Institute Senior Nurse for Clinical Nurse Specialists

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and person specification

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC Registered nurse or midwife
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or closely Health related degree
• Evidence of undertaking or completed Master's degree programme (Nursing or closely Health related)
• Additional related clinical specialist qualification
• Post registration teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of undertaking leadership training
• Evidence of recent CPD

Desirable criteria

• Additional related qualifications, Masters degree in relevant field or Masters level modules
• Qualified PNA or experience in delivering clinical supervision

Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience at a senior leadership level including clinical practice experience in acute care and managing teams .
• Current experience at a senior level including project management, change management, and multidisciplinary working
• Experience of allocating funding/resources for CPD
• Experience of leading strategic work in NHS / Integrated care systems
• Evidence of leading projects across health and social care settings/clinical practice, teaching and research
• Experience and understanding of key organisational, nursing and midwifery objectives and how this links to the Nursing and Midwifery strategic Plan
• Experience in national /international networking and presenting to diverse audiences
• Experience of planning and provision of education/development opportunities
• Experience of facilitating change by collaborating with stakeholders
• Experience in forming policy/guidelines

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of research experience

Communication skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent communications skills (written and oral) to the multi - professional team and external stakeholders at a variety of levels
• Good negotiating skills
• Evidence of ability to lead and build successful teams
• Able to influence the direction and decisions of Nursing and Midwifery services, Trust and external audiences as required, including Higher education institutions and other stakeholders.
• Ability to present highly complex data to a variety of audiences
• Ability to lead, influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging targets
• Ability to manage conflict
• Presentation skills - ability to prepare and present concise and informative reports
• Ability to build and sustain relationships in challenging circumstances

Analytical and judgemntal skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent problem solving skills using internal and external sources of expertise when appropriate
• Ability to think laterally, identify and evaluate options for education and training programmes
• Experience in developing business cases and focused on customer service
• Innovative thinker with the ability to cut through barriers to change
• Evidence of an ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex, multi -stranded data in appropriate forms
• Develop and present workable solutions to complex issues taking into account internal and external political environments
• Sensitive to clinical and political demands
• Presents plans supported by reasoned argument and evidence.
• Evidence of data collection, evaluation and analysis.
• Evidence of audit skills.
• Ability to develop working relationships locally, regionally and nationally
• Able to work independently

Planning and organisational skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent organisation skills
• Ability to lead and sustain high workload through times of service and organisational pressure
• Experienced and able to chair and/or participate actively in meetings, seminars and conferences
• Performance management skills and techniques to enable accurate real -time progress
• Ability to prioritise a number of competing priorities

Physical Skills

Essential criteria

• Well developed IT skills to manage and report on complex performance management information systems
• Able to move and handle teaching and training equipment
• Able to undertake clinical duties as required by a registered nurse within NUH

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential criteria

• Able to work flexibly across campuses and different locations as required
• Car driver

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 the 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.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.

Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application

NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications

If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role, as long as there is a suitable apprenticeship standard available. This is in line with the current guidance in England that whilst young people under the age of 18 can leave school (on the last Friday in June) they must then do one of the following:

• Stay in full-time education, for example at a college
• Start an Apprenticeship
• Spend 20 hours of more a week working or volunteering, while in part-time education or training

For more details visit; School leaving age - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month's pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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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 (PDF, 680.3KB)
• Personal specification (PDF, 344.6KB)
• Mindful Employer (PDF, 242.5KB)
• Equality and Diversity (PDF, 122.3KB)
• Equal Opportunities (PDF, 57.4KB)
• Disability Confidence Scheme (PDF, 51.0KB)
• Rehabilitation of Ex Offenders (PDF, 106.0KB)