Head of Nursing Children’s Community Services

Job title:

Head of Nursing Children’s Community Services

Company

NHS

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Head of Nursing for Evelina London Children’s Community services. We are looking for a highly dynamic and self-motivated individual. The Head of Nursing will be accountable for ensuring the delivery of high-quality care within the directorate. They will provide operational nursing advice and expertise, leadership and management support across the directorate, and work collaboratively with wider MDT to deliver key strategic and operational objectives.The Head of Nursing is a core member the directorate management team, and within the management teams has responsibility to ensure that all aspects of operational nursing is delivered to agreed high standards which will provide the best possible experience and outcome for patients. Responsible to the Clinical Director and; professionally accountable to the Clinical Group Director of Nursing, this is crucial in delivering the Trust Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and the development of excellent professional practice.We are looking for a talented, passionate and experienced nurse leader who can demonstrate strong clinical and strategic leadership, with the ability to communicate effectively across multi-professional boundaries as well as create an enviable culture of caring and compassion.Main duties of the jobThe Head of Nursing works as a full member of the Directorate Management team. These team is led by the Clinical Director, who is a full member of the Trust Management Executive. The post holder is accountable to the Clinical Director and works in partnership with the General Managers to ensure the Directorates deliver on all of their objectives across a range of clinical services. They are responsible for providing the Directorates leadership on a range of issues and initiatives and will deputise for the Clinical Director as required.The Head of Nursing provides strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership across the Directorates and the wider organisation through effective role modelling. The post holder is accountable for the delivery of high quality, cost effective nursing patient care within budget constraints. They provide strong leadership to enable the services to respond effectively to the challenges they will face whilst providing efficient clinical services and sustained improvements.About usGuy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and SouthwarkWe have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.Date posted17 September 2024Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 8cSalary£82,462 to £93,773 a year p.a. inc. HCAContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number196-SMT1622Job locationsEvelina London Children’s HospitalLambeth Palace RoadLondonSE1 7EHJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification documents for further details of the role and requirements Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification documents for further details of the role and requirementsPerson SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register
• Relevant Masters/MBA qualification or equivalent experience.

ExperienceEssential

• Demonstrate a successful track record of delivering effective nursing services as a senior nurse manager responsible for staff management, financial management and change management.
• Experience of managing a large, complex professional workforce and associated budgets.
• Experience of working and delivering Trust-wide professional nursing objectives.
• Evidence of delivering operational performance across a range of services
• Experience of quality and risk management, to include experience in analysing and resolving complex complaints and incidents.
• A strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of nursing care.

SkillsEssential

• Able to articulate a clear vision/plan for nursing which will enable the Directorate to meet all of its objectives.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to solve problems and deliver change
• A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS environment and the challenges it faces and the role and contribution nurses can make.
• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register
• Relevant Masters/MBA qualification or equivalent experience.

ExperienceEssential

• Demonstrate a successful track record of delivering effective nursing services as a senior nurse manager responsible for staff management, financial management and change management.
• Experience of managing a large, complex professional workforce and associated budgets.
• Experience of working and delivering Trust-wide professional nursing objectives.
• Evidence of delivering operational performance across a range of services
• Experience of quality and risk management, to include experience in analysing and resolving complex complaints and incidents.
• A strong track record of managing complexity and risk whilst maintaining high standards of nursing care.

SkillsEssential

• Able to articulate a clear vision/plan for nursing which will enable the Directorate to meet all of its objectives.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to solve problems and deliver change
• A comprehensive understanding of the changing NHS environment and the challenges it faces and the role and contribution nurses can make.
• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.

Expected salary

£82462 – 93773 per year

Location

Southwark, South East London – Lambeth, South East London

Job date

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:05:34 GMT

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