Job summary
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust provides high quality mental health, learning disability, High Medium and Low secure services, and community health services. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in the communities we serve. Our 9,800 dedicated staff have big ambitions and we are at the start of an exciting journey to reshape our organisation, focussing on what we do best and building on our roots in our diverse communities to maximise people's potential.We are seeking an Associate Director of Physical Healthcare. This is a senior role reporting directly to our Deputy Director of Nursing, and will play a key role in driving forward our vision to deliver outstanding Mental Health, Learning Disability, Forensic and Community Health services and shaping our inclusive culture in line with our Trust values.
Main duties of the job
You will be an integral part of the Trust's Senior Nursing, Allied Healthcare Professionals & Quality team reporting directly to the Deputy Director of Nursing. This post will work closely with our Medical team and support the Trustwide development of the physical healthcare strategy. You will lead and develop contemporary initiatives to improve physical health care delivery and practice across the Trust. You will lead the work on medical devices across the Trust.
You will be a highly visible, proactive and compassionate clinical leader with extensive senior management/professional leadership experience. Acting as a role model and clinical resource, you will ensure the sustained delivery of high standards of nursing care and service delivery and have service user and carer Involvement at the heart of everything you do.You will have knowledge of compliance, clinical governance and risk management and a proven record in improving patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness.This is an excellent opportunity to bring your leadership experience to a value-based organisation with big ambitions for those we serve.If this role sounds exciting to you and you have the skills and experience described as well as sharing our values then we would welcome your application.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Divisional Physical Health Leads, Associate Directors of Nursing and Associate Medical Directors, to provide and deliver a clear strategy for physical health care across the Trust.
Overall responsibility for any physical health related policy review, coordination of working groups to facilitate this & lead on organising relevant communications on changes & updates to the policies.
Work with other organisations where a collaborative approach is required e.g. End of life care, patients with highly complex physical, mental health and/or learning disabilities physical health needs.
Lead across the organisation in strengthening staff knowledge base surrounding all physical health care monitoring & treatment for patients with mental health and/or learning disability conditions.
Devise relevant audit programmes/quality standards, review findings and present with relevant action plans.
Review relevant research on physical health in the mental health and learning disability population. Ensure this contributes to clinical development and evaluation for the Trust locally and nationally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Divisional Physical Health Leads, Associate Directors of Nursing and Associate Medical Directors, to provide and deliver a clear strategy for physical health care across the Trust.
Overall responsibility for any physical health related policy review, coordination of working groups to facilitate this & lead on organising relevant communications on changes & updates to the policies.
Work with other organisations where a collaborative approach is required e.g. End of life care, patients with highly complex physical, mental health and/or learning disabilities physical health needs.
Lead across the organisation in strengthening staff knowledge base surrounding all physical health care monitoring & treatment for patients with mental health and/or learning disability conditions.
Devise relevant audit programmes/quality standards, review findings and present with relevant action plans.
Review relevant research on physical health in the mental health and learning disability population. Ensure this contributes to clinical development and evaluation for the Trust locally and nationally.
Person Specification
Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential
- Registered Nursing or AHP qualification
- Master's degree or equivalent level of practical experience
- Appropriate management and/or post graduate qualification to Doctorate level
- Enhanced and specialist knowledge in physical health care
Desirable
- Doctorate
- Research qualification
- ACP
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a nurse operating at a senior clinical level
- Significant experience in leading physical health care strategy and delivery
- Expert knowledge of physical health nursing and service delivery
- Successful track record of clinical practice and clinical supervision of nursing practice
- Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders including University and other academic institutions
- Experience of working within a mental health/forensic setting
- Experience of implementing service change/reconfiguration and modernising services
- Experience of providing specialist advice, when required
- Broad clinical experience
- Developing policies and strategies
- Experience leading across a wide range of nursing staff
Desirable
- Experience of utilising appreciative inquiry to deliver change
- Working at Regional/National level
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of physical health nursing
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices
- Finance and budgetary management
- Comprehensive understanding of local and national policy
- Has participated in research projects
Desirable
- Flexible in style and approach
- Specialist knowledge over more than one discipline/function acquired over a significant period
Skills
Essential
- Able to deliver without direct line management control
- Ability to work within deadlines
- Can demonstrate a high level of organisational skills and ability
- Can demonstrate effective communication style
- Can demonstrate highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Highly advanced presentation skills
- Actively listens and engages
- Exercise judgement involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
Person Specification
Qualifications - Academic / Craft / Professional
Essential
- Registered Nursing or AHP qualification
- Master's degree or equivalent level of practical experience
- Appropriate management and/or post graduate qualification to Doctorate level
- Enhanced and specialist knowledge in physical health care
Desirable
- Doctorate
- Research qualification
- ACP
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience as a nurse operating at a senior clinical level
- Significant experience in leading physical health care strategy and delivery
- Expert knowledge of physical health nursing and service delivery
- Successful track record of clinical practice and clinical supervision of nursing practice
- Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders including University and other academic institutions
- Experience of working within a mental health/forensic setting
- Experience of implementing service change/reconfiguration and modernising services
- Experience of providing specialist advice, when required
- Broad clinical experience
- Developing policies and strategies
- Experience leading across a wide range of nursing staff
Desirable
- Experience of utilising appreciative inquiry to deliver change
- Working at Regional/National level
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of physical health nursing
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices
- Finance and budgetary management
- Comprehensive understanding of local and national policy
- Has participated in research projects
Desirable
- Flexible in style and approach
- Specialist knowledge over more than one discipline/function acquired over a significant period
Skills
Essential
- Able to deliver without direct line management control
- Ability to work within deadlines
- Can demonstrate a high level of organisational skills and ability
- Can demonstrate effective communication style
- Can demonstrate highly developed verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Highly advanced presentation skills
- Actively listens and engages
- Exercise judgement involving highly complex facts or situations, which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
