Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Care Group
- Grade
- Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent: A Secondment would be considered
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of hours on call)
- Job ref
- 153-ME04346-a
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset - All Sites
- Town
- Dorset
- Salary
- £88,168 - £101,677 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Group Director of Nursing- Medical Care Group
Band 8d
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The Group Director of Nursing is a key senior leadership role within the organisation. There are three Care Groups that oversee all clinical services within University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, each of the Care Groups is led by a triumvirate team of leaders - the Group Director of Operations (managerially responsible), the Medical Director and the Group Director of Nursing.
The Medical Care Care Group incorporates four diverse Directorates with circa 2,500 staff and a £210m budget.
The Group Director of Nursing role has responsibility for quality and patient experience and takes a lead on ensuring our governance structures are working well. The post holder is not only responsible for nursing professionals but also leads for the AHP and clinical scientist workforce.
This year we are planning the moves of some of our services including moving into the new BEACH building, as well as expanding our Patient First improvement model with our teams.
The successful applicant will join a team committed to the triumvirate partnership approach to leading our teams, and be able to influence quality outcomes, pathways and workforce development across a wide range of services within the Care Group.
This role requires an active UK NMC Registration
Location: Royal Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Hospitals
Interview Date: TBC
Please note: Previous applicants need not reapply
Main duties of the job
The Group Director of Nursing is appointed to provide expert, experienced, proven nursing leadership within the Triumvirate. The post holder will report to the Group Director of Operations and Chief Nursing Officer and will provide strategic vision, clarity of purpose and oversee a clinically safe and cost-effective service within the Medical Care Group.
For more information on the role, please get in touch.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
This role is a senior leadership role and will be required to work across sites. Excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to provide senior strategic nursing leadership in order to consistently develop and deliver a high quality, cost effective nursing service for patients, assuring the provision of safe, effective and evidence-based care within an agreed quality, performance and financial framework.
The post holder will support the Chief Nursing Officer leading the development of the nursing, midwifery, allied health professionals and healthcare scientist agendas within the Trust, working closely with the corporate Chief Nurse, Head of Nursing and AHP/HCS team.
The post holder will provide senior professional leadership to all registered nurses and healthcare support workers within the Care Group and will develop the clinical leadership capability of nursing and the wider non-medical clinical workforce. Working alongside the Care Group Medical Director this will ensure high levels of clinical engagement with the purpose of delivering high quality patient care.
The individual will lead local projects to both promote and develop nursing at the Trust and will be responsible for aspects of clinical governance (in conjunction with the Care Group Medical Director, Care Group Director of Operations and general managers), patient quality and safety and improving the patient experience.
As a member of the Care Group Leadership Team, the post holder will ensure robust and effective nursing input into the development of strategy, policy and the business planning cycle, as well as the workforce leadership agenda for the Care Group. The Care Group Director of Nursing will have objectives jointly agreed by the Chief Nursing Officer and the Care Group Director of Operations and will work closely with the Directorate General Managers, Clinical Directors and matrons to jointly work to achieve the Care Group and Trust’s vision and Objectives.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse; First degree diploma, or equivalent.
- Extensive experience working within the acute sector of the NHS at a senior nurse level.
- A Masters level qualification in nursing, a post graduate qualification or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Senior Leadership Training programme
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Previous strategic experience
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude;
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Morris
- Job title
- Interim Group Director of Operations
- Email address
- [email protected]
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