Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7132321-P
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital
- Town
- Bury Saint Edmunds
- Salary
- £105,385 - £121,271 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Chief Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 9
Job overview
We are looking for an engaging, charismatic and high performing senior nurse/midwife to join the executive chief nurse office as deputy chief nurse. The role will support the entirety of the executive chief nurse portfolio in delivering the strategic agenda for the nursing, midwifery and AHP professions across our acute and community services
The Deputy Chief Nurse is an exciting and pivotal role at the heart of our organisation and integral to the Trust's vision. As a member of our corporate nursing team, you will provide strong, visible and professional leadership and ensure that patient safety and the delivery of high-quality care remain central to our strategic direction and decision-making.
We are seeking a Deputy Chief Nurse who will role model our values, supporting positive and mutually respectful relationships at all levels in the organisation, always acting with kindness and championing inclusion.
For a confidential discussion about this opportunity please email [email protected]
Main duties of the job
Provide influential and visible clinical leadership, you will inspire our clinical and nursing workforce as well as Trust partners to build on our reputation of delivering the quality patient care
The role will have the responsibility for development and delivery of the Trusts clinical quality strategy and ensuring that there are robust clinical governance systems and processes across the Trust
Passionate and forward-thinking approach to clinical leadership, quality and improvement.
Demonstrate clinical excellence and innovation in healthcare and possess the ability and charisma to engage staff and stakeholders locally and nationally
Support the Executive Chief Nurse to deliver the bi-annual nursing establishment review. Reporting to board regularly on the impact of nurse staffing on patient care
Lead the Trust response to delivery of the "Developing Workforce safeguards" recommendations
Lead the Trust on delivery on financial sustainable initiatives ensuring corporate nursing services are sustainable and effective
Work with internal and external stakeholders to identify and support implementation of workforce transformation initiatives
Lead the enhanced/advanced and consultant level practice workstream
Responsible for pre and post reg education, including career pathway frameworks
The post holder will work with the executive team and patient safety leads in delivery of the safety agenda, continuous implementation of PSIRF
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See attached Job description and personal specification
· They will participate on the Executive Director Strategic Commander on call rota
· Lead the development and implementation of the long-term nursing, midwifery and AHP strategy, monitoring its implementation and evaluating its effectiveness. in particular ensuring that the Executive Chief Nurse Strategy is co-produced and implemented and embedded at ward and department level
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Masters degree level qualification or equivalent experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ongoing evidence of leadership and management development
Desirable criteria
- Further professional or management qualification
- Project Management qualification or equivalent
- CNO safe staffing faculty
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proven experience at senior nurse/midwifery level and recent experience in an acute setting with highly developed and detailed knowledge on current health policy
- Broad knowledge base of patient safety including participation in regional /national initiatives
- Capable of inspiring people to think and act innovatively and to challenge established ways of doing things;
- Aware of broader issues in relation to areas of responsibility both nationally and corporately
- Experience of analysing and making judgements involving situations where there are a number of conflicting issues
- Experience of interpreting national policies and initiatives and implementing these into the workplace
- In-depth understanding of the national reporting requirements for organisational compliance with Governance
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of effective working relationships both inside and outside the organisation
- Leadership Facilitator
- Experience of leading strategic/cross Trust changes
- Experience in preparing business cases
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Heightened awareness of national Patient Safety initiatives
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to liaise & negotiate
- Proven ability to lead teams effectively, exercising sound judgement
- Ability to plan and prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands.
- The ability to work co-operatively with senior staff within the Trust & to develop effective working relationships across the Divisions
- Strong quality focus with an innovative approach & the ability to solve highly complex problems
- Knowledge & application of research methodologies
- Overview of clinical audit programme within the organisation
- Knowledge of strategies for effective change
- Have an ability to be able to analyse, interpret and act upon highly complex data
- An understanding and experience of staff and organisational development
- Extensive knowledge of investigatory processes underpinned by NCAS course for Case Investigators/or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Carried out clinical changes in light of changing evidence base
- Developed Business Cases and successfully delivered change
- Experience of working to a strategic direction and have contributed to this.
- Knowledge of inquest procedures and information requirements
- A good understanding of Mortality Review processes in order to provide robust data for national reporting
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to work cohesively in a team
- Ability to communicate highly complex information effectively with colleagues and other agencies
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
- A commitment to promoting equality & diversity in the workplace & in the delivery of patient care
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty & integrity in undertaking the role
- Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines
- Approachable/builds rapport
- Expert facilitation skills and the ability to deliver challenging messages in a way that engages staff to emphasise the setting direction and holding to account
- Experience of occasionally dealing with exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances, or challenging behaviour
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing change across a range of settings
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
- Daniel Spooner
- Job title
- Incoming Chief Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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