Job summary
This is a brand new role as a Nurse Consultant for the Hope and Extended Hope Service of Surrey.
This is an integrated service provided by CYPS MH Specialists, SCC Children Services and Education and aims to serve our most vulnerable young people who are at risk of hospital admission or out of county placement. There are 2 Hope Sites - Guildford and Epsom and your base can be either providing you are willing to visit both sites. Extended Hope provides services out of hours and has a house in Redhill. Our partnership with colleagues from social care and education is fundamental to providing this service and a great opportunity for collaborative working. VisitThe Hope Service Hope Service, Surreyto learn more.
We are interested in supporting you develop within your role and support training and development opportunities through our supervision, PDP and appraisal processes.
You will operationally report to the Associate Director, Suzanne Cain for the Hope Service and your Professional Lead will be Kate Sigov, Head of Nursing for CYPS.
The Hope Service is part of the Mindworks AllianceHome mindworks-surrey.org(which is the contract delivering MH and emotional wellbeing through traditional CAMHS/CYP Services alongside partners agencies such as counselling services, NAS and Barnardo's).
You will be connected with our SABP Nursing Directorate and work closely with the HoN for CYPS.
Main duties of the job
As Professional Lead for nursing within the Hope and Extended Hope Services you will provide leadership and expertise to the management of the services as well as your nursing team(s).
Your nurses will be located in both Epsom and Guildford - 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. We have nurses within Ext Hope (5pm-11pm, 7 days a week) and it will be important to explore how you can support them with their Clinical Team Lead as part of the whole provision. However we do not expect you to be working unsocial hours.
The nursing provision within Hope work alongside CAMHS Drs, Psychologists, Therapists, Social Workers, Teachers and Support Staff daily caring for CYP who either attend the day programme or who need crisis outreach support. The staff also assess and review CYP in our acute hospitals who are at risk of (T4) hospital admission or support the assessment of CYP detained to our HBPoS under S136 to explore diversion from hospital admission.
Your role would be to help us to develop this nursing model and to ensure we are delivering high quality, evidence based care. Through leadership, supervision and your expertise we wish to ensure the nurses you lead feel heard, supported and enabled to carry out their jobs well.
As an integrated service your knowledge and skills will be essential to the whole service model and as the job is new, an exciting time to sculp and develop this role.
You will be physically present within the service though some virtual work can be explored.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading
provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental
ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We
also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in
Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively
seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the
mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and
voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use
services and carers.
Surrey is a
beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the
South Coast.
Our historic
market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and
our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy
reach.
For
international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Working from home
contracts do not attract high cost area payments.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Title
Nurse Consultant for the
Hope and Extended Hope Services
Payband/Grade
Band 8C
Directorate
CYPS
Job Description Reference
CYPS-8C-Hope
My
job makes better lives by upholding the provision
of professional and visible nursing leadership, including advice, support and specialised
teaching to nurses working in Hope & Extended Hope Services and upholding
professional standards. Leading the
direction of development of clinical policy and practice that reflects the
needs of children, young people (CYP) and families/carers, implementing evidence-based
practice, and contributing further to the knowledge base by evaluation of
practice, and implementation of innovation. Having an overview of quality
across the Hope and Extended Hope pathway, reporting on learning from serious
untoward incidents and complaints to the service, and leading on the
improvement of the CYP and families/carers experience. Ensuring the implementation
of improvement culture to improve practice and service delivery.
Job
Overview:
The
post holder will have responsibility to ensure participation and engagement in
quality improvement. This will mean
collaborative and partnership working not only within the services but with CYP
and families/carers, multi-disciplinary staff groups as well as local and
national organisations to support the delivery of the Divisional and
organisational strategic direction and how Hope and Extended Hope contribute to
this. This will mean receiving and
providing highly complex information and using leadership skills including planning,
organizing, persuasion, motivation, negotiating and empathetic/reassurance
skills.
