Associate Director of Nursing

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

Our Future Leadership Structure will see our clinical teams working more closely with partners at place level alongside strengthening clinical and professional leadership. We are also developing a clinical transformation programme alongside our partners to enhance the clinical outcomes our service users experience as well as continuing to improve experience of care.

We're excited to be recruiting for an Associate Director of Nursing for West Suffolk Community and Specialist Services, based at Wedgwood House, Bury St Edmunds. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering optimal outcomes for service users and the local health population within the available resources. You will work closely with the Locality Director of Nursing to develop, direct, and lead service improvement and performance strategies and policies to support the delivery of safe and effective care.

If you are passionate about making a difference to the communities we serve and meet the appropriate qualifications, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director of Nursing will work closely with the Locality Director of Nursing to ensure that high quality care is delivered within the Locality services and providing professional leadership to the Locality nursing workforce.

You will promote a culture of learning and openness and ensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support to deliver evidence based care and embed lessons learned in practice for the improvement of patient experience.

We are looking to appoint someone who has a passion for their work and a track record of achievement in influencing colleagues and partners to deliver high quality care. We want inspirational and compassionate leaders who will develop their teams to provide outstanding care. If you have a reputation for leadership, people development, quality and improvement alongside a passion for improving outcomes with a focus on equity and inclusion to ensure that mental health provision has parity across our partners, then please do consider applying for one of these vital roles.

We are determined to create a safer, kinder and better organisation.

About Us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job Description
Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Responsibilities

Job description Job responsibilities. Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification
Qualifications Essential

• First level nurse with current NMC registration UK
• Post-graduate training or experience of leadership / management
• MSc and / or equivalent demonstrable clinical experience that recognises highly developed and complex levels of knowledge

Other Essential

• Ability to travel independently

Experience Essential

• Experience of working in a post with strategic nursing responsibility and operational management in a complex setting and diverse situations
• Substantial demonstrable experience of strategic planning and delivering long term transformation that delivers lasting change and improvement

Knowledge Essential

• Knowledge of the national nursing agenda
• Knowledge of integrated governance/quality governance

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address: Wedgwood House, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 2QZ

Employer's website: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx