Job summary
We are extending our Divisional
senior leadership team and recruiting to a new Head of Nursing for Children's
and Clinical Support Services. Working in close partnership with the Director
of Midwifery and Women's Services, and alongside the children's quadrumvirate
leadership team, the Head of Nursing will be responsible for driving positive
cultural, professional and clinical change across children's services.
We are looking for a credible, dynamic and innovative nurse who will lead with compassion and confidence, empowering and supporting our teams of clinical and specialist nurses to achieve excellence in patient care and staff experience. The post holder will provide visible leadership consistent with the Trust Vision and Values.
The interviews will be taking place on Tuesday 5th March 2024.
Main duties of the job
Over the last few years, we have developed a strong nursing, operational and clinical leadership team. Were looking for someone who will complement our existing skills and expertise; someone who is committed to helping us go further faster in progressing service developments which reflect professional, clinical, and corporate objectives.
The successful candidate will be required to deputise for the Director of Midwifery locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate. This will include representing the Trust at a range of clinical network meetings and working groups. They will be accountable for overseeing the implementation of systems for assuring and monitoring the quality and safety of patient care and experience and will contribute actively to strategic discussions and Board assurance processes as agreed with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health.
If you would like to discuss the role or arrange a site visit, please contact Nicola Mumford, Assistant Business & Quality Manager, at nicola.mumford@nhs.net or 01924 543752.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide strategic and transformational leadership to support, guide and
develop nursing staff.
Ensure the safety and well-being of patients, service users and
colleagues taking any necessary preventative or corrective action as soon as
appropriate to prevent any deterioration in service standards or effect on the
safety and welfare of patients and staff.
Manage through effective and responsive leaders at ward level, a safe
and high- performance patient flow at all times.
Ensure effective communication with other disciplines enabling a
positive working relationship with clinicians and managers to ensure that the
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is at the forefront of best professional
practice and service delivery.
Continually review the model of nursing and patient care pathways within
the Division and implement best practice at all times.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the strategy for
nursing and midwifery with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health,
ensuring improvement against an agreed set of performance indicators.
Work in partnership with the Head of Clinical Services on all matters
relating to clinical governance and take specific leadership responsibilities
for infection prevention and control.
Manage nursing within an agreed nursing budget having flexibility to
alter the nursing
skill mix in
accordance with the
framework established by the Trust.
Work with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health provide the
nursing leadership within the Division on matters relating to emergency
planning and the major incident plan.
Work with colleagues within the Trust and with partners across the
health and social care economy to ensure that patient care services are
developed and managed seamlessly, particularly when transferring care from one
provider to another or when receiving patients from other organisations.
Provide specific nurse leadership to any targeted accountabilities
within the Division relating to external networks.
Work in the best interest of patients, service users and the wider
organisation and act as an ambassador of the Trust in ensuring that self and
others within the Division represent practice to the highest professional
standards at all times.
Be a visible professional role model. Providing strong experience in
facilitative clinical leadership ensuring that preventative corrective action
is taken as soon as possible to prevent any deterioration in service standards
or effect on the safety and welfare on patients and staff. The Head of Nursing will promote the
progression of nursing services within the Division and ensure timely feedback
is provided.
Enable the development of matrons and ward sisters/charge nurses
ensuring that they have clarity of role and purpose and receive regular
feedback and appraisal in relation to their role as leaders.
Create a nursing culture which strives for excellence and promotes the
reputation of the profession and the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Work with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health to develop and
implement a set of nursing metric performance indicators to monitor the safety,
effectiveness and compassion of nursing care to provide assurance from ward to
Board
Lead by example by demonstrating that the Division listens to feedback
from patients, service users and their families and ensure that the strategic
objectives in relation to patient and public involvement are embedded within
the culture of the Division.
Ensure that appropriate clinical champions are identified across the
Division such that corporate agendas relating to infection prevention and
control, safeguarding children and young people, and safeguarding vulnerable
adults are progressed through operational implementation within the Division. The post holder will also ensure that those
clinical champions have appropriate
appraisal within the Division and supervision.
