Job summary
Are you an aspiring Group Chief Nurse, an experienced Chief Nurse, or a Deputy Chief Nurse looking to work at scale and drive real impact? This is your moment to shape the future of nursing at one of the largest acute NHS Trusts.
Main duties of the job
As Group Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, you will play a pivotal role in our senior leadership team, deputising for the Group Chief Nursing Officer and leading on a broad spectrum of executive responsibilities. Working alongside senior nursing and Allied Health Professional (AHP) leaders, you will champion professional excellence, ensuring high-quality, safe, and compassionate care for every patient.
You will cultivate a vibrant and positive workplace for nurses, midwives, AHPs, adult social workers, and healthcare support staff alike. When nursing care and practice standards fall short, you will be proactive in establishing effective plans for improvement.
You will lead a diverse array of national, system-wide, and corporate projects, playing an integral role in shaping the future of nursing at the corporate level. Furthermore, you will work in close partnership with the Group Deputy Chief Medical Officer and the Group Deputy Chief Delivery Officer as part of a dynamic triumvirate.
We are passionate about innovation, and much of your work will focus on fostering quality improvement and partnering with frontline leaders to transform ideas into action, to enable us to continue to be one of the highest-rated Trusts for patient care.
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About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
If you share our passion for delivering excellent, accessible healthcare, helping to create a world where everyone thrives, and would like an informal discussion and further information please contact Hannah Wade, Associate Partner at Odgers Berndtson who is supporting the Trust on this appointment process. Hannah can be contacted via email Hannah.Wade@odgersberndtson.com.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
If you share our passion for delivering excellent, accessible healthcare, helping to create a world where everyone thrives, and would like an informal discussion and further information please contact Hannah Wade, Associate Partner at Odgers Berndtson who is supporting the Trust on this appointment process. Hannah can be contacted via email Hannah.Wade@odgersberndtson.com.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification.
- Graduate.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Masters in health-related subject.
Desirable
- Doctorate in health-related subject
- Post doctoral studies.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of integrated health and social care models
- Extensive senior nursing and managerial experience within a large acute Trust.
- Extensive experience as an experienced clinical practitioner.
- Demonstrates breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS Policy and ability to interpret and implement in practice.
- Significant experience across a range of health care priorities.
- Experience in developing clinical teams.
- Experience of working with national programmes and initiatives.
- Experience in managing large scale change successfully.
- Evidence of influence and negotiating skills.
- Evidence of successful change management.
- Evidence of managing projects
- Evidence of managing conflict and deploying successful conflict resolution strategies.
- Evidence of securing funding to support organisational initiatives.
- Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education, and social care settings.
- Evidence of undertaking audit and contributing to research programmes.
Desirable
- Contributor to research studies.
- Publications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Post registration qualification.
- Graduate.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Masters in health-related subject.
Desirable
- Doctorate in health-related subject
- Post doctoral studies.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of integrated health and social care models
- Extensive senior nursing and managerial experience within a large acute Trust.
- Extensive experience as an experienced clinical practitioner.
- Demonstrates breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS Policy and ability to interpret and implement in practice.
- Significant experience across a range of health care priorities.
- Experience in developing clinical teams.
- Experience of working with national programmes and initiatives.
- Experience in managing large scale change successfully.
- Evidence of influence and negotiating skills.
- Evidence of successful change management.
- Evidence of managing projects
- Evidence of managing conflict and deploying successful conflict resolution strategies.
- Evidence of securing funding to support organisational initiatives.
- Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education, and social care settings.
- Evidence of undertaking audit and contributing to research programmes.
Desirable
- Contributor to research studies.
- Publications
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
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).