Job summary
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Executive Director of Nursing Team as an Associate Directors of Nursing leading on Mental Health.
The post holder will provide lead professional nursing responsibility for a trust-wide strategic and operational leadership of mental health pathways across all sites. This will include designing and implementing initiatives / projects to enhance the quality of care, experience and safety for people attending the Trust with mental health needs; in line with best practice, across both adult and children's services. This will involve working across boundaries and will include significant partnership working both internally and externally to the Trust and across the local health systems.
Interview Date: 26 September 2024
Full time post
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
The post reports directly to the Deputy Director of Nursing to support the delivery of high-quality patient centred care through the operational and strategic development of nurses and nursing.
The post holder will continue to build on the success of the organisation, strengthening and enhancing pursuit of the Trust's strategy and vision and promoting the development of world-leading services. The successful candidate will be required to use their own professional judgment, gained from extensive professional, clinical and managerial knowledge and experience to interpret and address a wide variety of operational and strategic issues.
Personal attributes include excellent communication and interpersonal skills, alignment to the Trust core values, and the credibility to work collaboratively with senior management, clinicians, staff, patients and key stakeholders to build excellent relationships.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants should be RN (Mental Health) and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, with Masters Level Education. Advanced knowledge of professional issues, current NHS policy agenda, and clinical governance is required, as is the ability to work autonomously with minimum direction, evidenced by significant achievement and recent relevant experience at a senior level in a similar complex organisation. In line with our commitment to increasing the diversity of our senior team, we positively welcome applications from appropriately qualified and experienced people from ethnic minority communities.
1. This post is a key corporate leadership role within the organisation, with responsibility for working closely with senior clinical leaders and managers to develop highly effective nursing and midwifery practice specifically in relation to designated portfolio to improve quality of care and outcomes for patients. As an AD the post holder will lead on and contribute to a broad range of trust wide projects, plans and policies that support nursing, midwifery and quality across the Trust. As part of the senior corporate nursing team s/he will lead the development and consistent delivery of high clinical standards of care, clinical policies and protocols for nursing and midwifery in line with evidence based practice and contribute to the identification of practice and professional development needs of nursing and midwifery staff. They will provide expert advice and support to senior leaders within the organisation in relation to issues of professional practice.
2. The post holder will work, with minimal guidance, to support the strategic objectives of their portfolio and the Trust. They will be required to use their own professional judgment, gained from extensive experience, and professional, clinical, and managerial knowledge to interpret and address a wide variety of operational and strategic issues.
3. This post is site focused and has core responsibilities in terms of that site base, in terms of professional issues, operational site management and Directorate support and involvement.
4. The post holder also has lead operational responsibility for specific Trust-wide areas of work and a portfolio of responsibilities as a senior manager
5. Will carry out research and development /project activity across all care settings in area of responsibility
6. Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
7. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
8. Registered Nurse ( mental health)
9. Current Registration with NMC
10. Masters Level Education or equivalent academic achievement
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
11. Evidence of progressive career development
12. Extensive experience in relevant senior leadership role (matron or equivalent) role in acute or community setting in similarly complex organisation
13. Evidence of staff management, including managing recruitment, performance monitoring, appraisal, induction and mentoring
14. Evidence of achievement in current role
15. Thorough knowledge and understanding of Professional Nursing Issues (at a local and national level), key government legislation, Clinical Governance, patient safety, quality and Service Improvement
16. Budget management
17. Evidence of leading change management processes
Desirable
18. Evidence of successful management of major projects.
19. Successful management complex organisational or service change.
20. Thorough knowledge and understanding of other clinical and non-clinical support services.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
21. Able to work autonomously with minimum direction
22. Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
23. Ability to provide vision and leadership
24. Effective organisational and time management skills/able to work to deadlines