If you're a visionary leader with over 5 years experience in forensic services, and a passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care, we want to hear from you.
We're seeking an exceptional leader to drive excellence in nursing practice and patient experience across our Secure Care Division.
As Associate Director of Nursing and Patient Experience, you'll play a critical role in shaping our clinical quality agenda, leading innovation and improvement initiatives, and ensuring our services are free from stigma, discrimination, and harm. With a focus on patient-centred care, you'll work collaboratively with senior colleagues to develop and implement best practice guidance, drive workforce development, and promote a culture of support and trust.
Candidates must have extensive experience of working in High Secure environments, with a deep understanding of the complexities and challenges of providing high-quality care in these settings. A proven track record of delivering excellence in nursing practice and patient experience in High Secure services as well as a strong understanding of the clinical and operational requirements of Secure services, including infection control, medicines management, etc.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Director of Nursing and Patient Experience has a cross divisional responsibility on behalf of the Divisional Director Secure Care and Chief Nurse to ensure development and delivery of nursing practice across the Secure Care Division is of the highest quality.
The post holder will be identified as the person responsible for supporting the nursing contribution to clinical quality agenda at a senior level. They will take the lead on clinical performance improvement in relation to the practice of nurses and improve compliance with relevant care standards across the Division. The post holder will also be responsible for providing professional leadership, support and advice to senior nurses across the Division and offer leadership to the Allied Health Professional staff group.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder's principal responsibilities fall into the following domains:
1. Clinical Leadership
2. Meaningful Activity
3. Patient Experience
4. Training, Education and Research
5. Managerial Leadership
6. Organisational Leadership
7. Professional Leadership
8. Quality Improvement
9. Decisions and Judgement
Further detail is viewable within the Job Description attached to the bottom of the page.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse with evidence of post-basic development
* Educated to Masters Degree level or above or equivalent
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
* 5 years Senior Management experience in forensic services, with demonstrable evidence of working in a senior post in high, medium and low secure services.
* Evidence of leadership training/qualification and high level leadership and strategic skills in practice
* Extensive experience of delivering innovation or quality in the safety agenda
* Able to demonstrate experience in promoting clinical and organisational change across a large and complex organisation
* Experience of working with Trust Boards
* Ability to lead and build effective teams that can reflect on experience and promote a learning culture
* Significant experience of working in a major leadership or project management role
* Highly effective interpersonal skills
* Articulate individual and effective communicator
Desirable
* Able to demonstrate experience in promoting patient safety across a large and complex organisation using audit as an improvement tool
Values
Essential
* Continuous Improvement
* Accountability
* Respectfulness
* Enthusiasm
* Support
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Strong customer service belief
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
Skills
Essential
* Evidence of leadership and strategic skills
* Excellent organisational, communication and presentation skills, oral and written
* A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights
* Able to deliver complex projects on time
* High level written and verbal skills
* Effective strategic thinker/intellectual flexibility
* Extensive knowledge and experience of managing conflict and enabling individuals to find resolution to their concerns
* Ability to disseminate information in a professional manner to nurses and other professionals at regional and national level, as evidenced by presentations at conferences or peer-reviewed articles
Personal Attributes
Essential
* Personal Integrity
* High level interpersonal skills
* Self belief/self-sufficient
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Maghull Health Park
Parkbourn
Liverpool
L31 1HW
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