Take every reasonable
step to maintain
and expand knowledge and skills
and competence.
Be accountable for ensuring that all direct line report staff work in
accordance with their job description, job banding and requirements and take
necessary action to ensure through management and leadership structures that
they are supported and developed accordingly.
Ensure that direct line reports manage their workloads effectively and
efficiently and take necessary corrective action where issues or concerns
arise.
Ensure personal development reviews are completed and documented for all
direct line report staff and that action is taken on feedback from the NHS
staff survey.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Provide strategic and transformational leadership to support, guide and
develop nursing staff.
Ensure the safety and well-being of patients, service users and
colleagues taking any necessary preventative or corrective action as soon as
appropriate to prevent any deterioration in service standards or effect on the
safety and welfare of patients and staff.
Manage through effective and responsive leaders at ward level, a safe
and high- performance patient flow at all times.
Ensure effective communication with other disciplines enabling a
positive working relationship with clinicians and managers to ensure that the
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is at the forefront of best professional
practice and service delivery.
Continually review the model of nursing and patient care pathways within
the Division and implement best practice at all times.
Contribute to the development and implementation of the strategy for
nursing and midwifery with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health,
ensuring improvement against an agreed set of performance indicators.
Work in partnership with the Head of Clinical Services on all matters
relating to clinical governance and take specific leadership responsibilities
for infection prevention and control.
Manage nursing within an agreed nursing budget having flexibility to
alter the nursing
skill mix in
accordance with the
framework established by the Trust.
Work with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health provide the
nursing leadership within the Division on matters relating to emergency
planning and the major incident plan.
Work with colleagues within the Trust and with partners across the
health and social care economy to ensure that patient care services are
developed and managed seamlessly, particularly when transferring care from one
provider to another or when receiving patients from other organisations.
Provide specific nurse leadership to any targeted accountabilities
within the Division relating to external networks.
Work in the best interest of patients, service users and the wider
organisation and act as an ambassador of the Trust in ensuring that self and
others within the Division represent practice to the highest professional
standards at all times.
Be a visible professional role model. Providing strong experience in
facilitative clinical leadership ensuring that preventative corrective action
is taken as soon as possible to prevent any deterioration in service standards
or effect on the safety and welfare on patients and staff. The Head of Nursing will promote the
progression of nursing services within the Division and ensure timely feedback
is provided.
Enable the development of matrons and ward sisters/charge nurses
ensuring that they have clarity of role and purpose and receive regular
feedback and appraisal in relation to their role as leaders.
Create a nursing culture which strives for excellence and promotes the
reputation of the profession and the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Work with the Director of Midwifery and Womens Health to develop and
implement a set of nursing metric performance indicators to monitor the safety,
effectiveness and compassion of nursing care to provide assurance from ward to
Board
Lead by example by demonstrating that the Division listens to feedback
from patients, service users and their families and ensure that the strategic
objectives in relation to patient and public involvement are embedded within
the culture of the Division.
Ensure that appropriate clinical champions are identified across the
Division such that corporate agendas relating to infection prevention and
control, safeguarding children and young people, and safeguarding vulnerable
adults are progressed through operational implementation within the Division. The post holder will also ensure that those
clinical champions have appropriate
appraisal within the Division and supervision.
Take every reasonable
step to maintain
and expand knowledge and skills
and competence.
Be accountable for ensuring that all direct line report staff work in
accordance with their job description, job banding and requirements and take
necessary action to ensure through management and leadership structures that
they are supported and developed accordingly.
Ensure that direct line reports manage their workloads effectively and
efficiently and take necessary corrective action where issues or concerns
arise.
Ensure personal development reviews are completed and documented for all
direct line report staff and that action is taken on feedback from the NHS
staff survey.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a senior nurse level (band 8 and above).
- Experience of multi professional team working.
