Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse to act as deputy head of nursing for medicine cross-site between Luton Hospital and Bedford Hospital.  

Working with the Head of Nursing for Medicine and Elderly Care, the General Managers and the Clinical Directors, the successful candidate will be accountable for the delivery of nursing services and developing a service strategy .  They will assist with the setting of goals and objectives for staff within the service to ensure delivery of excellent clinical care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder in conjunction with the Head of Nursing will be responsible for the effective management of human resource, financial resource, governance and business planning arrangements for nursing across the group.  They will be responsible for ensuring the smooth and safe day to day running of nursing services within the group and maintaining good staff and patient experience.  They will work with the Head of Nursing to ensure business continuity and resilient service delivery, supported by robust operational and capacity planning

They will act as a champion for patient safety, operational effectiveness and quality. They will work in partnership with colleagues across the organisation to ensure the delivery of the Trust’s corporate objectives and transformation programmes, ensure collaboration between services to support quality improvements and collective achievement of performance standards incorporating quality, safety, contractual, access, financial and workforce and lead by example and act at all times as an ambassador for the Trust, championing the Trust’s values and upholding the highest standards of behaviour and compassion for colleagues

The successful candidate will support matrons and lead clinical professionals in the implementation of the nursing strategy, quality strategy and associated strategies, such as dementia, patient and carer involvement and learning disabilities.

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.