Job overview

The Head of Nursing (HoN) and Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s) will operationally lead and develop the Medicine Specialty Services to meet Trust and national guidelines in conjunction with the clinical leadership of the Divisional Board. A key part of the role will be to contribute to strategic planning and devise operational development plans, including re-design of services and effective deployment of personnel. The postholder will be required to ensure effective co-ordination between the extensive interfaces of this specialist service including its internal and external stakeholders and the Divisional Management Team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder, in conjunction with the Divisional Board, is responsible for:§  Operational delivery and co-ordination of high quality, efficient, patient-focused medicine division services including effective resource and performance management to achieve corporate objectives. 

Delivery of access, activity, financial and governance targets within the medicine division. 

Strategic development and implementation of plans to meet the Trust’s objectives including re-design of services to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Provision of effective leadership and management. To develop and support behaviours in line with the trust values to create a positive environment and deliver a high quality service.

Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for staff and patients in all areas of the division. 

Work cohesively with the other HoN and AHP’s for the Medicine Division to ensure equitable cover and support for services. 

Specific divisional areas of line management to be assigned via job plan

Working for our organisation

As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.