Job summary
We are seeking an experienced senior nurse to support the Executive Director of Nursing by driving the consistent delivery of high standards of care across all our services. Applicants will need to have extensive and broad range of NHS work with significant clinical seniority within the nursing profession. This is an ideal opportunity for aspiring executive directors due to the visibility and accountability this post holds externally across the sector.
The successful post holder will demonstrate a successful and strong operational and strategic background across mental health, prison and community services, as well as a proven track record in the delivery of transformational change from strategy to action.
In return, we will give you a great experience, recognition, support and a real sense of team purpose and a rewarding and fulfilling career.
We support people to excel across Oxleas and would welcome and encourage applications from all walks of life with diverse backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from black, asian and minority ethnic candidates who are keen to be a role model for future senior nurses and leaders.
If you are a proven inspirational leader with a true commitment to excellence who wants to be part of a great team, then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Deputise for the Executive Director of Nursing.
- Trust wide professional leadership and strategic direction for nursing, as a means of supporting nurses to continuously improve the delivery of user and carer centred services.
- Trust wide leadership and professional advice at a senior level, developing policy and strategy in relation to nursing and implement indicators and measures to assure the quality and safety of nursing practice across the organisation.
- To be accountable and responsible for standards of nursing and the delivery of objectives across the following key areas; nursing practice, infection control and nursing education and development and revalidation.
- Specific areas of responsibility to include overseeing nursing developments and education, to oversee nursing research programmes and the development of the nursing research strategy, leading and managing the development and implementation of nursing competencies, lead the development of nursing practice improvements to include safety priorities, physical health care, fundamentals of care, infection prevention and control, medicines management and non-medical prescribing, productivity, and Safe Staffing.
- Provide visible nursing leadership enabling a culture of safety, openness, duty of candour and embedded learning.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Personally drive the organisations short, medium and long-term strategy in relation to Nursing, through the development, implementation and monitoring of the nursing strategy and nursing practice in mental health, learning disability, prisons and adult and child community health services.
- Provide expert professional nursing advice at all levels within the organisation up to and including, when relevant, the Trust Board of Directors.
- Lead the development, implementation and assurance of the Trust nursing strategy.
- To influence and play a key role in the development of services, the application of new roles, the provision of an appropriately skilled nursing workforce etc in line with national modernisation strategy across mental health, learning disabilities, prisons and adult and children community health services.
- To be responsible for the delivery of relevant national quality standards across the organisation as defined by identified regulatory bodies, compiling evidence of clinical standards and compliance and ensuring assurance can be effectively demonstrated.
- As part of the Directorate management team, make a significant contribution to the development and delivery of a strong performance framework and business planning cycle.
- Deliver programmed financial and activity plans to target, achieving planned efficiencies year on year within the Directorate.
- Conduct the safe staffing reviews of all inpatient wards; produce the biannual safe staffing report and internal and external reporting and analysis of nursing workforce and safe staffing metrics.
- To provide strategic leadership and co-ordinating role for the provision of expert advice to ensure the highest quality patient care. This will involve the ability to communicate information of a highly complex/sensitive/contentious nature where there may be barriers to acceptance in range of situations.
- Lead responsibility for the Trust-wide development of practice which supports quality of patients care by ensuring standards are met through Infection Control, Practice Improvement initiatives, safeguarding, mental health legislation and nursing workforce developments including competencies and education.
- Ensure Trust-wide nursing standards are maintained by establishing audit and research for nursing, peer review structures, lead nurse and modern matrons targets and supervision for lead Nurses and Consultant Nurses across the Trust and competency frameworks.
- Undertake full budgetary and rostering responsibility for nursing services managed within the nursing directorate with responsibility for authorising expenditure and accountability for the expenditure of that budget.
- Responsible for writing and developing key nursing documents and policies.
- Represents nursing and the Trust at key regional and national networks and meetings.
- To liaise with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on nursing conduct issues and ensure that relevant guidance standards are implemented.
- To oversee and lead the Trusts response to safeguarding, mental health legislation and infection prevention and control issues in line with government policy and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and maintain ongoing programmes of nursing research, working in close collaboration with national and local players in higher education in order to maximise the Trusts input to the development of nursing.
