Job summary
This post is an exciting 6 - 12 month secondment opportunity for a dynamic individual with extensive nursing experience and leadership skills who is highly motivated, energetic and driven. It will appeal to anyone who thrives in an environment which is focused on building upon and continually improving quality, safety and patient experience.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the Divisional Triumvirate teams and Director of Nursing. You will professionally and clinically support the leadership of the nursing workforce for allocated service areas.
As the post holder you will be responsible for the provision of safe, quality and effective services, as well as day to day operational management of the services within your remit. You will ensure the Theatre and Perioperative Medicine services provide the highest standards of professional practice, budgetary and performance management, and service improvement at all times; driving quality in our services to ensure outstanding patient care is at the heart of all we do.
We are seeking to recruit an inspirational leader with the ability to provide strategic vision, clinical expertise and the ability to direct and influence change and to develop and support the operational and strategic portfolio. You will possess a demonstrable record of success in change management, service improvement and reduction of harm.
Main duties of the job
Barts Health NHS Trust is one of Britain's leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS. It was created on 1 April 2012 by bringing together three trusts: Barts and The London NHS Trust, Newham University Hospital NHS Trust, and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust.
Together our services based in - Newham University Hospital in Plaistow, St Bartholomew's (Barts) in the City, The Royal London in Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets Community and Whipps Cross in Leytonstone - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of east London and further afield.
The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services that serve the needs of the local community and are home to some of Britain's leading specialist centres including cancer, cardiac, trauma and emergency care. Barts Health also has one of the UK's busiest children's hospitals and internationally renowned surgical facilities.
Our vision is to create a world-class health organisation that builds on strong relations with our partners and the communities we serve - one dedicated to ending the historic health inequalities in east London. We will build an international reputation for excellence in patient care, research, and education. And as members of UCLPartners, the largest academic health sciences system in the world, we will ensure that our patients are some of the first in the country to benefit from the latest drugs and treatments.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a senior nursing role (8a or above).
- Evidence of managerial responsibilities and operational experience in an acute setting, including experience in the supervision of staff and students, including HR issues
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them;
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands;
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
Skills
Essential
- Able to evaluate and be critical of self
- Excellent communication skills and presentation skills.
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Good analytical & organisational ability
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working
- To have effective problem solving skills
- Awareness of developments in the NHS and service delivery
- Good computer skills
- To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department
- To have experience of setting up a new service
- Experience of implementing Evidence Based Practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive clinical and managerial knowledge and experience in Perioperative and/or Critical Care settings
- Knowledge of change management processes
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership Course/Development Programme
Desirable
- Management/Leadership qualification
- Masters degree or equivalent in related subject (or willingness to undertake Masters level degree)
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in a senior nursing role (8a or above).
- Evidence of managerial responsibilities and operational experience in an acute setting, including experience in the supervision of staff and students, including HR issues
- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them;
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands;
- Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
Skills
Essential
- Able to evaluate and be critical of self
- Excellent communication skills and presentation skills.
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Good analytical & organisational ability
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills
- Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working
- To have effective problem solving skills
- Awareness of developments in the NHS and service delivery
- Good computer skills
- To have been involved in bringing about change to a service/department
- To have experience of setting up a new service
- Experience of implementing Evidence Based Practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive clinical and managerial knowledge and experience in Perioperative and/or Critical Care settings
- Knowledge of change management processes
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Leadership Course/Development Programme
Desirable
- Management/Leadership qualification
- Masters degree or equivalent in related subject (or willingness to undertake Masters level degree)
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).
