Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Nursing Officer

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Job summary

Queen Victoria Hospital wish to secure a permanentChief Nurse (CN), to provide professional leadership of the Nursing, Allied Health professional and Healthcare Scientist workforce ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate care for patients and service users. As a voting member of the Board of Directors, the CN will work closely with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Operating Officer to embed clinical leadership across QVH and ensure high quality care remains central to QVHs strategic direction and decision making. This critical role will lead on quality and governance arrangements for infection prevention and control and safeguarding alongside developing a culture that focuses on patient safety, learning, improvement and innovation.

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Main duties of the job

The Chief Nurse is the patient safety specialist responsible for the professional leadership of the Nursing, Allied Health Professional (AHP) and Healthcare Scientist (HCS) workforce, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate care for patients and service users.

The post holder will also be the executive lead for infection prevention and control and the executive lead for safeguarding.

This is a critical role that will embed clinical leadership across QVH, to develop a culture that focuses on patient safety, learning, improvement and innovation.

About us

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QVH) is a specialist NHS trust providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services for people across the South of England. The hospital specialises in conditions of the hands and eyes; head and neck cancer and skin cancer; reconstructive breast surgery; maxillofacial surgery; and prosthetics. In addition, QVH provides a minor injuries unit, expert therapies, a sleep service, and other community-based services.Patients consistently rate QVH amongst the top hospitals in the country for quality of care.

Date posted

16 July 2024

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience Salary to be agreed on appointment

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

276-6483156-AR

Job locations

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

East Grinstead

RH19 3DZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please follow this link https://andersonquigley.com/job/aq2751/ to apply and see full details of the role, working at the trust and essential person requirements

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please follow this link https://andersonquigley.com/job/aq2751/ to apply and see full details of the role, working at the trust and essential person requirements

Person Specification

Offline

Essential

offline

Agency led

Essential

Agency led

Person Specification

Offline

Essential

offline

Agency led

Essential

Agency led

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

East Grinstead

RH19 3DZ

Employer's website

https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

East Grinstead

RH19 3DZ

Employer's website

https://www.qvh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)