- Represent and promote the Trust nationally at appropriate professional conferences, seminars and other relevant forums.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Personally drive the organisations short, medium and long-term strategy in relation to Nursing, through the development, implementation and monitoring of the nursing strategy and nursing practice in mental health, learning disability, prisons and adult and child community health services.
- Provide expert professional nursing advice at all levels within the organisation up to and including, when relevant, the Trust Board of Directors.
- Lead the development, implementation and assurance of the Trust nursing strategy.
- To influence and play a key role in the development of services, the application of new roles, the provision of an appropriately skilled nursing workforce etc in line with national modernisation strategy across mental health, learning disabilities, prisons and adult and children community health services.
- To be responsible for the delivery of relevant national quality standards across the organisation as defined by identified regulatory bodies, compiling evidence of clinical standards and compliance and ensuring assurance can be effectively demonstrated.
- As part of the Directorate management team, make a significant contribution to the development and delivery of a strong performance framework and business planning cycle.
- Deliver programmed financial and activity plans to target, achieving planned efficiencies year on year within the Directorate.
- Conduct the safe staffing reviews of all inpatient wards; produce the biannual safe staffing report and internal and external reporting and analysis of nursing workforce and safe staffing metrics.
- To provide strategic leadership and co-ordinating role for the provision of expert advice to ensure the highest quality patient care. This will involve the ability to communicate information of a highly complex/sensitive/contentious nature where there may be barriers to acceptance in range of situations.
- Lead responsibility for the Trust-wide development of practice which supports quality of patients care by ensuring standards are met through Infection Control, Practice Improvement initiatives, safeguarding, mental health legislation and nursing workforce developments including competencies and education.
- Ensure Trust-wide nursing standards are maintained by establishing audit and research for nursing, peer review structures, lead nurse and modern matrons targets and supervision for lead Nurses and Consultant Nurses across the Trust and competency frameworks.
- Undertake full budgetary and rostering responsibility for nursing services managed within the nursing directorate with responsibility for authorising expenditure and accountability for the expenditure of that budget.
- Responsible for writing and developing key nursing documents and policies.
- Represents nursing and the Trust at key regional and national networks and meetings.
- To liaise with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on nursing conduct issues and ensure that relevant guidance standards are implemented.
- To oversee and lead the Trusts response to safeguarding, mental health legislation and infection prevention and control issues in line with government policy and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and maintain ongoing programmes of nursing research, working in close collaboration with national and local players in higher education in order to maximise the Trusts input to the development of nursing.
- Represent and promote the Trust nationally at appropriate professional conferences, seminars and other relevant forums.
Person Specification
Knoweledge
Essential
- First Level Nurse Registered with the NMC.
- Master's degree in nursing, health, or related subject (or equivalent). Supplemented by specialist training, experience / short course to doctorate level or equivalent
- Evidence of strong clinical and professional leadership resulting in high clinical standards and best professional leadership.
- Evidence of operational and strategic management at a senior level, including staff management, financial management and change management for at least three years.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging with them in strategic direction and delivery plans.
- Demonstrates high level understanding of current policy and issues in nursing practice, compliance and standards and the wider NHS
- Ability to work as an inspirational leader within nursing
Competencies
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the Trust and have them understand the Trusts and your performance expectations.
- To have clear understanding of Workforce, Educations, and nursing standards and research issues within the NHS in able to set and lead the Nursing and Midwifery agenda relating to these areas.
- Be able to articulate the evolving vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate opportunities this can bring to the Trust.
Person Specification
Knoweledge
Essential
- First Level Nurse Registered with the NMC.
- Master's degree in nursing, health, or related subject (or equivalent). Supplemented by specialist training, experience / short course to doctorate level or equivalent
- Evidence of strong clinical and professional leadership resulting in high clinical standards and best professional leadership.
- Evidence of operational and strategic management at a senior level, including staff management, financial management and change management for at least three years.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, by engaging with them in strategic direction and delivery plans.
- Demonstrates high level understanding of current policy and issues in nursing practice, compliance and standards and the wider NHS
- Ability to work as an inspirational leader within nursing
Competencies
Essential
- Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the Trust and have them understand the Trusts and your performance expectations.
- To have clear understanding of Workforce, Educations, and nursing standards and research issues within the NHS in able to set and lead the Nursing and Midwifery agenda relating to these areas.
- Be able to articulate the evolving vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate opportunities this can bring to the Trust.
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).
