Job summary
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a progressive, forward thinking healthcare provider as our Chief Nurse.
This is a pivotal leadership role within our organisation, responsible for the professional leadership of our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional workforce, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate care for patients and service users. The Chief Nurse will achieve this by embedding clinical leadership across the Trust to develop a culture that focuses on patient safety, learning, improvement and innovation.
As an executive director and a member of the Board of Directors, the Chief Nurse will work particularly closely with the Medical Director to ensure that patient safety and the delivery of high quality care remain central to our strategic direction and decision-making.
As the Trust's senior nursing professional, the Chief Nurse will lead on workforce development to ensure safe and effective staffing of services, while acting as the guardian of nursing leadership and professional standards with the Trust.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust following the recent appointment of our new Chief Executive, we are now seeking to appoint a clinical leader who guided by 'our four P's' - Patients, People, Performance and Partnerships, will inspire continued success for the organisation and the WWL Family.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Nurse is the patient safety specialist responsible for the professional leadership of the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional workforce, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, compassionate care for patients and service users. The post holder will also be the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the Executive Maternity Safety Champion, as well as being the executive lead for safeguarding.
This is a critical role that will embed clinical leadership across WWL, to develop a culture that focuses on patient safety, learning, improvement and innovation.
As an executive director and a member of the Board of Directors, the Chief Nurse will work particularly closely with the Medical Director to ensure that patient safety and the delivery of high quality care remain central to WWL's strategic direction and decision-making. They will also lead on specific aspects of our quality and governance arrangements.
As the senior nursing professional at WWL, the Chief Nurse will lead on the development of the nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce to ensure safe and effective staffing of services. They will be the guardian of nursing leadership and professional standards, taking responsibility for the revalidation of nurses and midwives.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities set out in the job description are aligned to NHS Englands six leadership competency domains. They are set out in the order in which they appear in the framework, and this should not be construed as suggesting that one domain is more important than another. For more information about the framework, please refer to the current version of the NHS Leadership Competency Framework for Board Members.
Domain 1: Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes
The skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to deliver and bring about high quality and safe care and lasting change and improvement from ensuring all staff are trained and well led, to fostering improvement and innovation which leads to better health and care outcomes.
Domain 2: Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation
The skills that need to be employed in strategy development and planning, and ensuring a system wide view, along with using intelligence from quality, performance, finance and workforce measures to feed into strategy development.
Domain 3: Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities
The importance of continually reviewing plans and strategies to ensure their delivery leads to improved services and outcomes for all communities, narrows health and workforce inequalities and promotes inclusion.
Domain 4: Providing robust governance and assurance
The system of leadership accountability and the behaviours, values and standards that underpin our work as leaders. This domain also covers the principle of evaluation, the significance of evidence and assurance in decision making and ensuring patient safety, and the vital importance of collaboration on the board to drive delivery and improvement.
Domain 5: Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture
The skills and behaviours needed to develop great team and organisation cultures. This includes ensuring all staff and service users are listened to and heard, being respectful and challenging inappropriate behaviours.
Domain 6: Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities
The need to collaborate, consult and co-produce with colleagues in neighbouring teams, providers and systems, people using services, our communities, and our workforce. Strengthening relationships and developing collaborative behaviours are key to the integrated care environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities set out in the job description are aligned to NHS Englands six leadership competency domains. They are set out in the order in which they appear in the framework, and this should not be construed as suggesting that one domain is more important than another. For more information about the framework, please refer to the current version of the NHS Leadership Competency Framework for Board Members.
Domain 1: Driving high-quality and sustainable outcomes
The skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to deliver and bring about high quality and safe care and lasting change and improvement from ensuring all staff are trained and well led, to fostering improvement and innovation which leads to better health and care outcomes.
Domain 2: Setting strategy and delivering long-term transformation
The skills that need to be employed in strategy development and planning, and ensuring a system wide view, along with using intelligence from quality, performance, finance and workforce measures to feed into strategy development.
Domain 3: Promoting equality and inclusion, and reducing health and workforce inequalities
The importance of continually reviewing plans and strategies to ensure their delivery leads to improved services and outcomes for all communities, narrows health and workforce inequalities and promotes inclusion.
