Job summary
Divisional Director of Nursing, Division of Neurosciences & Musculoskeletal (NMSK), Band 8d (12 month secondment/fixed term)
The Divisional Director of Nursing is a key senior nurse within the Trust, professionally accountable to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer. This is an exciting opportunity to be responsible for the development and delivery of clinical and professional standards and ensuring the development of leadership competence and capacity within nursing. The post holder may hold delegated responsibility for areas of practice from the Deputy/Chief Nursing Officer and will have the opportunity to participate in system work across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).
Main duties of the job
We are seeking an experienced and credible nursing leader with the ability to motivate and inspire staff to deliver the highest possible clinical and professional standards. You will be a clinical role model and will be passionate about improvement and patient-centred care. You will have a track record of empowering and motivating staff and multidisciplinary teams and working across organisational boundaries to deliver high-quality care, service innovation and improved clinical pathways.
The Division of NMSK is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialties, including major trauma and neurosurgery. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered. We commit to treating each patient as an individual with respect and dignity, aiming to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and a first-class experience for everyone who uses our services.
We are also a prestigious, internationally recognised teaching and research organisation providing care regionally and nationally. North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is one of the largest NHS organisations in the South West with a combined workforce of over 12,000 dedicated staff. We are an ambitious organisation and are committed to providing outstanding care for the population of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) and more widely through our specialist tertiary services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Divisional Director of Nursing is professionally accountable to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for professional conduct of nurses/AHPs and for the development of nursing services within the Division and is managerially accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director.
The post holder is accountable for the direct delivery of nursing services within the Division and will provide the vision and support to the CD and DOD in ensuring the development of nursing services to meet the current and future requirements within the Division.
The post holder is also responsible for contributing effectively to the implementation of the Professional Nursing and Midwifery agenda and is responsible for ensuring that the required nursing/clinical outcomes for quality patient care are met. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that services maintain clinical excellence.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Divisional Director of Nursing is professionally accountable to the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for professional conduct of nurses/AHPs and for the development of nursing services within the Division and is managerially accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director.
The post holder is accountable for the direct delivery of nursing services within the Division and will provide the vision and support to the CD and DOD in ensuring the development of nursing services to meet the current and future requirements within the Division.
The post holder is also responsible for contributing effectively to the implementation of the Professional Nursing and Midwifery agenda and is responsible for ensuring that the required nursing/clinical outcomes for quality patient care are met. The post holder is responsible for ensuring that services maintain clinical excellence.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
- A postgraduate management qualification or substantial relevant experience at senior level
- Master's degree in Nursing and Midwifery or health related field or evidence of working at this level.
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Successful completion of an NHS Leadership Academy programme and/or an NHS Improvement Aspirant programme
Work Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior clinical management experience
- A broad and highly developed understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and its implications for the workforce and future health care delivery
- Detailed knowledge of NHS practises, policies and procedure and experience of implementing new policies across multiple services
- Demonstrate experience of working successfully across functional boundaries at a strategic level
- Experience of working across other NHS organisations (or beyond) for benchmarking purposes or to identify best practice/areas for improvement
- Experience of successfully managing many services in a complex organisation' including people and budgetary management
- Demonstrable experience of over-seeing Trust-wide initiatives; leading successful change management ; service resign processes leading cos improvement programmes
- Experience of providing clinical advice to and liaising with, managers and staff at all levels, including working with Executive Directors and senior clinicians
- An in-depth understanding of the Risk and Governance agenda with an ability to lead the Trust Clinical Governance agenda
- Can demonstrate the successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives across multiple services
- Leadership of multidisciplinary teams
- Understanding diversity and equality issues and how they impact and translate at Trust level
- Understanding of NMC Code and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self
- Effective understanding of the multidisciplinary team and how the roles and team can function to maximise quality, efficiency and motivation
Desirable
- Evidence of engaging in research activities
- Experience of working across different organisations e.g. Commissioning, Acute Trusts, Mental Health Trusts
- Published and experienced in presenting to a wide variety of audiences
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this to ensure that all patients' dignity & respect are maintained at all times
- Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills; capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi-faceted information; ability to summarise complex information; ability to make judgements and advise on the best course of action
- Ability to present highly complex/controversial information to a wide range of audiences, with differing levels of understanding, in a suitable format and with appropriate explanation
- Able to maximise leadership skills in Clinical Managers, Matrons, Midwives, Nurse Consultants and the wider team so all nursing and multidisciplinary staff are managed effectively through effective standard-setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Ability to influence, persuade and motivate others
- Ability to collaborate constructively with all key stakeholders (internal and external) and to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others. Skilled in all aspects of managing change, including supporting staff
- Ability to monitor and act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery
- Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing on going stakeholder relationships and proving support to others in this area
- Highly-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the trust
- Be able to articulate the evolving strategy and vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate the opportunities this will provide
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with diverse groups and common sense in knowing when to 'brief up the line'
- An in-depth understanding of Workforce, Education, Standards and research issues within the NHS
- Able to set and lead the Nursing & Midwifery agenda
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty and integrity
- Highly developed communication skills to resolve complex, high-impact situations in highly complex environments
- High level of work organisation, self- motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach
Personal Qualities and Special Circumstances
Essential
- Committed to continuous services development and quality improvement
- Reliable and supportive
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values
- Able to participate in the senior on call manager rota as required
Person Specification
Education, Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
- A postgraduate management qualification or substantial relevant experience at senior level
- Master's degree in Nursing and Midwifery or health related field or evidence of working at this level.
