Neuroscience Specialist Care Group Deputy Nurse Director

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Acts as a professional role model at all times
• Upholds the Trust's behaviours at all time
• Able to communicate complex, sensitive information.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Establishes and maintains appropriate mechanisms within their area to allow comprehensive performance management in terms of staff and financial management responsibilities and objectives
• Behaves in accordance with legislation, policies and procedures designed to ensure governance and probity and takes steps to address any issues of non-compliance within areas of responsibility

Practical skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to make links and ensure a joined up approach, ensuring that all outputs are sound in terms of both rational and evidence
• Ability to conceptualise problems and identify solutions
• Ability to initiate, lead and manage change
• Demonstrable ability to interpret highly complex facts and make judgements

Desirable criteria

• Ability to travel regionally and nationally

Specialist knowledge & skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of on-going and relevant personal and professional training
• In depth knowledge of the clinical governance agenda including clinical risk and safety.
• Specialist knowledge of nursing or midwifery professional issues and care and service delivery
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of and continuing acceptance of the need for financial governance and probity

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience as a senior nurse
• Demonstrable evidence of specialist knowledge of the professional leadership and management of nurses (pertaining to the area of clinical practice)
• Evidence of on-going and relevant personal and professional development in the last 2 years
• Demonstrable experience managing clinical services and of leading improvements in clinical settings, patient care and experience
• Knowledge and experience of human resources management, communicating complex and contentious information to individuals and large groups
• Experience of managing budgets and financial resources, including the associated processes such as budget setting, financial planning and making proposals for service developments across multiple areas.

Qualification

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse - level 1
• Current registration with the NMC
• Bachelor's degree in subject relevant to the role or equivalent experience
• Experience as a Senior Nurse at Band 7 for 5 years
• Post-graduate qualification within a leadership programme/study or evidence of practical application of expertise

Desirable criteria

• Research training/experience
• ECDL

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.