Deputy Divisional Nursing Director - UEC - NWAFT

This senior nursing post sits in the Urgent and Emergency Care Division of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. The postholder supports the Divisional Nursing Director on operational accountability for the non-medical workforce, professional standards and quality improvement, and advises on safety and governance. The role directly line manages Lead Nurses and Clinical Educators, deputises for the Divisional Nursing Director and includes a place on the Senior Manager On-call rota. Applicants must be a registered nurse or allied health professional.

What the job involves

• Deputise for the Divisional Nursing Director in day-to-day activity
• Provide professional and operational leadership across the division and wider Trust
• Assist the Divisional Nursing Director with operational accountability for the non-medical workforce
• Set and deliver strategic direction for divisional nursing teams
• Drive professional standards and lead quality and practice improvements
• Advise on operational safety, quality and governance issues across clinical business units, the division and the Trust
• Hold a corporate nursing portfolio managed Trust-wide, reporting to the Chief Nurse
• Directly line manage Lead Nurses and Clinical Educators
• Lead a range of portfolios
• Contribute to corporate nursing resource
• Take part in the Senior Manager On-call rota

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional
• Evidence of postgraduate education and continuing professional development
• Recognised management or leadership course
• Patient Safety Level 1 and 2 training
• Masters degree, or equivalent experience
• Recognised quality improvement course

Experience

• Management experience at Band 8a level in an acute NHS organisation
• Evidence of managing complex human resource issues
• Leading quality improvement initiatives that improved services, patient care or staff experience
• Complaints management and resolution
• Budgetary management
• Working within the PSIRS framework and the wider clinical governance framework

Skills & knowledge

• Proven leadership skills, with an emphasis on negotiating, influencing and conflict resolution
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, including communicating highly complex information to different groups
• Coaching and mentoring techniques and skills

Nice to have

• Patient Safety Level 3 or above
• Professional Nurse or AHP Advocate
• Experience of delivering financial improvement or cost efficiencies
• Experience and training in service improvement
• Coaching qualification
• Experience of skill mix review and effective roster management