Band 8d Divisional Head of Nursing and Therapies
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Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
Band 8D Divisional Head of Nursing and Therapies
(Children and young people (CYP) and gynaecology services)
Full time post
Fixed term/secondment for 1 year
Cross site working
Main duties of the job
We invite you to apply for an exciting secondment opportunity for an experienced motivated children's nurse to join the Royal Free London for a year.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will be the divisional head of nursing for children and young people's nursing and gynaecology nursing and will also provide leadership to the heads of the various therapy services within our division including specialist CAMHS services and acute and community therapies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an individual who is interested in that next step in their professional career who has the enthusiasm to take the teams through the changes which are likely as our trust progresses a merger with the North Middlesex Hospital in 2025.
You will join a quadrumvirate with the divisional director, divisional director of operations and Group director of midwifery. The division covers multiple sites and the quadrumvirate's working week is split between Barnet Hospital (the main divisional base) and the Royal Free Hospital.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered childrens nurse
- MSc and/ or equivalent clinical experience that recognises highly developed and complex levels of knowledge
- Demonstration and evidence of personal professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial senior nursing management experience and operational experience in an acute and community setting
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
- Experience in the supervision of nursing and therapy staff and students, including HR issues
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills
- Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working
- Heightened awareness of national CYP nursing initiative s
Personal Qualities & attributes
Essential criteria
- Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a timely and confident manner
- Commitment to developing culture of openness and partnership
- Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting users and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement
Communication
Essential criteria
- High level of influencing and negotiation skills;
- Evidence of high levels of original thought, innovation and problem solving skills.
Health, safety and security
Essential criteria
- Act in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies;
- Good knowledge and experience of leading the risk and clinical governance agenda .
Service Improvement
Essential criteria
- Multi -professional problem solving in teams;
- Able to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines;
Quality
Essential criteria
- Able to work to deadlines and under pressure;
- Able to work to deadlines and under pressure;
Equality and Diversity
Essential criteria
- Experience of Equal Opportunities policies and procedures;
- Able to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity.
- Covid-19 Vaccination
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We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. - AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
- If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
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- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
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Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
Please note:
- Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
- Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
- Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival.
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
- JD (PDF, 448.4KB)
- PS (PDF, 248.6KB)
- FR (PDF, 191.2KB)