Job summary
NHS Devon is looking to appoint a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) to provide clinical and professional leadership to the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement agenda within the NHS Devon localities. The DCNO will deputise for our Interim Chief Nursing Officer acting on their behalf and taking decisions as appropriate. The DCNO will ensure that ICB exercises its functions effectively, economically, with good governance and in accordance with the terms of the ICB constitution.
The DCNO will be an experienced registered nurse with substantial exposure in senior leadership roles within the health care sector. They will assume professional responsibility for driving improvements alongside ensuring effective quality assurance within following workstreams:
- System Professional Nurse and AHP Leadership
- Quality Strategy, Improvement and Patient Safety
- Safeguarding
- Infection prevention control
- NHS funded care
- Women, children and young people
- Nursing and AHP Research and Innovation
- PALS and Complaints
- Continuing Healthcare
- CQC with CMO
As a member of the senior ICB Quality team, the DCNO will create the conditions for effective positive, working relationships between the ICB and provider collaboratives, including participation in committees via partner members and other local arrangements, support system wide joint working at a strategic board level with system partners.
Please write to lizgreatrex@nhs.net to discuss the role with Penny Smith, Interim Chief Nursing Officer.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the roles and responsibilities.
This role description provides an overview of anticipated tasks and responsibilities - it may subject to adaption and evolution as the ICB develops further.
About us
As an Integrated Care System (ICS), we recognise now more than ever that we can only provide the care that people really need by working together. Together for Devon therefore represents a partnership where health and care services work together with local communities to improve peoples health, wellbeing and care. It aims to transform health and care services so they are clinically, socially and financially sustainable.
Our vision is simple: equal chances for everyone in Devon to lead long, happy and healthy lives. To achieve this, we have set out six ambitions for the next five years that will help us transform services including: Effective and efficient care, embedding the Integrated Care Model, the Devon deal (a citizen-led approach to health and care), Children and young people, Digital Devon and ensuring Equality.
About NHS Devon
As part of the Devon ICS, NHS Devon Integrated Care Board is responsible for the majority of county's NHS budget, and develops a plan to improve peoples health, deliver high-quality care and better value for money. The organisation is led by a diverse board, with an aim to improve peoples lives in Devon wherever they live, to reduce health inequalities and make sure we can deliver these services for the long term.
For more information, visit our ICS website www.icsdevon.co.uk and our NHS Devon website www.devon.icb.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
- Where the post is a temporary position there may be a possibility of the post becoming permanent.
- All posts can be considered as development opportunities if applicants do not meet the essential criteria at the time of appointment but would be able to meet this in a reasonable time frame.
- Vacancies may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description and person specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.
- Where the post is a temporary position there may be a possibility of the post becoming permanent.
- All posts can be considered as development opportunities if applicants do not meet the essential criteria at the time of appointment but would be able to meet this in a reasonable time frame.
- Vacancies may close early if a high volume of applications are received.
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Personally committed to upholding the NHS principles and values as set out in the NHS Constitution, the Joint Forward Plan, the NHS People Plan, Nolan Principles and Fit and Proper Persons regime, along with an ability to reflect them in their leadership role and the culture of NHS Devon.
- Demonstrates a compassionate leadership style with a track record of improvements to equality, diversity, inclusion, and social justice
- Lives by the values of openness and integrity and has created cultures where this thrives.
- Committed to continuing professional development.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians, professionals and frontline staff to deliver better outcomes for patients.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of very senior manager or Director level leadership within a health or social care organisation.
- Substantial experience of managing highly sensitive and complex situations with stakeholders, particularly in a political environment. Must have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider organisations.
- Extensive experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
- Substantial experience of managing relationships with the media and political stakeholders through careful handling of contentious information.
- Experience of leading and delivering large scale complex transformational programmes, preferably across multiple organisations and within the health or social care sector.
- Experience of leading strategic policy development, performance improvement, operational planning and strategic commissioning or similar.
