Job summary
CFHD are recruiting to a fixed term post until 30th April 2026, for an Associate Clinical Director in Nursing. This post is 21.75 hours per week at Band 8b.
The ACD for Nursing is part of the wider CFHD Senior Leadership Team and as such will be called upon to make leadership as well as clinical decisions for the service.
The Associate Directors will each hold responsibility for leading professional discipline(s) and an area of the Quality agenda and hold their own portfolio for patient safety and professional standards.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for clinical leadership across CFHD and professional leadership, service and policy development of nursing services across the CFHD portfolio of services in Devon Partnership Trust (DPT) and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT).
Carry a specialist caseload of patients and provide advice and consultancy to patients and professionals.
Manage, lead and motivate clinicians, assistant(s), trainee(s) from your own and/or other professions.
Undertake research, teaching and lecturing and will be responsible for nursing aspects of policy development for CFHD services across DPT and TSDFT.
See full job description for full details.
About us
Why Work With Us
Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service that delivers an integrated, coordinated support model which wraps around the child, young person and family. It has been specifically designed to respond to all elements of the commissioner's strategy and specification along with the vision and strategic direction of the STP. It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Part of the clinical leadership team building a culture of compassionate leadership, to collaborate across the Devon system, to provide expert knowledge and leadership, to deliver evidenced based services, to ensure that the NHS nursing profession within CFHD adheres to the NMC standards of practices.
See full job description for full details of main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Part of the clinical leadership team building a culture of compassionate leadership, to collaborate across the Devon system, to provide expert knowledge and leadership, to deliver evidenced based services, to ensure that the NHS nursing profession within CFHD adheres to the NMC standards of practices.
See full job description for full details of main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Degree or equivalent qualification
- Management and / or leadership training or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent, relevant CPD
Desirable
- Master's degree in field relevant to children's healthcare or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of the provision of healthcare for children, young people and families within the NHS
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, NHS policy and other national policy relating to children and young people and its implications for Nursing
- Knowledge of national developments within the Nursing workforce
- Excellent knowledge of research and evidence-based practice relating to area of clinical practice
- Sound understanding of the quality and governance framework within the NHS
- Knowledge of the complex multi-agency systems providing health, education and social care for children and young people
- Experience in a senior clinical role within children and young people's healthcare
Desirable
- Knowledge of service improvement techniques and implementing large scale change
- Experience of managing systems to capture and report service activity, performance and quality metrics
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing Degree or equivalent qualification
- Management and / or leadership training or equivalent experience
- Evidence of recent, relevant CPD
Desirable
- Master's degree in field relevant to children's healthcare or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of the provision of healthcare for children, young people and families within the NHS
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, NHS policy and other national policy relating to children and young people and its implications for Nursing
- Knowledge of national developments within the Nursing workforce
- Excellent knowledge of research and evidence-based practice relating to area of clinical practice
- Sound understanding of the quality and governance framework within the NHS
- Knowledge of the complex multi-agency systems providing health, education and social care for children and young people
- Experience in a senior clinical role within children and young people's healthcare
Desirable
- Knowledge of service improvement techniques and implementing large scale change
- Experience of managing systems to capture and report service activity, performance and quality metrics
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).
