Job summary
- Main area
- Governance
- Grade
- Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 284-24-6780572-COCC
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 Subject to Banding
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/12/2024
Employer heading
Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance/Deputy Chief Quality Officer
Band 9
Job overview
This exciting role provides an exceptional opportunity for ideally a very senior clinical leader (Nurse, Midwife or AHP) and/or highly experienced governance expert to join our innovative Trust at the forefront of Women’s, Children’s and Young people’s care.
The Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance (or Deputy Chief Quality Officer) provides strong and visible leadership to the Trust across the whole quality, risk and patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness agenda. This is a multi-professional role for which extensive management experience is required to lead a comprehensive portfolio, which includes quality governance, quality assurance, clinical outcomes, quality improvement, incident investigation and learning, complaints, legal services and health & safety.
The postholder will report to the Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer (CNMO), supporting the CNMO and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in delivering their portfolio and providing oversight/assurance that the care and services being provided to our Women, Children & Young People (CYP) are safe, sustainable and of the highest quality. The postholder will also work closely with and provide advice and support to other Executive Directors and board members as required.
We are looking for an established collaborative leader, with a strong ability to influence as you will be required to engage with staff at all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for supporting clinical services to consistently deliver high quality safe, person centred and effective care, with optimal outcomes for every patient in every area of the Trust. You will have oversight on a Trust wide basis, advising how the Trust can ensure that it provides a high-quality safe service for patients and can ensure that its governance arrangements are robust and meet legislative and regulatory requirements.
On behalf of the CNMO and CMO, the postholder will provide leadership and line management support to the teams within their portfolio and support the divisional governance leads and in doing so will ensure that quality assurance is closely aligned with quality improvements.
The Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance (or Deputy Chief Quality Officer) is responsible for ensuring the implementation of a strong quality governance framework that is multi-disciplinary, locally owned and provides assurance that patient care is safe and effective, with a system that provides point of care to Board reporting.
The postholder will need a high degree of credibility as they are responsible for leading the Trust’s relationships and communication with external organisations and partners across the system on all aspects of quality and risk including ICS, CQC, Healthwatch, Scrutiny Committee for Health, NHS England/Improvement, HSE, NICE, HSIBB, NHS-Resolution and the Coroner.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Interviews to be held on 4th and 5th December 2024.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Masters level Clinical or Managerial degree or equivalent
- Leadership Training and Development
- Evidence of further professional, academic, business or management study to doctorate level to support delivery of a senior role
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Qualification
- Governance related qualification
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of strong leadership at Director or Deputy Director level
- Experience of senior executive and board level roles
- Extensive knowledge of key portfolio areas which must include quality improvement, patient experience/consultation/participation, risk management, health & safety and assurance
- Expert understanding of integrated governance
- Extensive knowledge of clinical quality and safety strategies and implementation
- Evidence of auditing practice and implementing change
- Evidence of developing and implementing systems to improve clinical and corporate performance and efficiency
- Extensive expertise and experience. Must be credible
- Demonstrates ability to lead and motivate others, strong influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to cope with complex organisational issues
- Demonstrates ability to communicate with, relate to and engage with a wide spectrum of NHS employees
- Able to assess priorities, make decisions, ‘think on feet’, influence, persuade and direct
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills, capability to understand complex issues, drawing on the breadth of data to inform decision making
- Experience of conflict management
- Evidence of ensuring clinically safe services
- Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing ongoing stakeholder relationships and providing support to others in this area
Professional / Managerial / Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others
Personal Skills / Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Confident professional approach
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Daljit Athwal
- Job title
- Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
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