Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Women’s and Children’s division at Whipps Cross as the Associate Director of Nursing for Paediatrics, Neonates, Gynaecology and Breast.
This is a crucial position within the Divisional Management structure. Reporting to the Divisional Director, this post will be responsible for providing nursing management support and assisting in the delivery and development of services within the Division.
You will need to have a strong commitment to improving performance, while remaining passionate about quality. You will need to have a proven track record of successful management experience, and you will be expected to demonstrate a high standard of excellent communication and organisational skills and an ability to use your initiative.
The post holder will work closely with the clinical and operational teams to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of services.
Main duties of the job
The Associate Director of Nursing is a key member of the site Nursing Board, working with the Divisional Director, Divisional Manager and Director of Nursing to develop and implement the trust wide objectives to deliver evidence based standards and to improve the care and experience of our patients. The post holder is responsible for assuring professional standards and practice in all aspects of nursing /midwifery and AHP’s practice are achieved within their divisions, including the adherence to statutory regulations. It is also expected the post holder will undertake a corporate role as required by the executive managing director, chief nurse and the director of operations.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. First Level Registered Nurse/Midwife
2. Evidence of Post Graduate education in specialty field
3. Evidence of ongoing, relevant postgraduate education
4. Masters level education MSc in a relevant healthcare subject
5. Management
6. Teaching/mentoring
Desirable criteria
7. Coaching and Mentoring PGCE
Experience
Essential criteria
8. Significant experience of working in a senior nursing role
9. Evidence of managerial responsibilities & operational healthcare experience in an acute setting
10. Ability to analyse complex problems and workable solutions to address them
11. Act based on own interpretation of broad clinical and professional policies, ability to advise divisional and site management teams on how these can be implemented.
12. Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
13. Ability to act with autonomy and freedom to act in decision making across the division, with collaboration within the divisional team and escalation to the Hospital Management team as necessary
14. Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines & within resources.
15. Significant experience in the supervision of staff and students including HR issues
16. Significant experience of audit in evaluating and developing services
17. Change and quality improvement management experience
18. Significant experience of close multi- professional working in an in- patient environment
19. Significant experience of managing a budget and of managing budget holders
20. Experience of teaching undergraduates and post graduate students
21. Significant experience of working autonomously to lead a professional nursing group
22. Significant experience of transformational change and use of quality improvement initiatives to improve practice and service
Desirable criteria
23. Experience of managing other professional groups
24. Experience of SLAs and contractual working
Skills
Essential criteria
25. Able to evaluate and be critical of self through reflective thinking
26. To have confidence working across several subject areas- clinical, HR, quality improvement and finance
27. Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and presentation skills
28. Ability to initiate and implement and sustain change
29. Good analytical and organisational ability as well as the ability to think critically
30. Demonstrates strong leadership skills
31. Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working
32. To have effective problem-solving skills
33. Significant experience of implementing evidence-based practice
34. Be able to demonstrate effective risk assessment, audit and investigation skills
35. Presentation and teaching skills
Desirable criteria
36. To have experience of setting up a new service or changing a service
Knowledge
Essential criteria
37. Broad breadth related to above skills and managerial and leadership experience
38. Sound evidence-based knowledge in a specialist clinical area but with the ability to transfer Skills into other spheres of working.
39. Awareness of developments in the NHS and service delivery and its impact on current services
40. Good computer skills including presentation, data manipulation and spreadsheets
Other
Essential criteria
41. Ability to perform the duties of the post with any aids, adaptations or reasonable adjustments
42. Lead by example, promoting the highest standards of professional conduct, integrity and probity
43. High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and flexibility in approach and attitude
44. Able to prioritise, organise and delegate effectively
45. Sound judgment in decision making, and delivering in a timely and confident manner
46. Commitment to developing a culture of openness and partnership
47. High awareness of, understanding of own emotions, strengths and limitations as well as emotional intelligence of others