient safety, patient experience, and infection prevention and control. Lead roles in individual pieces of work will be shared between the Associate Directors and closely supported by the Deputy Director. Recent changes within the structure and personnel of the directorate provide an opportunity to discuss and determine portfolios based upon areas of interest and expertise.
All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.
Main Duties of the Job
This exciting role is for an experienced leader who enjoys working as part of a team. They will contribute to clinical governance and professional leadership across the Trust. They must be able to demonstrate the impact they have had at a senior level, of partnership working with external agencies, a passion for continuous improvement, and a commitment to enhancing the experience and outcomes for people who use our services.
Some portfolio areas include:
1. Working closely with regulators supporting engagement and strong relationships.
2. Workforce development and retention, ensuring development opportunities are available to all staff.
3. Safeguarding and ensuring effective safeguarding measures are in place across the Trust.
4. Infection Prevention and Control ensuring measures are in place across the Trust, monitoring and impact measurement.
5. Safer Staffing including working with colleagues locally, regionally and nationally, making SWYPFT a great place to work.
6. Ensure the Trust continues to promote and actively work towards suicide prevention for all service users, staff and communities.
7. Physical and mental health parity of esteem.
If you have the right values for our organisation and you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Amy Hartley, Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality and Professions on 07851111190 or by emailing amy.hartley@swyt.nhs.uk.
About Us
We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.
Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.
We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.
Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.
Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.
We do reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job Responsibilities
The post holder will work closely with and support the Deputy Director of Nursing, Quality and Professions to provide overall strategic direction, vision, leadership and management for the Directorate of Nursing, Quality and Professions, with specific reference to patient safety, quality improvement and professional standards for nurses and allied health professionals. The post holder will:
1. Work as a senior manager within the Directorate to assist in the management and development of the Directorate and Trust in line with the Trust's strategic objectives.
2. Lead and manage the Directorate teams and related quality and patient safety portfolios across the Trust, and support the Deputy Director in delivering quality and patient safety targets.
3. Be aligned to Business Delivery Units (portfolios to be agreed) to support close working relationships with Operational teams, clinical teams and local governance structures.
4. Develop and implement policies and strategies for quality, patient safety and service improvement and be responsible for the timely production of reports, business cases and where appropriate, development of research and capital bids.
We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.
For further information about this job role, please see attached Person Specification and Job Description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First Degree in relevant subject.
* MSc or evidence of post-graduate study in relevant subject.
* Current valid professional registration.
* Recognised qualification(s) in patient safety and/or quality improvement or related subject.
Experience
* Substantial post-registration experience at a senior level in an NHS Trust, setting standards and monitoring performance.
* Evidence of working with organisations to achieve significant change.
* Experience of strategic planning and development.
* Evidence of actively participating in service improvement and efficiency.
* Experience of building personal and professional credibility with Board, management and clinical teams and staff.
* Ability to work constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful collaborations.
* Demonstrable political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy and diverse interest groups.
* Demonstrable expertise in clinical, service and business management functions including in the application of HR and finance to achieve outcomes in agreed timeframes.
* Ability to engage and fully involve senior staff in the redesign of patient pathways.
* Strategic involvement in professional leadership at a regional or national level.
* Significant and proven track record of strategic and operational management and delivery.
* Experience of working across children's, adult, mental health and learning disability services.
Physical Attributes
* Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post (including on-call responsibilities).
* A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work under pressure whilst supporting and getting the most out of staff.
* Ability to concentrate despite frequent interruptions where work pattern is unpredictable i.e. switch rapidly between leadership, management and clinical duties.
* Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the leadership role.
* Ability to work in clinical environments where there may be frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. odours, lice.
* A current driving licence and access to a car during the working day is essential (reasonable adjustments will be considered for any applicants who are unable to drive due to a disability).
Special Knowledge and Skills
* High level leadership skills.
* Advanced knowledge in professional conduct, competency, policies, procedures and referral to professional bodies.
* Ability to turn theory into practice.
* High level presentation skills.
* Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
* Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in national guidance and development of clinical pathways and treatment.
* An understanding of the national, regional and local healthcare landscape.
* Capacity to think strategically and analyse and solve complex problems.
* Knowledge and understanding of the equality and diversity agenda.
* Ability to make sound judgements in situations where there is an absence of clear guidelines or precedent, with often complex aspects.
* High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative information from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner.
* Ability to analyse highly complex numerical data and written information, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions.
* High level critical thinking skills.
* Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters in difficult situations where there may be barriers to understanding.
* Significant highly developed professional leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, persuade, motivate, involve and develop staff and teams and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
* Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and other partners, at all levels.
* Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement.
* Leadership, vision, long-term strategic thinking and planning with a sense of managing political situations effectively.
* Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues with an ongoing requirement to act with minimal guidelines and set goals and standards for others.
* Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
* High level presentation skills.
* Good knowledge of NHS performance requirements and experience in delivery.
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.
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