Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the North East and Yorkshire Regional team within NHS England for a Chief Nurse. This is a key leadership role in the regional health system, with responsibility, in conjunction with other leaders from across the professional spectrum, for delivery of high-quality nursing and midwifery services for the region's population, in line with NHS and other governmental priorities.
The Chief Nurse will provide expert professional nursing leadership and advise the Regional Director on quality and clinical assurance. This will require high calibre, credible and trusted leadership to support commissioners, providers and systems to deliver and commission high quality care in line with the requirements of Long Term Plan.
As regional Chief Nurse, the post holder will be expected to use expert knowledge of quality care combined with a robust knowledge of the health and care service. Working in collaboration with relevant colleagues, they will take the regional leadership responsibility for: clinical and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery staff, patient safety (in conjunction with the regional Medical Director) patient experience and delivery of national priorities and relevant national strategies.
The post holder, as a member of the regional executive team, will support the Regional Director to deliver the objectives of NHS England.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Nurse will take the lead on initiatives identified by the Regional Director, and through personal action and professional leadership shape and develop a culture of continuous service improvement that benefits patients. Operating in a matrix fashion, the post holder will utilise specialists, and bring their clinical expertise and knowledge to bear across NHS England to ensure clinical engagement and coordination is at the heart of the assurance and improvement roles.
The Chief Nurse will provide professional support to the Regional Director. They may lead or support initiatives set out by the Chief Nursing Officer for England in relation to commissioning or the National Nursing and midwifery agenda.
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the following attachment for Regional Chief Nurse Job Description and functional requirements.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the following attachment for Regional Chief Nurse Job Description and functional requirements.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Registration (in this case NMC) Relevant Master's Degree* Management qualification* * or equivalent experience
Desirable
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience as the (Senior Nurse) advising a Board in two or more types of health organisation (NHS Trust/FT/SHA/PCT etc.) including both provider and commissioner experience.
- Recent and relevant experience of effectively leading and managing teams of multi-disciplinary staff through contemporary smart working methods and achieving high levels of staff satisfaction.
- Evidence of widely acknowledged expertise in each of the specialist domains relevant to this role e.g. clinical safety, quality assurance improvement, etc. including papers published, national/international conference presentations, invited lectures, additional specialist qualifications, leadership of National committee/working parties.
- Extensive Knowledge of Nursing and Midwifery practice and education policy
- Knowledge of the FT application processes, compliance regime and quality framework and CQC compliance framework
- Knowledge of Adult and Child Safeguarding
- Knowledge of IPC practice and policy, Nursing and Midwifery, experience of managing complex professional regulatory.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical practice and a strong understanding of the concepts which underpin approaches to improving the delivery of compassionate care to patients within health and social systems
- Knowledge of national and international developments in improvement, and large scale change
- Evidence of leading one or more successful national or region-wide programmes of transformational change in (clinical) practice producing demonstrable and measurable improvements in (clinical) outcomes.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of practical application of the professional regulatory framework and associated policies across a variety of complex situations.
- Evidence of leadership by invitation of a positive and productive inter-agency project/programme with measurable impact across a variety of organisations.
- Evidence of development of a strategy / strategies drawing on expert and contemporary knowledge of the Health and Care system, regulatory frameworks, sensitivity to the political and cultural environment, evidenced through recognised best-practice and successfully implemented at Regional/National level.
- Evidence of creating policy from 'scratch' and within very broad parameters demonstrating an ability to think conceptually, critically evaluate and display rational judgement in reaching reasoned conclusions.
Desirable
- Experience or knowledge of Midwifery, Community, Ambulance and Mental Health Services
- Experience or knowledge of Training and Education
- Experience or knowledge of Change management
- Knowledge of how to apply different approaches to change across the health service
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to present conceptual and complex issues effectively in verbal presentation and written report formats.
- Significant interpersonal and relationship building skills across a range of professions/sectors and with the ability to operate alone, within a team and in a leadership role, directing and influencing with or without formal power.
- Experience of working with local/national politicians and national media, particularly in times of crisis
Other
Essential
- High degree of emotional intelligence, self-awareness and resilience.
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Registration (in this case NMC) Relevant Master's Degree* Management qualification* * or equivalent experience
Desirable
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience as the (Senior Nurse) advising a Board in two or more types of health organisation (NHS Trust/FT/SHA/PCT etc.) including both provider and commissioner experience.
- Recent and relevant experience of effectively leading and managing teams of multi-disciplinary staff through contemporary smart working methods and achieving high levels of staff satisfaction.
- Evidence of widely acknowledged expertise in each of the specialist domains relevant to this role e.g. clinical safety, quality assurance improvement, etc. including papers published, national/international conference presentations, invited lectures, additional specialist qualifications, leadership of National committee/working parties.
- Extensive Knowledge of Nursing and Midwifery practice and education policy
- Knowledge of the FT application processes, compliance regime and quality framework and CQC compliance framework
- Knowledge of Adult and Child Safeguarding
- Knowledge of IPC practice and policy, Nursing and Midwifery, experience of managing complex professional regulatory.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical practice and a strong understanding of the concepts which underpin approaches to improving the delivery of compassionate care to patients within health and social systems
- Knowledge of national and international developments in improvement, and large scale change
- Evidence of leading one or more successful national or region-wide programmes of transformational change in (clinical) practice producing demonstrable and measurable improvements in (clinical) outcomes.
- Extensive knowledge and evidence of practical application of the professional regulatory framework and associated policies across a variety of complex situations.
- Evidence of leadership by invitation of a positive and productive inter-agency project/programme with measurable impact across a variety of organisations.
- Evidence of development of a strategy / strategies drawing on expert and contemporary knowledge of the Health and Care system, regulatory frameworks, sensitivity to the political and cultural environment, evidenced through recognised best-practice and successfully implemented at Regional/National level.
- Evidence of creating policy from 'scratch' and within very broad parameters demonstrating an ability to think conceptually, critically evaluate and display rational judgement in reaching reasoned conclusions.
Desirable
- Experience or knowledge of Midwifery, Community, Ambulance and Mental Health Services
- Experience or knowledge of Training and Education
- Experience or knowledge of Change management
- Knowledge of how to apply different approaches to change across the health service
Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to present conceptual and complex issues effectively in verbal presentation and written report formats.
- Significant interpersonal and relationship building skills across a range of professions/sectors and with the ability to operate alone, within a team and in a leadership role, directing and influencing with or without formal power.
- Experience of working with local/national politicians and national media, particularly in times of crisis
Other
Essential
- High degree of emotional intelligence, self-awareness and resilience.
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values.
Additional information
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).
