Job summary
Our focus is improving our citizens' health and delivering excellent health care. Our new health board operating model benefits from an Integrated Health Community (IHC) structure and full system working, with clinically led strategic initiatives aligned to NHS Wales' priorities, aiming to maximise delivery of care within our local communities. Regional partnership working between our health board and social care partners within six local authorities across north Wales is crucial in developing integrated care systems and achieving our goals.
The role of the West Health Community Nurse Director is to provide clinical leadership, ensuring a professional, visible role model to nurses. They will ensure that professional standards are maintained, encouraging a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a Nurse with extensive leadership experience to join the West IHC (Integrated Health Community) as Director of Nursing. The Nurse Director, along with the Director of Operations, Medical Director, Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Management and Director of Allied Health Professionals, form the IHCs senior management team. The Nurse Director will provide strategic, clinical, and professional direction for developing and delivering integrated Nursing services, supporting the improvement of safety and quality of patient care in primary, community, and acute care. As a director, you will also take responsibility for delivering programmes aligned with the IHC annual plan. The role is managerially accountable to the West Integrated Health Community Director with professional accountability to the Health Board's Executive Nurse Director.
Through collaborative leadership, you will lead an integrated teamand deliver a vision for excellence in care. The Nurse Director is key within the transformation programme of the integrated Health Community. It will be expected to work closely with colleagues in other Health Communities through Pan North Wales Services, Service Support Functions, and partners to provide high-quality services across the whole of the North Wales population.
About us
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please view the Job Description and Personal Specification documents attached.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please view the Job Description and Personal Specification documents attached.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification to doctoral level equivalency.
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Detailed understanding of the provision of health services
- High level knowledge of all current issues related to professional nursing practice
Desirable
- Has a good understanding of research and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level.
- Highly specialised and in-depth professional knowledge and experience from a range of nursing discipline across the services of the Health Board
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of clinical governance matters & awareness of key issues relating to nursing in a range of settings eg Acute, Community, Primary Care, Midwifery, Children's and Mental Health & Learning Disabilities services
- Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors
- Experience of developing and implementing governance frameworks to support service delivery, quality improvement and service change
- Extensive personnel, performance management experience.
- Complaint management experience.
- People management experience.
- Performance management experience
- Budgetary management experience.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Compassionate leader
- Advanced decision making skills.
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through.
- Ability to demonstrate compassionate and emotional leadership and apply to appropriate situations.
- Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff.
- Highly developed communications skills.
- Computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Additional
Essential
- Significant clinical skills with the competency to use evidenced based practice in terms of managing safe clinical services.
- Ability to travel in a timely manner throughout the geographical area of North Wales and across Wales.
Desirable
- Welsh speaker or commitment to learn basic conversational Welsh
Person Specification
Knowledge & Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent qualification, knowledge and/or experience supplemented by highly specialist qualification to doctoral level equivalency.
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Highly relevant specialist clinical knowledge relating to sphere of responsibilities
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
- Detailed understanding of the provision of health services
- High level knowledge of all current issues related to professional nursing practice
Desirable
- Has a good understanding of research and can demonstrate how research has influenced their practice
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience at a very senior nursing level.
- Highly specialised and in-depth professional knowledge and experience from a range of nursing discipline across the services of the Health Board
- Demonstrates an in depth knowledge of clinical governance matters & awareness of key issues relating to nursing in a range of settings eg Acute, Community, Primary Care, Midwifery, Children's and Mental Health & Learning Disabilities services
- Significant senior operational management experience across healthcare sectors
- Experience of developing and implementing governance frameworks to support service delivery, quality improvement and service change
- Extensive personnel, performance management experience.
- Complaint management experience.
- People management experience.
- Performance management experience
- Budgetary management experience.
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Compassionate leader
- Advanced decision making skills.
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through.
- Ability to demonstrate compassionate and emotional leadership and apply to appropriate situations.
- Ability to influence, motivate and lead teams of staff.
- Highly developed communications skills.
- Computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets and presentation packages
Additional
Essential
- Significant clinical skills with the competency to use evidenced based practice in terms of managing safe clinical services.
- Ability to travel in a timely manner throughout the geographical area of North Wales and across Wales.
Desirable
- Welsh speaker or commitment to learn basic conversational Welsh
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).
