Job summary
- Main area
- Deputy Chief Nurse
- Grade
- Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call arrangements)
- Job ref
- 249 - 6478829
- Employer
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Swindon
- Salary
- £99,891 - £114,949 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Chief Nurse
Band 9
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.
We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Job overview
Deputy Chief Nurse
Are you an experienced senior nurse or midwife leader looking to take on the next challenge in your career?
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Deputy Chief Nurse at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Alongside the Trust’s new Chief Nurse, now is a fantastic time to join our leadership team; especially if you are an individual with a strong commitment to driving innovation and inspiring the best in people.
As one of two Deputy Chief Nurses the role will cover strategic oversight of the Chief Nurse portfolio including Workforce Transformation, Infection control, Safeguarding, Quality, Patient experience and promoting excellence in professional practice.
Main duties of the job
As Deputy Chief Nurse, you will showcase a track record of success and experience. You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver improvements in quality and safety and will ensure that patient experience is at the heart of the organisation.
You will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust, as well in the new Integrated Care System across Swindon and Wiltshire.
You will be responsible and accountable for providing comprehensive and robust strategic and operational professional leadership, guidance, and support to the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals across the organisation to deliver the highest standards of care.
The role will seek to improve and build stronger relationships with CQC, and support with the patient experience through reduction of complaints and improved performance ratings alongside aiding the recruitment and retention of nursing and midwifery staff, oversee mental health and safeguarding and support career development.
We are looking for someone with drive and the ability to inspire, who has a real passion for patient care, developing our future workforce, and the ability to work effectively with key internal and external stakeholders. You will need to role model our values and be a credible senior leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
You will need to deputise for the Chief Nurse across the full portfolio of the Chief Nurse’s responsibilities as required.
Working for our organisation
Swindon is set in the rural county of Wiltshire. The Trust provides acute, primary and community care to thousands of patients across the town and other surrounding areas.
This role will offer a rewarding opportunity to join our ambitious Trust workforce, with a mandate to make a real impact on the outcomes for the people who use our services. Whilst our senior leadership teams do not yet fully reflect the population we serve, we are absolutely committed to ensuring it will be. We will support any successful candidate to be the best version of them and we would therefore like to encourage applicants from any underrepresented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder/s are responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver the strategy for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs including Quality Governance and the development of leadership capacity to deliver high quality safe care. The post holder/s will ensure that Patient Experience Is at the heart of the organisation so that all care is patient centered and compassionate and will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust as well in the Integrated Care System.
Please see attached full job description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Midwife on the NMC register
- Educated to Masters level and specialist training to an advanced level
- Leadership qualification
- Evidence of personal development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of Nursing & Midwifery acquired through significant experience in a Senior clinical role
- Extensive understanding of current NHS structures, policies and direction of travel
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to work autonomously, initiating and organising workloads, delegating appropriately, responding to changing priorities and meeting tight deadlines
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to make difficult decisions autonomously
- Experience of achievement of significant change through leadership and influencing
- Extensive understanding of the NHS Operating Framework, Governance, service provision and resource management
- Detailed understanding of priorities for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs to enhance patient outcomes and staff well-being
- Previous success in the promotion of evidence based practice
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
- Luisa Goddard
- Job title
- Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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