Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to support the Community Care Sefton, Children, Young People and Families services as a part of multi- disciplinary leadership team.
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership and expertise to teams, supporting delivery of our clinical and operational excellence strategy.
Shortlisting planned for: 14 October 2024
Interview planned for: 23 October 2024
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a part of the senior leadership team to deliver continuous quality improvement and drive excellent care delivery for our patients, children, young people and families.
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Nursing, there will be a key focus on population health, clinical quality, effectiveness, patient safety, experience and developing a workforce for the future.
As an experienced senior nurse, the successful candidate will be a compassionate leader with strong influencing skills able to work across boundaries. Working as a part of a strong team, you will be provided support and guidance to develop and grow to meet future aspirations.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the role please refer to the job description.
Prospective candidates should contact
Anne Bennett, Assistant Director of Nursing
anne.bennett@merseycare.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the role please refer to the job description.
Prospective candidates should contact
Anne Bennett, Assistant Director of Nursing
anne.bennett@merseycare.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Masters level qualification or appropriate theoretical knowledge
- Management or leadership qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Evidence of management of clinical services
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role in the NHS or large multi-functional public or commercial environment
- Experience of developing business plans which support corporate and divisional objectives
- Proven ability to work in a challenging performance management environment, delivering on targets within agreed timescales
- A sound knowledge of clinical governance
- Management experience complex services or commissioning significant service change
- Experience of leadership and management of complex change
- Current experience of strategic and operational responsibility for delivery of learning disability services
- Broad knowledge across a range of clinical areas, the wider NHS and future challenges within public sector services
- Knowledge and understanding of change management and quality improvement theory
- Knowledge of national political agenda, the external environment 11/05/2022 including national and regional strategies
- Experience of working successfully in a pressurised and unpredictable environment
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral), persuasive and facilitation skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and to lead a team
- Formal presentation skills (to groups at all levels, both within the Trust and externally)
- Adaptability and initiative to raise to new challenges at a time of change
- Able to work with and through ambiguity
- Passionate about service improvement and the benefits this can deliver to patient care
- Ability to work co-operatively across a network of organisations and stakeholders
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Masters level qualification or appropriate theoretical knowledge
- Management or leadership qualification at postgraduate level or equivalent experience
- Evidence of on-going professional development
- Evidence of management of clinical services
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a management role in the NHS or large multi-functional public or commercial environment
- Experience of developing business plans which support corporate and divisional objectives
- Proven ability to work in a challenging performance management environment, delivering on targets within agreed timescales
- A sound knowledge of clinical governance
- Management experience complex services or commissioning significant service change
- Experience of leadership and management of complex change
- Current experience of strategic and operational responsibility for delivery of learning disability services
- Broad knowledge across a range of clinical areas, the wider NHS and future challenges within public sector services
- Knowledge and understanding of change management and quality improvement theory
- Knowledge of national political agenda, the external environment 11/05/2022 including national and regional strategies
- Experience of working successfully in a pressurised and unpredictable environment
Skills
Essential
- Highly developed interpersonal, communication (written and oral), persuasive and facilitation skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and to lead a team
- Formal presentation skills (to groups at all levels, both within the Trust and externally)
- Adaptability and initiative to raise to new challenges at a time of change
- Able to work with and through ambiguity
- Passionate about service improvement and the benefits this can deliver to patient care
- Ability to work co-operatively across a network of organisations and stakeholders
Values
Essential
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
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).
