Associate Director of Nursing

St Andrew’s Healthcare

The closing date is 12 May 2024

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Job summary

Are you a brilliant nursing leader looking for your next challenge?

Following an internal promotion, we are looking to appoint to this exciting high profile role accountable to our Director of Nursing. You will work closely with the Clinical Director and Service Director and be responsible for providing quality nursing leadership across our Medium Secure Division.

We are looking for candidates on either a Fixed Term or Permanent Basis

Main duties of the job

Your key accountabilities will cover Nursing and Quality Standards, Clinical Supervision, Patient Safety and Experience, Safer Staffing and Workforce Safeguards, and Quality Improvement Plans.

About us

You can achieve more at St Andrew's Healthcare

We are St Andrew's a mental health Charity which inspires Hope. We work together with a number of organisations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve lives.

Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

Come join us. Let's transform lives together.

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Competitive. Total package depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0354-35900

Job locations

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG


Job description

Job responsibilities

In this key post you will support the Charity to deliver against its quality and strategic plans, to remain compliant with its regulatory framework, to provide safe, effective quality care for patients, and support to frontline staff.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining a culture of quality and productivity to improve patient care and services by analysis of complex data and information, developing and implementing solutions to enhance quality and meet performance targets in line with the Charity's Quality and Governance Framework.

You will be responsible for creating an open, accountable culture where teams are confident and skilled in giving regular, constructive feedback, where issues can be raised and solved openly, leading to a productive solution focused working environment.

You will also lead a culture of quality improvement that produces new ideas, approaches, innovation or insights, ensuring that plans are developed and taken forward to improve patient care and services.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this key post you will support the Charity to deliver against its quality and strategic plans, to remain compliant with its regulatory framework, to provide safe, effective quality care for patients, and support to frontline staff.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining a culture of quality and productivity to improve patient care and services by analysis of complex data and information, developing and implementing solutions to enhance quality and meet performance targets in line with the Charity's Quality and Governance Framework.

You will be responsible for creating an open, accountable culture where teams are confident and skilled in giving regular, constructive feedback, where issues can be raised and solved openly, leading to a productive solution focused working environment.

You will also lead a culture of quality improvement that produces new ideas, approaches, innovation or insights, ensuring that plans are developed and taken forward to improve patient care and services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Youll be an experienced, inspiring and compassionate senior nursing leader who lives our Charitys CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. You will have extensive experience of achieving improvements for patients through service transformation involving staff, patients, their families and other stakeholders.

Experience

Essential

  • You will be an outstanding communicator with strong influencing, motivational and negotiation skills. You will have a strong track record of achieving significant quality improvements within mental health services.
  • You will have the ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through. You will also have a high level knowledge of all current issues, including regulatory requirements related to professional nursing practice and mental health services.
  • You will have both the breadth and depth of skills to fulfil the role described above and high levels of resilience to lead and embed significant change.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Youll be an experienced, inspiring and compassionate senior nursing leader who lives our Charitys CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. You will have extensive experience of achieving improvements for patients through service transformation involving staff, patients, their families and other stakeholders.

Experience

Essential

  • You will be an outstanding communicator with strong influencing, motivational and negotiation skills. You will have a strong track record of achieving significant quality improvements within mental health services.
  • You will have the ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through. You will also have a high level knowledge of all current issues, including regulatory requirements related to professional nursing practice and mental health services.
  • You will have both the breadth and depth of skills to fulfil the role described above and high levels of resilience to lead and embed significant change.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG


Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St Andrew’s Healthcare

Address

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG


Employer's website

https://www.stah.org (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Recruitment

Dave Anthony

djanthony@stah.org

01604616585

Date posted

26 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Competitive. Total package depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0354-35900

Job locations

St. Andrews

Billing Road

Northampton

NN1 5DG


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