Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 328-CP-6218070-LJ
- Employer
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The James Cook University Hospital / University Hospital of North Tees / University Hospital of Hartlepool
- Town
- Teesside and North Yorkshire
- Salary
- £122,500 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/05/2024
Employer heading
Directors of Nursing (2 posts) - South Tees & North Tees
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Job overview
Directors of Nursing x 2
- South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced and dynamic strategic leaders who share our passion for the highest quality clinical care to join either Trust. The Directors will thrive in a complex and fast paced environment and demonstrate exemplary leadership qualities which are consistent with the Trust’s values.
Being able to articulate a vision is an essential attribute along with exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills and the ability to build effective relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
The Directors of Nursing will also act as Deputy Group Chief Nurses and will work collaboratively across organisational and professional services to deliver the objectives and shared ambitions of the Group.
As a key member of the Site Senior Leadership Team, the Directors will work as a triumvirate alongside the Chief Operating Officer and the Hospital Medical Director, strengthening our commitment to place clinical leadership at the heart of the Group.
We welcome applications from visionary leaders with significant experience of strategic leadership within the NHS acute sector.
Main duties of the job
The Directors of Nursing will provide professional leadership for all nursing and midwifery, whilst driving through change which improves clinical outcomes and patient experience. Through the development of a Group Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, our Directors will ensuring the delivery of high quality, safe and effective patient care through an educated, motivated and sustainable workforce.
Working for our organisation
Our Group
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the area’s largest employers, with a budget of circa £1.2 billion and over 15,000 staff who deliver acute, tertiary and community health and care services across the Tees Valley, North Yorkshire, County Durham and beyond.
We have high ambitions and are committed to delivering more together for the populations we serve. In the spirit of greater collaboration, following a number of years of joint working, the two trusts have taken the decision to move to a Group model, meaning that our two organisations remain separate, so they can represent their communities effectively, but enables the trusts to work at scale to take strategic decisions, which benefit the group as a whole and will deliver better outcomes for our patients, staff and the wider population.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (1st level registration) with NMC
- Higher professional or management degree at Masters level
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive senior nurse management experience in a senior role within the NHS acute sector.
- • Extensive experience and competence leading the nursing, midwifery and clinical support workforce.
- • Significant experience and success as a clinical leader manager level including strategy development, budgetary control, leadership and staff management
- • In-depth understanding of current nursing and midwifery strategy and associated policy.
- • Clear vision for nursing and ability to secure the active commitment of multi-disciplinary staff in working towards achieving this
- • Experience of service innovation and development with proven positive outcomes for patients
- • Proven ability to set high standards of patient care and influence significant change to nursing practice
- • Knowledge, understanding and experience of leading CQC compliance
- • Significant experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues.
- • Evidence of report writing and presentation skills, to include board reporting and formal presentations.
- • Developing and implementing strategic plans for nursing
- • Experience of working and influencing professional nursing at regional and national level
- • Experience of critical thinking, research and innovation
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Proven leadership skills, ability to set out a clear vision and persuade others of the benefit and requirement of the plan for the future.
- • Ability to analyse and interpret complex data to lead improvements in patient care.
- • Compassionate leadership and collaborative approach
- • Business focused
- • Excellent communication skills.
- • Experience of dealing with complex issues across an organisation.
- • Ability to work proactively and cooperatively with senior management and clinical staff, including at times of uncertainty.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Commitment to self-development with ability to demonstrate in depth knowledge of key policies and themes in the healthcare provision in the UK.
- • An ability and interest in coaching staff to improve performance
- • Commitment to promote equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development.
- • Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
- • Exemplary personal standards of conduct and meets the requirements of the fit and proper person test
- • Integrity and a reputation for honesty and trustworthiness
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hilary Lloyd
- Job title
- Group Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01642 850850
- Additional information
Extension number - 54409
We would encourage exploratory conversations regarding these opportunities by emailing Hilary Lloyd, Group Chief Nurse: [email protected]
Interviews and Stakeholder Sessions will take place on 20 May 2024
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