Head of Nursing - South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre is an established surgical hub situated on the Epsom Hospital site. The Centre has a core workforce which is completely committed to the delivery of excellent treatment for patients undergoing elective surgery.

The Centre comprises six theatres which run six days a week, operating on approximately 6,000 patients per year, an Outpatients' service and Pre-Assessment, which is undertaken digitally. Patients recover, post-surgery, in a Post Anaesthetic Care Unit and are then discharged home or taken to the ward for further care, if needed.

SWLEOC is a partnership organisation, made up of four trusts: Epsom and St Helier, St Georges, Kingston and Croydon. Patients come for surgery from across South West London and Surrey, but there are also many patients who come from a wider catchment area.

We have a position of Head of Nursing to fill in a secondment capacity for a period of six months, Band 8b. We are looking to recruit an experienced senior nurse who will be a confident leader to work with all the nursing teams, bringing cohesion and support to all departments so that the highest standards of patient care can be maintained.

The successful candidate will work with the Senior Leadership Team, representing nursing and supporting ongoing transformation work within the Centre. The candidate will also have regular one to one meetings with the Chief Nurse of Epsom and St Helier.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse - RGN Adult Branch
• Post graduate qualification courses or portfolio of evidence demonstrating comprehensive career development
• Post graduate qualification training in management and leadership skills.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Proven track record of developing nursing practice
• Evidence of training in first line management and leadership e.g. disciplinary/ grievance, recruitment and selection, change management.

Values

Essential criteria

• Exhibits behaviours in line with Trust Values:
• Able to demonstrate knowledge and application of Trust RESPECT values.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Substantial experience working clinically within surgical specialty.
• Substantial post qualification experience as Matron/Unit Manager or equivalent, managing nursing teams.
• Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance by engaging clinical teams in strategic direction and delivery plans, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
• Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them.
• Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically, and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
• Knowledge and ability to implement principles of clinical governance including audit, risk management, supervision, clinical effectiveness, continuing professional development, quality standards and outcomes
• Experience of managing and configuring budgets and the skills to monitor and assess financial information.
• Previous experience of successfully delivering national and local infection control policies and procedures.
• Ability to collaborate constructively with internal and external partners to create the conditions for successful partnership working.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand the Trust's and your performance expectations.
• Evidence of high levels of expertise in clinical care and management of people, with complex co-morbidities, long-term conditions, and diverse social needs, and of delivering rehabilitation, continuing care and end of life care services.
• Sound knowledge of relevant National Service Frameworks, guidelines, strategies and initiatives and the ability to appraise, interpret and implement in practice.
• Ability to rapidly synthesise and analyse complex information and present options, appraisals, recommendations and reports.
• Skilled in word processing, spreadsheets email, databases and using the internet.
• Highly developed communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to communicate on complex matters issues and ideas in challenging situations.
• The ability to implement sound performance and reporting mechanisms for service activity, quality and outcomes and recognise and respond early to variances.
• Able to demonstrate tact and sensitivity with staff, colleagues and the public

Other Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to inspire, motivate and empower teams around common goals, to manage conflict and handle conflicting views
• Able to travel to a variety of locations within the Trust
• Able to work flexibly and respond to changing demands and priorities
• The ability to work under extreme pressure and achieve deadlines

Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Disability Advice Line: SWL Recruitment Hub is committed to promoting equity and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities. We believe that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even more positive impact on the people we serve. For support with job opportunities and reasonable adjustments contact our Confidential Disability Advice Line at:

Telephone: 02082963786

Text: 07501066267

Email: esth.dal@nhs.net.

Our confidential answering service is available after 5pm.

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

• hon jd (PDF, 832.5KB)
• DBS Policy (PDF, 101.1KB)
• We're here to care (DOC, 39.0KB)