Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The Director of Nursing is accountable to the ICB
executive Director of Nursing and will support in ensuring the ICB exercises
its functions effectively, efficiently, economically, with good governance and
in accordance with the terms of the ICB constitution. The Director of Nursing
will support the Executive Nurse and the ICB Board with advice and guidance in
relation all aspects of the ICB statutory duties and guidance relating to the
role.
The Director of Nursing will work as part of the senior
nursing & quality team (along with the Medical Director & Clinical and
Professional Directorate) to provide high quality clinical and professional
leadership that this is embedded at all levels of the system as set out in the
Clinical Care Professional Leadership Guidance.
They will support and lead aspects of the quality
improvement strategy for the ICB working with all providers and will ensure the
ICB is able to deliver its statutory responsibilities for delivery at place in
key areas such as CHC, SEND & Safeguarding, Quality, and safety.
The Director of Nursing as part of the Executive Director
of Nursing team will provide senior nursing leadership within the Integrated
Care Board (ICB) supporting the development and delivery of the long-term plan
for the integrated care board (ICB) working with the medical director and
clinical communities across the Integrated Care System (ICS). Developing and
leading on the delivery of key aspects of the strategy will ensure that the
work reflects and integrates the strategies of all relevant partner
organisations of the ICB, with a particular focus on developing and embedding
the patient safety response framework and quality improvement at PLACE.
As a member of the senior nursing team be responsible for
planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated
care systems (ICSs); to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience, and access; enhance productivity
and value for money and help the NHS support broader social and economic
development.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Communications & Relationship Skills
Through
PLACE Quality & Safeguarding Structures ensure PLACE based leadership for
safeguarding adults and children and children looked after, ensuring that the
ICB discharges its statutory responsibility appropriately including as
required, representation of health economy partners on Adult and Childrens
Local Safeguarding Boards / Committees.
Establish
and maintain highly effective and respected working relationships with key
partner organisations across health and social care, including NHS England, the
relevant locality based Local Authorities and Police.
Contribute
as a senior nurse in local partnership working with Health and Wellbeing
Boards, Local government, third sector and other major stakeholders, ensuring
the highest level of professional discretion in the communication of sometimes
sensitive and/or contentious information.
Work
with local places and partners including NHS Foundation/ NHS Trust Nurse
Directors in Community, Mental Health, and Acute care to support strong
professional leadership is in place across the ICS.
Build
partnerships with provider collaboratives, public health, local government,
other partners, and local people to deliver better access, improvements in life
outcomes and reductions in health inequity.
Analytical & Judgmental Skills
Ensure
the implementation of local quality assurance and patient safety initiatives
developing local systems to demonstrate robust performance information in order
that reporting and accountability arrangements into the ICB Quality committee
are provided.
Identification
of performance risks and issues related to the quality and safety of patient
care and working with relevant providers and partners to enable solutions.
Planning & Organisational Skills
On
behalf of the Executive Director of Nursing undertake any role or duties linked
to the statutory and non-statutory functions that the ICB will need to perform
including involvement in corporate projects or portfolios.
Support
and lead as required aspects of the work plan linked to the System Quality
Groups in compliance with the National Quality Board guidance.
Patient/Client Care
Ensure
lessons learned from complaints are retained and used to influence the
commissioning and delivery of improved patient experience and services on
behalf of the ICB.
Provide
as part of the senior nursing team of the ICB, assurance to NHSE, CQC and other
external partners and regulators in relation to quality and safeguarding
related areas working with all external agencies to support the
improvement of quality and safety within PLACE and across
the integrated care system.
Policy and Service Development
Support
the development and delivery of the quality framework across the ICB ensuring
that there is a clear and consistent focus on quality, safety and patient
experience within PLACE and across the system.
Support
the production and delivery of the Joint Forward Plan and the Integrated Care
Strategy.
As part
of the senior nursing team work to develop effective mechanisms are in place
for anticipating, identifying, and responding to key clinical risks (including
safeguarding and quality issues) that could impact on the successful delivery
of place based and ICB strategies.
Finance and Physical Resources
Take
responsibility and be accountable for the effective management of the budgets
related the nursing and quality portfolio at PLACE.
Human Resources
As part
of the senior nursing team provide senior clinical leadership to the
development and delivery of the workforce education plan for nursing &
midwifery across the ICS, to support the delivery of transformation work
streams and priorities.
Act as
an ambassador for nursing, midwifery, and allied health professional workforce
matters.
Freedom to Act
Support
and lead as required, Quality Improvement, surveillance, and assurance.
Take a
lead on behalf of the Executive Director of Nursing for driving forward the
statutory agenda to quality improvement and safety systems which reduce health
inequalities and improves patient safety across the ICS.
Provide
professional advice to the Executive Director of Nursing and ICB Executive and
Board in relation to statutory and commissioning issues on quality and patient
safety matters.
Oversee
on behalf of the Executive Director of Nursing and the ICB, safeguarding and
quality matters at place and drive service development and improvement in
partnership with patients, families, carers,
Leading for social justice and health equality
As a
member of the ICB senior team foster a culture in which equality, diversity,
inclusion and allyship are actively promoted in all aspects of the role.
Promote
and enhance strategic approaches to the development of personalised care so
that the ICB achieves the best possible health and care for its communities,
promoting patient and public involvement in service design and decision making
and champion the delivery of personalised care in all clinical practice.
Ensure
that quality and service delivery improvements are targeted on improving
outcomes and/or inequalities in access to healthcare provision for the
population of the ICB.
Driving high quality, sustainable outcomes
Working
as part of the Senior nursing and wider ICB senior team oversee the quality of
all health services including implementing a safer just culture, safer systems
and safer care.
Support,
through professional advice and quality oversight, the ICB Executive
Accountable Officers, local government, and other key leads to ensure that ICB
statutory responsibilities in relation to issues such as continuing health
care, Section 117 Aftercare, jointly funded health and care packages are met
through effective place-based arrangements, whilst sharing learning at system
level and ensure assurance systems provide a line of sight to the ICB.
Promote
continuous quality improvement through learning, improvement methodologies,
research, innovation, and data driven improvement initiatives both at a
strategic and operational level.
Providing robust governance and assurance
Demonstrate
and support the development of a strong culture of public accountability,
probity, and governance, supporting the development of appropriate and
compliant structures, systems, and process to minimise risk and promote the
freedom to speak up.
Where
services are commissioned across the places within the ICB as part of the
senior nursing team ensure clinical and professional leadership is provided to
ensure robust delivery of quality services and an increase in outcomes for
patients.
Support
the development of robust safeguarding arrangements with place partners
ensuring safeguarding adult/children reviews, report findings to the placed-based
leadership boards and the implementation of required actions.
Creating a compassionate and inclusive culture
Promote
and demonstrate a culture of inclusive, professional leadership, being visible
as a collaborative clinical, professional, and organisational leader and role
model, engaging health and care professionals across places, primary and social
care and through provider collaboratives.
