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It is all about the people at East Cheshire NHS Trust. We have a real sense of community, and our values are truly embedded into everything we do, ensuring we are a great and inclusive place to work. You will be supported, developed and empowered throughout your career with us. Come and join us, where you can play your part in helping us deliver outstanding care and improving the health of all the people we serve.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional nurse leader to join the Acute and Integrated Community Care Directorate with a specific focus on patient quality, safety and standards of care to deliver a good patient experience.

The Directorate of Acute and Integrated Community Care is made up of 3 service lines, Acute, Urgent and Community Care with a varying range of specialties including Emergency & Acute Medicine, Critical Care, Medical Specialties and 5 Care Communities. You will be a key member of the Directorate working alongside the Deputy Director and Clinical Director as part of a triumvirate team.

If you are a confident, well organised, strong, and a visible leader with high standards, excellent clinical skills and knowledge with extensive experience of working within an acute trust this is the ideal opportunity for you.

We are looking for someone who has a proven track record and substantial experience in the care of patients across a range of specialties and significant experience in a senior nurse leadership role. You should be able to demonstrate dynamic, inspirational and compassionate leadership skills to help us meet the local and national challenges. We are looking for someone committed to continually striving to achieve excellence in patient focused care.

You will be a Registered Nurse, educated to Masters degree level or equivalent and provide evidence of continuing professional development.

Hours per week: 37.5

Main duties of the job

Working under the direction of the Deputy Chief Operating Officer and professionally led by the Director of Nursing the post holder will lead on the following key aspects:

Professional and operational leadership

Clinical Governance and quality

Nursing/Midwifery/AHP workforce planning

Service Development

Managing nursing/AHP performance

You will embody our values, have a passion for operational delivery, a passion for patient care and have excellent communication skills. A proven track record of innovation and success in senior operational and clinical management roles is essential, including high levels of engagement with staff and external partners.

You will be accountable for the professional development of nursing staff. You will provide professional leadership that will enable, influence, negotiate and engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders to improve patient care and nurse leadership.

As a very senior nurse, you will work with the Director of Nursing and Quality to ensure that professional standards are maintained across the Trust and that the organisation fulfils in total, its mandatory responsibilities concerning safety, risk and governance.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.

As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

First Level registration with the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council)
First level Degree in Nursing / Health related Studies
Masters in Nursing or health related studies or equivalent level of experience and competence
Management / Leadership qualification or evidence of equivalent level of experience and competence

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

Extensive knowledge of current NHS and national nursing polices
Able to demonstrate the acquisition of additional specialist and in depth leadership/management knowledge (equivalent to Masters level), through training and experience acquired over time. This will include financial, HR and activity management as well as the leadership of a range of clinical services
Ability to produce regular reports for use internally and externally to the trust.
Ability to concentrate for long periods for report development and complex information analysis
Practical problem solving ability
Able to make judgments about highly complex and sometimes conflicting facts or situations
Evidence of leading and delivering change through others
Able to hold others to account for agreed targets
Creates and promotes opportunities for others to contribute and to develop
Able to shape and implement a vision for future service development
Evidence of effective team working to deliver and improve services
Ability to critically analyse complex information and evaluate a range of options to identify service improvements
Exhibits energy and resilience to drive through results
Ability to adapt personal style in order to influence others and gain support for ideas.
Understanding and appreciation of diversity
Proven experience of negotiating, influencing and motivating individuals to deliver better outcomes for patients

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience of working in a senior nursing role in an acute hospital setting
Significant Nursing management experience
Evidence of professional development in relation to personal development and decision making
Risk management and clinical governance experience
A sound working knowledge of acute service provision
Experience of leading and managing others
Experience of measuring and evaluating outcomes in order to secure improvement
Experience of leading the implementation of service improvement including complex change management programmes at a management level

Specific Job Requirement

Essential criteria

Be able to participate in the 'On Call Rota'
Can act on own initiative.
Flexible approach to work
Ability to adapt behavior to changing circumstances
Evidence of a flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
Required to carry a Trust bleep / mobile 'phone

Other Role Requirements

Essential criteria

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details

Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located below).

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

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

Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 360.6KB)
East Cheshire NHS Trust Applicant Pack (PDF, 876.4KB)
Staff Benefits Brochure (PDF, 871.0KB)

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