Nursing Lead for East of England Renal Operational Delivery Network

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Nursing Lead for East of England Renal Operational Delivery Networkwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The nursing lead role will support the East of England Renal ODN in the delivery of a challenging service improvement agenda. The post holder will provide clinical nursing leadership to develop and support the implementation of service improvement projects that ensure the network delivers sustainable, high quality patient care in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Building upon the work already undertaken and working closely with the teams in the 6 Trusts within the ODN, the post holder will identify opportunities and lead in the implementation of solutions to improve governance and patient experience using service improvement principles and tools. All service improvement projects will be aligned with and embedded into the work programme for the network.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, organised individual to join a friendly, innovating team able to make a difference to the care of renal patients across a region.

Renal Networks will focus on priority service areas to bring about improvement in the quality and equity of care and outcomes of their population, present and future.

Main duties of the job

The Nursing Lead for East of England Renal Operational Delivery Network will support the renal workstreams, with the Clinical Lead, ensuring that priorities are agreed and delivered in the process of reducing unwarranted variation and improving renal care for all patients across the region.

To work with and provide support to the ODN units teams, patients, and other stakeholders, enabling a multi-disciplinary and multi-service approach to sharing, influencing, and implementing new processes resulting in whole system change across the East of England renal ODN.

Ensure teams and relevant stakeholders have effective opportunities to contribute to the development of the ODN to discuss, influence and progress joint plans, facilitating collaborative working.

About us

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 plus dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:o The Lister Hospital, Stevenageo New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden Cityo Hertford County, Hertfordo Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding & starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen & consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.