- Experience of formulating long term strategic plans, involving uncertainty, impact on organisation, developing business plans, strategies for area of activity and making major contribution to policies and strategy
- Experience of providing strategic leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes.
- Experience of leading nursing, and / or other care professionals, creating a new team, creating a shared vision and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common purpose focusing on the people and patients we serve.
- Experience of managing budgets for services
- Experience of line managing of senior leaders across a range of areas and teams, with major areas of activity.
- Experience of being accountable for a major area of activity, with the autonomy to act independently.
- Experience dealing with, or advising on, highly confidential information and explaining highly complex, highly sensitive and potentially unwelcome information to a wide range of audiences while overcoming significant barriers to resistance.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape and an understanding of the resourcing implications related to the social determinants of public health.
- Current evidence and thinking on practices which reduce health inequality, improve patient access, safety and ensure organisations are 'Well-led.
- Sound knowledge of health and care financial planning and budgeting at a Director and/or system level.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Knowledge of the scope of professional practice in Nursing practice.
- Knowledge of Caldicott Guardian principles alternatively should be prepared to undergo this training.
- Additional in-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines related to the role with experience of staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree level education or equivalent level of specialist knowledge and experience in nursing, health leadership or allied health professions.
- Registered with a relevant Professional Body (Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health & Care Professionals Council).
- Evidence of post qualifying and relevant continuing professional development.
Person Specification
Personal Values
Essential
- Personally committed to upholding the NHS principles and values as set out in the NHS Constitution, the Joint Forward Plan, the NHS People Plan, Nolan Principles and Fit and Proper Persons regime, along with an ability to reflect them in their leadership role and the culture of NHS Devon.
- Demonstrates a compassionate leadership style with a track record of improvements to equality, diversity, inclusion, and social justice
- Lives by the values of openness and integrity and has created cultures where this thrives.
- Committed to continuing professional development.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians, professionals and frontline staff to deliver better outcomes for patients.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of very senior manager or Director level leadership within a health or social care organisation.
- Substantial experience of managing highly sensitive and complex situations with stakeholders, particularly in a political environment. Must have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, NHS England and individual provider organisations.
- Extensive experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
- Substantial experience of managing relationships with the media and political stakeholders through careful handling of contentious information.
- Experience of leading and delivering large scale complex transformational programmes, preferably across multiple organisations and within the health or social care sector.
- Experience of leading strategic policy development, performance improvement, operational planning and strategic commissioning or similar.
- Experience of formulating long term strategic plans, involving uncertainty, impact on organisation, developing business plans, strategies for area of activity and making major contribution to policies and strategy
- Experience of providing strategic leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes.
- Experience of leading nursing, and / or other care professionals, creating a new team, creating a shared vision and motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common purpose focusing on the people and patients we serve.
- Experience of managing budgets for services
- Experience of line managing of senior leaders across a range of areas and teams, with major areas of activity.
- Experience of being accountable for a major area of activity, with the autonomy to act independently.
- Experience dealing with, or advising on, highly confidential information and explaining highly complex, highly sensitive and potentially unwelcome information to a wide range of audiences while overcoming significant barriers to resistance.
Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive knowledge of the health, care and local government landscape and an understanding of the resourcing implications related to the social determinants of public health.
- Current evidence and thinking on practices which reduce health inequality, improve patient access, safety and ensure organisations are 'Well-led.
- Sound knowledge of health and care financial planning and budgeting at a Director and/or system level.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent.
- Knowledge of the scope of professional practice in Nursing practice.
- Knowledge of Caldicott Guardian principles alternatively should be prepared to undergo this training.
- Additional in-depth professional knowledge in a number of disciplines related to the role with experience of staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period.
Qualifications
Essential
- Master's degree level education or equivalent level of specialist knowledge and experience in nursing, health leadership or allied health professions.
- Registered with a relevant Professional Body (Nursing and Midwifery Council or Health & Care Professionals Council).
- Evidence of post qualifying and relevant continuing professional development.
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).