- Record of successful change management.
- Record of dealing with highly complex, emotive and sensitive information.
Desirable
- Evidence of developing and introducing.
- New methods of working, including monitoring and evaluating systems. Experience of dealing with the safeguarding agenda.
Other
Essential
- Ability to join on call rota
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation and externally.
- Good presentation skills.
- Strong leadership and team building skills.
- Strong management and organisational ability Problem solving approach.
- Good delegation and empowerment skills.
- Innovative and creative, able to think laterally.
- Ability to make logical operational and strategic decisions.
- Adaptable and flexible.
- Ability to negotiate and influence across all levels and disciplines.
- Self-starter and attention to detail; Change agent.
- Able to deliver through others.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse with current NMC.
- Registration or Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration and significant experience of leading childrens services.
- Degree (Masters) in Nursing / Health related or currently studying towards or equivalent experience.
- Recognised teaching qualification.
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- Prince 2 methodology.
- Root Cause Analysis training.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Ability to write reports and business plans.
- Evidence of specialist knowledge in a particular area.
- Evidence of professional development.
- Sound knowledge of current nursing issues both nationally, regionally and locally.
- Evidence of safeguarding knowledge and skills for children young people and vulnerable adults Knowledge of developments in healthcare which affect patient care.
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice.
- Evidence of professional leadership.
- Evidence of developing new roles.
- Evidence of working with external stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and manage financial, service and manpower data and respond accordingly.
- Awareness of own limitations.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Motivated and enthusiastic.
- Assertive and decisive.
- Excellent time management.
- Proven interpersonal skills.
- Sensitive to staff issues.
- Confident / assertive in own abilities.
- Able to adapt to rapid change.
- Able to work well under pressure and prioritise effectively.
- Resilient and tenacious.
- Good knowledge of NHS issues at the current time.
- Ability to deal with ambiguous situations.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience at a senior nurse level (band 8 and above).
- Experience of multi professional team working.
- Record of successful change management.
- Record of dealing with highly complex, emotive and sensitive information.
Desirable
- Evidence of developing and introducing.
- New methods of working, including monitoring and evaluating systems. Experience of dealing with the safeguarding agenda.
Other
Essential
- Ability to join on call rota
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation and externally.
- Good presentation skills.
- Strong leadership and team building skills.
- Strong management and organisational ability Problem solving approach.
- Good delegation and empowerment skills.
- Innovative and creative, able to think laterally.
- Ability to make logical operational and strategic decisions.
- Adaptable and flexible.
- Ability to negotiate and influence across all levels and disciplines.
- Self-starter and attention to detail; Change agent.
- Able to deliver through others.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Childrens Nurse with current NMC.
- Registration or Registered Nurse with current NMC Registration and significant experience of leading childrens services.
- Degree (Masters) in Nursing / Health related or currently studying towards or equivalent experience.
- Recognised teaching qualification.
Desirable
- Management qualification.
- Prince 2 methodology.
- Root Cause Analysis training.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Ability to write reports and business plans.
- Evidence of specialist knowledge in a particular area.
- Evidence of professional development.
- Sound knowledge of current nursing issues both nationally, regionally and locally.
- Evidence of safeguarding knowledge and skills for children young people and vulnerable adults Knowledge of developments in healthcare which affect patient care.
- Evidence of implementing innovative practice.
- Evidence of professional leadership.
- Evidence of developing new roles.
- Evidence of working with external stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse, interpret and manage financial, service and manpower data and respond accordingly.
- Awareness of own limitations.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Motivated and enthusiastic.
- Assertive and decisive.
- Excellent time management.
- Proven interpersonal skills.
- Sensitive to staff issues.
- Confident / assertive in own abilities.
- Able to adapt to rapid change.
- Able to work well under pressure and prioritise effectively.
- Resilient and tenacious.
- Good knowledge of NHS issues at the current time.
- Ability to deal with ambiguous situations.
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).
