Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 236-NCA-NM782-24
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- NCA Executive
- Town
- NCA Wide
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Director of Nursing for Innovation and Continuous Clinical Improvement
Band 9
Job overview
Working to the Chief Nursing Officer, the post holder will provide leadership to the Organisation for a designated part of the Chief Nursing Officers portfolio, working with the Care Organisation leadership teams.
The successful candidate will be responsible for Quality Improvement, Patient Experience and Engagement, along with Patient Safety to ensure service objectives are implemented throughout the organisation and that there is demonstrable continuous improvement in both patient safety and standards of care.
This is an exceptional opportunity to make a meaningful impact on patient care standards and work at the heart of an organisation dedicated to excellence.
If you are ready to lead and inspire positive change, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The Director of Nursing for Innovation and Continuous Clinical Improvement is accountable for the development of Innovation and Continuous Clinical Improvement and will also support the delivery of the professional nursing agenda.
They will have leadership and management of corporate services as designated from the Chief Nursing Officers portfolio. They will be responsible for the implementation and delivery of the PSIRF agenda.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience working at a senior nurse level.
- Evidence of significant post registration development professionally and managerially.
- Post graduate experience in quality improvement, change management, leadership, service re-design or safety.
Desirable criteria
- Doctorate in health or change management related subject.
- Post-doctoral studies.
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- First level registered Nurse.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial senior nursing and management experience.
- Substantial experience of working as a clinical practitioner with a strong professional knowledge base.
- Substantial experience of clinical governance, in particular, patient safety, patient experience and clinical quality.
- Experience of managing developing and motivating professional teams in clinically focused environments.
- Experience of working with local and national programmes and initiatives.
- A proven record of building partnerships and alliances both internal and external to the organisation.
- Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education and social care settings.
- Evidence of managing conflict and deploying successful conflict resolution strategies.
- Evidence of securing funding to support organisational initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of compliance framework and and understanding of the Care Quality Commission requirements.
- Ability to motivate, develop and inspire others to change and achieve objectives.
- Demonstrates high levels of personal and professional judgement in determining the acceptable level of risk.
- Demonstrates high degree of autonomy. Able to work unsupervised and manage deadlines.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with local and national programmes and initiatives.
- Project management experience.
- A wide knowledge and understanding of the political context, policy environment and financial regime in which a Foundation Trust (FT) operates.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Professor Heather Caudle
- Job title
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01612065646
- Additional information
Jenny Tattersall
Executive Assistant
01612065646
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