Job summary
This vacancy holds restrictions - Only available to candidates currently employed by UHD, Dorset County and Dorset Healthcare NHS Trusts.
Head of Nursing, Quality and Therapies - Integrated Community Services
An exciting six month fixed term or secondment opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Health Care Professional to join our leadership team as we embed our triumvirate leadership model within our community services directorate. Together with the Service Director and Clinical Director you will work in partnership to bring medical, clinical, and operational management and leadership together, to drive high quality services with a relentless focus on patient needs, outcomes, and experience.
The community directorate has a diverse portfolio of services with multiple transformation programmes, meaning that this role is not for the fainthearted! So, if you are dynamic and experienced health care professional with energy and drive is the job for you.
At Dorset Healthcare we believe all our people make a valuable contribution to our patients and service users and we actively support personal development and a culture of inclusion, respect, and compassion in all that we do.
This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
Main duties of the job
Dorset Healthcare is all about ensuring we achieve the best possible patient care and health outcomes for all our communities. The Head of Nursing will provide clinical leadership within the directorate and wider trust as required including directorate
support for, patient safety, clinical risk, clinical effectiveness,audit, incidents and serious incidents.
As Head of Nursing Therapies and Quality, you will be responsible for working in partnership with the Service and Clinical Directors and their teams to drive the delivery of:
High quality care and reducing unwarranted variation.
Development of clinical pathways and service transformation underpinned evidence and informed by best practice.
A workforce strategy to develop new roles, enhanced competencies, revised skill mix and ways for working to deliver sustainable and resilient services within financial and resource allocation.
The post holder will play a lead role in developing a culture which encourages innovation, learning and research, at all levels, supporting and delivering the Trust's objectives. The successful candidate will be a visible clinical leader with demonstrable experience of driving quality improvements across a range of community services, understand how services fit into the wider clinical pathway, have a proven ability to forge collaborative relationships at all levels, and be a credible clinical leader to teams and wider partners.
About us
At Dorset Healthcare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact
Person Specification
Knowledge, Skills, Training
Essential
1. Registered Nurse / AHP
2. Relevant full Masters degree or working towards or equivalent experience
3. Evidence of recent evidence based professional development in an up to date portfolio
4. Exceptional proven leadership skills
5. Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability
Desirable
6. Working towards PhD or showing active engagement in research.
Job Specific Experience
Essential
7. Evidence of experience in effective leadership and risk management, Yes demonstrating competency in the 9 leadership dimensions of the Healthcare Leadership Mode
8. Experience of complex service delivery including multi agency working.
9. Practical experience of transformational and change management
10. Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and its application in practice
11. Able to demonstrate innovation and effective use of resources
12. Evidence of significant involvement in policy and practice change
13. Able to analyse performance, competing perspectives and priorities in the delivery of health and support service improvement.
14. Experience of developing service related plans and strategies and joint working with colleagues in a matrix involvement approach.
15. Able to apply and interpret national frameworks for financial service delivery of all improvement.
16. Ability to lead meetings and chair case conferences and reviews relating to more complex service users or situations
17. Significant relevant clinical leadership experience within mental health, learning disabilities or children's services
Managerial Experience
Essential
18. Experience of operational management or senior management in a corporate governance setting at Band 8a or equivalent or above in health or social care
19. Experience of working effectively across organisational and professional boundaries in complex organisations
20. Proven track record of success in managing multi-disciplinary teams, individual and team performance; management of absence, and workforce planning
21. Able to undertake clinical supervision, systematic peer caseload review of colleagues on an individual or group basis, coaching and mentoring
Finance
Essential
22. Proven track record of success in budget management