The
Professional Lead will provide focus, direction, and empowerment to nurses
ensuring that they are able to work to their highest potential, and that
nursing within the service has a national and international profile. Direction
of the development of nursing and health interventions within Hope and Extended
Hope pathways, ensuring that the impact of this contribution is measurable, and
that interventions remain consistent with the best available evidence. Ensure compliance with national and local
standards across the pathway. The post holder will be responsible for making
recommendations where no precedent is set, and for articulating the standards
required. The Post Holder as an expert in their field will exercise their
judgement on situations with unique elements and complicated aspects and
communicate and lead any developments required in response. Record, promote and
celebrate success within the nursing and health workforce, ensuring that
nursing achievements are promoted and acknowledged. Contribute to the Trust
wide management of under-performance when required, particularly ensuring that
nurses are aware of the need to comply with local standards and the NMC Code of
Conduct. Contribute to the wider Nursing Directorate within SABP and work
closely with the Head of Nursing, the Nurse Consultants and other Professional
Leads for CYPS. Clinical supervision
will be with the Head of Nursing and Operational/Managerial supervision with
the Associate Director for Hope Service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
Title
Nurse Consultant for the
Hope and Extended Hope Services
Payband/Grade
Band 8C
Directorate
CYPS
Job Description Reference
CYPS-8C-Hope
My
job makes better lives by upholding the provision
of professional and visible nursing leadership, including advice, support and specialised
teaching to nurses working in Hope & Extended Hope Services and upholding
professional standards. Leading the
direction of development of clinical policy and practice that reflects the
needs of children, young people (CYP) and families/carers, implementing evidence-based
practice, and contributing further to the knowledge base by evaluation of
practice, and implementation of innovation. Having an overview of quality
across the Hope and Extended Hope pathway, reporting on learning from serious
untoward incidents and complaints to the service, and leading on the
improvement of the CYP and families/carers experience. Ensuring the implementation
of improvement culture to improve practice and service delivery.
Job
Overview:
The
post holder will have responsibility to ensure participation and engagement in
quality improvement. This will mean
collaborative and partnership working not only within the services but with CYP
and families/carers, multi-disciplinary staff groups as well as local and
national organisations to support the delivery of the Divisional and
organisational strategic direction and how Hope and Extended Hope contribute to
this. This will mean receiving and
providing highly complex information and using leadership skills including planning,
organizing, persuasion, motivation, negotiating and empathetic/reassurance
skills.
The
Professional Lead will provide focus, direction, and empowerment to nurses
ensuring that they are able to work to their highest potential, and that
nursing within the service has a national and international profile. Direction
of the development of nursing and health interventions within Hope and Extended
Hope pathways, ensuring that the impact of this contribution is measurable, and
that interventions remain consistent with the best available evidence. Ensure compliance with national and local
standards across the pathway. The post holder will be responsible for making
recommendations where no precedent is set, and for articulating the standards
required. The Post Holder as an expert in their field will exercise their
judgement on situations with unique elements and complicated aspects and
communicate and lead any developments required in response. Record, promote and
celebrate success within the nursing and health workforce, ensuring that
nursing achievements are promoted and acknowledged. Contribute to the Trust
wide management of under-performance when required, particularly ensuring that
nurses are aware of the need to comply with local standards and the NMC Code of
Conduct. Contribute to the wider Nursing Directorate within SABP and work
closely with the Head of Nursing, the Nurse Consultants and other Professional
Leads for CYPS. Clinical supervision
will be with the Head of Nursing and Operational/Managerial supervision with
the Associate Director for Hope Service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications required
- Professional nursing qualification and current registration
- Masters degree or equivalent in a nursing related or leadership subject or relevant experience
- Management qualification at Diploma level or above
- Quality improvement methodology skills
Experience
Essential
- Sound experience of operating effectively as a senior manager in a healthcare environment for a significant period of time (at least 2 years)
- Independent and supplementary prescribing would be desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant experience of business, working with a range of commissioners/partners and successful performance delivery
- Excellent working knowledge of clinical governance and strategic plans
- Ability to provide consultation to a wide range of colleagues.
- Demonstrable ability to think strategically, develop practical innovative and creative solutions to the management of strategic issues and complex problems.
- Proven ability to successfully implement and manage Change and Service Redesign
- Able to demonstrate skills in audit and evaluation of service provision
- Experience of leadership, and success in workforce development, recruitment and retention.
- Able to evaluate and implement evidence-based practice
- Proven skill in budget management and success in support of financial recovery
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications required
- Professional nursing qualification and current registration
- Masters degree or equivalent in a nursing related or leadership subject or relevant experience
- Management qualification at Diploma level or above
- Quality improvement methodology skills
Experience
Essential
- Sound experience of operating effectively as a senior manager in a healthcare environment for a significant period of time (at least 2 years)
- Independent and supplementary prescribing would be desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant experience of business, working with a range of commissioners/partners and successful performance delivery
- Excellent working knowledge of clinical governance and strategic plans
- Ability to provide consultation to a wide range of colleagues.
- Demonstrable ability to think strategically, develop practical innovative and creative solutions to the management of strategic issues and complex problems.
- Proven ability to successfully implement and manage Change and Service Redesign
- Able to demonstrate skills in audit and evaluation of service provision
- Experience of leadership, and success in workforce development, recruitment and retention.
- Able to evaluate and implement evidence-based practice
- Proven skill in budget management and success in support of financial recovery
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
