Deputy Director - Nursing Service, Transformation and Resilience
NHS England
The closing date is 09 October 2024
Job summary
We are looking to recruit excellent candidates to the role of Deputy Director of Nursing Service Delivery, Transformation and Resilience.
This is a highly expert role directing a person centred nursing response to the delivery of service transformation programmes, reform of elective and unscheduled care services as well as responding to service delivery and continuity challenges at a National Level.
Main duties of the job
- Under the leadership of DCNO, provide expert National Nursing Leadership in the design and deliver of NHSE service transformation strategic objectives and programmes.
- Provide National Nursing Leadership in response to NHS System Resilience issues- leading, designing, mitigating and delivering the nursing response to incidents thereby enabling NHSE to perform its statutory duties as a level one responder.
- Seek opportunities to maximise the nursing contribution and expertise in improving care outcomes for people across unscheduled and elective care pathways.
- Co-develop with nursing leaders' systems and process which maximise Nurse and midwifery Innovation.
About us
The 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 a great 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 visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing leadership and resolve nursing advise to the transformation and operational directorates on all matters relating to service reform and modernisation
- Work with National, Regional and System Leaders to create the conditions which empowers the nursing community to generate innovation solutions which improve access, care outcomes and the efficiency of services. (e.g. elective surgery backlog). This includes providing collective Nursing Leadership in putting NHSE on a new trajectory for urgent and emergency care access and capacity.
- Represent Nursing on the National Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, supporting and enhancing productivity within and across nursing services.
- Create enabling infrastructure to ensure the effective voice/action of nursing in response critical system, service, professional and services supply resilience incidents.
- Support the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer Safety and Improvement, and their team to lead programmes of work to ensure safety, quality and improvement are at the heart of any service transformation programmes
- Ensure delivery against nursing and midwifery commitments linked to the Five Year Forward View and Long-Term Plan implementation programmes and strengthen the focus and contribution of nursing in transformation the NHS.
- Provide compassionate inclusive professional nursing leadership, influence, and work with clinical leads to develop effective networks to engage the nursing workforce in the service transformation, improvement and innovation agenda.
- Provide leadership through Directorate Business Planning Team, ensuring the effective operation in line with NHSE Corporate and Business Objectives, Policies and Procedures
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing leadership and resolve nursing advise to the transformation and operational directorates on all matters relating to service reform and modernisation
- Work with National, Regional and System Leaders to create the conditions which empowers the nursing community to generate innovation solutions which improve access, care outcomes and the efficiency of services. (e.g. elective surgery backlog). This includes providing collective Nursing Leadership in putting NHSE on a new trajectory for urgent and emergency care access and capacity.
- Represent Nursing on the National Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme, supporting and enhancing productivity within and across nursing services.
- Create enabling infrastructure to ensure the effective voice/action of nursing in response critical system, service, professional and services supply resilience incidents.
- Support the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer Safety and Improvement, and their team to lead programmes of work to ensure safety, quality and improvement are at the heart of any service transformation programmes
- Ensure delivery against nursing and midwifery commitments linked to the Five Year Forward View and Long-Term Plan implementation programmes and strengthen the focus and contribution of nursing in transformation the NHS.
- Provide compassionate inclusive professional nursing leadership, influence, and work with clinical leads to develop effective networks to engage the nursing workforce in the service transformation, improvement and innovation agenda.
- Provide leadership through Directorate Business Planning Team, ensuring the effective operation in line with NHSE Corporate and Business Objectives, Policies and Procedures
Please see the attached Job Description for further details on the role, responsibilities and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current and active NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Institute of Health Innovation (IHI) or Managing Successful Projects.
- Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment as the lead nurse.
- Expertise in managing national incidents in line with NHS Resilience (EPRR) practice.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Demonstrate the ability to provide professional nursing advice where information maybe conflicting, sensitive and complex.
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across multiple sites where required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current and active NMC registration as a Registered Nurse.
- Educated to master's level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools such as Institute of Health Innovation (IHI) or Managing Successful Projects.
- Proven Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment as the lead nurse.
- Expertise in managing national incidents in line with NHS Resilience (EPRR) practice.
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to partnership working with a range of external organisations.
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Demonstrate the ability to provide professional nursing advice where information maybe conflicting, sensitive and complex.
Values & Behaviours
Essential
- Values diversity and difference operates with integrity and openness.
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers with cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across multiple sites where required.
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).
