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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
236-SCO-NM890-24-P
Employer
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salford
Town
Salford
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Nurse Integrated Care Division

Band 8a

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Integrated Care Division Management Team in Specialist Medicine . We are seeking a dynamic and experienced leader to provide managerial and professional leadership, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, patient-centred nursing service that meets the diverse needs of our patients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead, manage, and be accountable for delivering a high-quality, patient-centred nursing service.
  • Collaborate with Assistant Directors of Nursing, Clinical Directors, and Senior Managers to coordinate and deliver services in alignment with National and Trust Health Strategies.
  • Ensure a robust approach to service development and improvement, ensuring changes to structures, services, and roles are well-supported and aligned with ongoing development.
  • Support the strategic direction of Integrated Care  division alongside the Divisional Director of Nursing and Executive Director of Nursing.
  • Provide professional nursing advice and leadership for the development, implementation, and monitoring of Nursing and Quality Strategies to deliver exceptional patient care.
  • Drive the advancement and development of nursing services and practices, promoting continuous personal and professional growth in alignment with the Learning and Development team.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to influence and shape the future of Integrated Care Division nursing services, contributing to a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support the Assistant Director of Nursing  to provide professional leadership and management for the development, implementation and monitoring of the Strategy for Nursing & Midwifery.

The post holder will be responsible and accountable for the overall clinical and operational day-to day delivery of clinical standards of care and the management of the nursing workforce, in accordance with set objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints, that ensures the delivery of a high quality, patient centred service that meets patient need.

The successful candidate will also:

  • Contribute to the development, delivery and evaluation of Trust and Group strategy within the context of the NHS Modernisation agenda.
  • Ensure a robust professional approach to service development and improvement.
  • Ensure that any subsequent changes to structures, services and roles are underpinned by appropriate support and on-going professional development.

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 

We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.

This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC registration.
  • Significant experience at Band 7 level.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with patients who have neurological issues.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of team leading a team.
  • Experience of change management.
  • Experience of dealing with HR issues.
  • Demonstrates the ability to communicate to a high level and in complex situations.
Desirable criteria
  • E roster experience.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardFair Train work experience quality standard - gold standardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoWorkplace Wellbeing Charter LogoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employerTime to changeStep into healthGM Good Employment Charter

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kate Shepley
Job title
Divisional Director of Nursing
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07927682399
Additional information

Kim Belfield  ADNS for Specialist  Medicine 

[email protected]

 

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