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.
Desirable
- Successful completion of an NHS Leadership Academy programme and/or an NHS Improvement Aspirant programme
Work Experience
Essential
- Extensive senior clinical management experience
- A broad and highly developed understanding of nursing and midwifery policy and its implications for the workforce and future health care delivery
- Detailed knowledge of NHS practises, policies and procedure and experience of implementing new policies across multiple services
- Demonstrate experience of working successfully across functional boundaries at a strategic level
- Experience of working across other NHS organisations (or beyond) for benchmarking purposes or to identify best practice/areas for improvement
- Experience of successfully managing many services in a complex organisation' including people and budgetary management
- Demonstrable experience of over-seeing Trust-wide initiatives; leading successful change management ; service resign processes leading cos improvement programmes
- Experience of providing clinical advice to and liaising with, managers and staff at all levels, including working with Executive Directors and senior clinicians
- An in-depth understanding of the Risk and Governance agenda with an ability to lead the Trust Clinical Governance agenda
- Can demonstrate the successful implementation of a range of clinical governance initiatives across multiple services
- Leadership of multidisciplinary teams
- Understanding diversity and equality issues and how they impact and translate at Trust level
- Understanding of NMC Code and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self
- Effective understanding of the multidisciplinary team and how the roles and team can function to maximise quality, efficiency and motivation
Desirable
- Evidence of engaging in research activities
- Experience of working across different organisations e.g. Commissioning, Acute Trusts, Mental Health Trusts
- Published and experienced in presenting to a wide variety of audiences
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrates commitment to an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ability to motivate staff to demonstrate this to ensure that all patients' dignity & respect are maintained at all times
- Highly developed analytical and problem solving skills; capable of interpreting and evaluating complex, multi-faceted information; ability to summarise complex information; ability to make judgements and advise on the best course of action
- Ability to present highly complex/controversial information to a wide range of audiences, with differing levels of understanding, in a suitable format and with appropriate explanation
- Able to maximise leadership skills in Clinical Managers, Matrons, Midwives, Nurse Consultants and the wider team so all nursing and multidisciplinary staff are managed effectively through effective standard-setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice
- Ability to influence, persuade and motivate others
- Ability to collaborate constructively with all key stakeholders (internal and external) and to create the conditions for successful partnership working
- Ability to provide a clear vision for change which is a source of inspiration and motivation for others. Skilled in all aspects of managing change, including supporting staff
- Ability to monitor and act to improve and deliver performance and establish high levels of quality and to hold others to account for delivery
- Highly skilled in identifying opportunities for partnership working, managing on going stakeholder relationships and proving support to others in this area
- Highly-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the trust
- Be able to articulate the evolving strategy and vision for the future of nursing and be able to demonstrate the opportunities this will provide
- Sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with diverse groups and common sense in knowing when to 'brief up the line'
- An in-depth understanding of Workforce, Education, Standards and research issues within the NHS
- Able to set and lead the Nursing & Midwifery agenda
- A strong commitment to openness, honesty and integrity
- Highly developed communication skills to resolve complex, high-impact situations in highly complex environments
- High level of work organisation, self- motivation, drive for performance and improvement and flexibility in approach
Personal Qualities and Special Circumstances
Essential
- Committed to continuous services development and quality improvement
- Reliable and supportive
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values
- Able to participate in the senior on call manager rota as required
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).