Domain 4: Providing robust governance and assurance
The system of leadership accountability and the behaviours, values and standards that underpin our work as leaders. This domain also covers the principle of evaluation, the significance of evidence and assurance in decision making and ensuring patient safety, and the vital importance of collaboration on the board to drive delivery and improvement.
Domain 5: Creating a compassionate, just and positive culture
The skills and behaviours needed to develop great team and organisation cultures. This includes ensuring all staff and service users are listened to and heard, being respectful and challenging inappropriate behaviours.
Domain 6: Building a trusted relationship with partners and communities
The need to collaborate, consult and co-produce with colleagues in neighbouring teams, providers and systems, people using services, our communities, and our workforce. Strengthening relationships and developing collaborative behaviours are key to the integrated care environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification
- Registered Midwife
- Education or research qualification
Experience
Essential
- A proven track record of nursing, midwifery leadership at senior level, underpinned by an understanding of the NHS and its wider relationships
- High level of managerial competency with the ability to lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic environment
- Evidence of significant experience in leading and influencing professional groups to secure crosssystem change
- Evidence of significant experience in building effective networks across heath and social care and experience of leading improvement programmes
- Experience in establishing a clear strategic vision and direction, and translating this into successful outcomes for staff and patients
- Experience of improving patient safety and creating a culture of learning and improvement
- Experience of supporting nurses, midwives and allied health professional concerns about conduct or capability
Desirable
- Senior leadership experience in an acute and community provider
- Experience of delivering transformative and cultural change
- Awareness of improvement methodologies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and commitment to inclusion
- Knowledge of NHS strategy and policy and its impact at system and organisational level
- Strong financial awareness and business acumen drawn from experience of leading operations in multimillion-pound environments
- Knowledge and experience of the requirement of, as well as working collaboratively with, regulatory bodies including the Royal College of Nursing, the Health and Care Professions Council, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, in particular communication, negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams and gain consensus in a challenging environment
- The ability to assimilate complex information and make decisions in a fast-moving environment, to cope with ambiguity and to sustain performance
- The ability to drive improvements, maintain momentum and sustain a medium-to-long-term view against the day-to-day operational and financial challenges
- A passion and commitment to continually seek to improve standards of patient care
- The energy and resilience to maintain performance and inspire confidence within a fast moving, challenging environment
- Outstanding leadership skills with a strong focus on values and behaviours
- Able to work as part of a team in a collegiate way
- Capacity to understand and embrace new technology
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registration
- Master's level qualification or equivalent experience.
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable
- Postgraduate management qualification
- Registered Midwife
- Education or research qualification
Experience
Essential
- A proven track record of nursing, midwifery leadership at senior level, underpinned by an understanding of the NHS and its wider relationships
- High level of managerial competency with the ability to lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic environment
- Evidence of significant experience in leading and influencing professional groups to secure crosssystem change
- Evidence of significant experience in building effective networks across heath and social care and experience of leading improvement programmes
- Experience in establishing a clear strategic vision and direction, and translating this into successful outcomes for staff and patients
- Experience of improving patient safety and creating a culture of learning and improvement
- Experience of supporting nurses, midwives and allied health professional concerns about conduct or capability
Desirable
- Senior leadership experience in an acute and community provider
- Experience of delivering transformative and cultural change
- Awareness of improvement methodologies.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable experience and commitment to inclusion
- Knowledge of NHS strategy and policy and its impact at system and organisational level
- Strong financial awareness and business acumen drawn from experience of leading operations in multimillion-pound environments
- Knowledge and experience of the requirement of, as well as working collaboratively with, regulatory bodies including the Royal College of Nursing, the Health and Care Professions Council, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, in particular communication, negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams and gain consensus in a challenging environment
- The ability to assimilate complex information and make decisions in a fast-moving environment, to cope with ambiguity and to sustain performance
- The ability to drive improvements, maintain momentum and sustain a medium-to-long-term view against the day-to-day operational and financial challenges
- A passion and commitment to continually seek to improve standards of patient care
- The energy and resilience to maintain performance and inspire confidence within a fast moving, challenging environment
- Outstanding leadership skills with a strong focus on values and behaviours
- Able to work as part of a team in a collegiate way
- Capacity to understand and embrace new technology
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 1NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
