Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Midlands Nursing Directorate and the Clinical Practice Team as the Assistant Director of Nursing & Clinical Practice.
The postholder will support the work of the Nursing Directorate with a key focus on supporting the professional aspects of the long-term workforce plan, Chief Nursing Officer for England priorities, Safe Staffing, Professional Nurse Advocacy and workforce productivity
They will act as a regional champion for programmes of work within the Clinical Practice Teams portfolio and work directly with NHSE Workforce, Training and Education Directorate as well as other regional, national NHSE teams, systems, providers and wider key stakeholders across the health and care system to provide clinical and professional leadership, support and interventions within the workforce domain.
Main duties of the job
The Assistant Director Nursing & Clinical Practice is an integral part of the regional nursing and midwifery management and leadership team at NHS England working with the regional Chief Nurse, Regional leadership team, statutory partners and the local health economy.
The post holder will build upon their specialist knowledge and function as an expert professional leader within workforce development, effectively contributing to safe staffing through:
Providing professional and clinical leadership for a team of staff and portfolio of work
Providing expertise on safe staffing initiatives, professional nurse advocacy and workforce productivity
Providing professional and clinical leadership for defined programmes of work
Co-ordinating and informing the triangulation of workforce intelligence to support quality surveillance requirements
Acting as the point of contact and co-ordination to facilitate delivery of transformation programmes within the region.
Please refer to the attached job description for further details.
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.
NHS England hold a Sponsor Licence; this means that we may be able to sponsor you providing the Home Office requirements are met. To be eligible for sponsorship through the Skilled Worker route you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year, or the 'going rate' for your job, whichever is higher. You can find more information on the Government website.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
For further details / informal visits contact: Jacqueline.barnes10@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
You can find further details about the job in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
For further details / informal visits contact: Jacqueline.barnes10@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinically qualified with current NMC or relevant professional registration
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- CNO staffing Fellow
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in healthcare providers
- Extensive understanding of the implications of national workforce programmes on nursing staff
- Experience of working at scale, with a good understanding of workforce from a provider, ICB's, regional and Arm's Length Health & Care bodies lens
- Strategic implementation of the Professional Nurse Advocacy programme
- Extensive experience of safe staffing evidence based tools and application
- Proven experience of delivering complex change and strategy development programmes within a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Significant experience and delivery of programmes of work focused on improving patient care
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in partnership environment
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification
- Demonstrable experience of financial management and prioritising a budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of the workings of the social and independent sector care and an understanding of working of social care representative organisations.
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks
- Demonstrated ability to plan over short, medium and long term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinically qualified with current NMC or relevant professional registration
- Educated to Masters level or equivalent level or equivalent experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- CNO staffing Fellow
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in healthcare providers
- Extensive understanding of the implications of national workforce programmes on nursing staff
- Experience of working at scale, with a good understanding of workforce from a provider, ICB's, regional and Arm's Length Health & Care bodies lens
- Strategic implementation of the Professional Nurse Advocacy programme
- Extensive experience of safe staffing evidence based tools and application
- Proven experience of delivering complex change and strategy development programmes within a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Significant experience and delivery of programmes of work focused on improving patient care
- Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in partnership environment
- Proven and significant leadership experience and/or formal management qualification
- Demonstrable experience of financial management and prioritising a budget with solid working knowledge of financial process requirements
Desirable
- oDetailed knowledge of the workings of the social and independent sector care and an understanding of working of social care representative organisations.
Skills Capabilities & Attributes
Essential
- Dynamic personality and the ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and wide support networks
- Demonstrated ability to plan over short, medium and long term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess verbal, written, numerical and draw appropriate conclusions
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
- Autonomy to undertake actions as a result of own interpretation of policy and guidance providing a source of expert advice to the organisation
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public
- Ability to operate in a value-driven style consistent with the values of the public services and specifically with the new organisational values
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
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).
