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Main area
Directorate 4
Grade
Band 8b
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7002023
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Hospital
Town
Nottinghham
Salary
£62,215 - £72,293 per annum pro rota
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Directorate Head of Nursing and Professions

Band 8b

Job overview

We are looking for a high performing leader to work as part of the triumverate for Directorate 4 as part of Care Group 1.  

Care Group 1 brings together most medical services at Nottingham University Hospitals. Teams provide planned, urgent, and emergency care for adults in our local community. This is through outpatient, procedural, diagnostic, cancer, regional, national, and in-patient services across more than 30 wards.  The services, directorate and care group structures for Nottingham University Hospitals are attached for further information. 

Directorate 4 brings together the following four services:  Clinical Haematology, Oncology & Radiotherapy, Dermatology, Clinical Allergy & Immunology. 

The Care Group Director of Nursing and Professions is a pivotal key member of the Care Group leadership team instrumental in the delivery of safe patient care to ensure key performance targets including finance, workforce and service improvement goals and targets are delivered. 

Main duties of the job

This post involves working within a triumvirate at a directorate level, as part of the wider Care Group. The post holder will work alongside the Care Group Director of Nursing and contribute to the strategic direction and policy setting within the Care Group, forming an essential communication link between the services, directorate and wider Care Group structures

The Head of Nursing and Professions will be accountable for the efficient and effective operational management guaranteeing provision of high-quality evidence based nursing. They will be a strong clinical leader, easily identifiable, highly visible and accessible to patients, carers and staff.

The post holder will have a particular responsibility to support the developments of patient safety, clinical governance and service improvement to drive forward services that are embedded within the People First strategy.  

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification for key duties and responsibilities.

Please note the role is currently being job-matched and the banding is subject to that process.

The role will be primarily based at City Hospital but with an expectation to also cover QMC site if required.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified Clinical Practitioner
  • Registered with appropriate regulatory body (NMC, HCPC) with a first degree
  • Master’s Degree or relevant experience
  • Teaching qualification
  • Extensive Knowledge of the NHS and current clinical standards
  • In depth knowledge of education, training, staff development issues
  • Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Leading workforce and/or role redesign

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience at a senior level
  • Experience of leading and delivering programmes of change within an acute NHS setting including role redesign
  • Experience of managing incidents and investigations
  • Experience of facilitating staff groups
  • Experience designing reporting mechanisms and escalation processes
  • Experience of leading and managing teams

Communication & Replationship Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, written and oral
  • Ability to build successful teams
  • Able to work collaboratively with partner organisations
  • Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
  • Ability to manage conflict effectively

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential criteria
  • Strategic thinking
  • Excellent problem solving skills using team when appropriate
  • Understand highly complex clinical information and to be able to inform clinical strategy
  • Business focused
  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
  • Ability to solve complex situations which require analysis and interpretation

Planning and Organisation Skills

Essential criteria
  • Exceptional organisational and planning skills
  • Proven track record of proactive management and improvement of performance
  • Management within a large clinical or complex area

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work cross campus
  • Occasional out of hours working
  • Participate in Silver on Call rota
  • Ability to perform clinical duties

Physical

Essential criteria
  • IT skills to manage and report on complex information

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s 'We are here for you' behavioural standards

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Fensome
Job title
Divisional Nurse for Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Bushra Parylo, Divisional Nurse for Ambulatory Care, [email protected]

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