Job overview
We are looking to recruit an exceptional nurse leader who understands and celebrates the diversity of our local patient and staff populations. We are keen to hear from senior nurses who have a growth mindset – who choose to see that there’s always a solution to a defined problem – and have the skills to coach for improvement and motivate the individuals and teams around them to perform at a highest level and embrace our divisional philosophy of ‘Empowering people to thrive through exceptional care’.
The portfolio of the postholder will include the Emergency Department, Pre-Hospital Care, Acute Medicine and Older People Services as well as core nursing and governance functions across the entire division, which consists of the following additional directorates – 1. Orthopaedics & Plastics 2. Trauma 3. Neurosciences and Stroke and 4. Imaging
The successful candidate will benefit from being part of dynamic directorate and divisional leadership teams and an organization that has firmly established itself as a value-based organisation on a journey to receive a CQC rating of good and outstanding. For the benefit of any prospective applicants, in my capacity of the Associate Director of Nursing for Emergency Care and Trauma I would like to add that I am incredibly proud of the improvements we have made in terms of safety, quality and team culture in our division and our ability to attract and retain staff.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Associate Director of Nursing is a key member of the divisional and hospital senior nursing team with specific responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe & compassionate care within the division and specifically within Emergency and Pre-Hospital Care, Acute Medicine and Older People Services. This will include risk management, ensuring professional standards, leadership, appropriate planning implementations, monitoring and review mechanisms are in place which develop high quality patient driven services within the available resources.
In addition, the post holder will take a lead nursing role within the hospital for a specific strategic work stream.
The Deputy Associate Director of Nursing will work with the divisional and directorate triumvirates to provide strategic leadership, ensure that there are appropriate systems and processes within the Division to enable staff to deliver good quality clinical care and drive forward the service improvement agenda to achieve quality, safety and efficiency gains.
Specifically, the DADoN for the Division will:
• Formally deputise for the ADoN
• Support with the day-to-day responsibility and accountability for the nursing and governance services delivered by the division
• With the Divisional Director, Divisional Director of Operations and ADoN performance manage the Directorate Teams
• Lead the Division on Risk Management
• Develop and implement plans to deliver the relevant Trust objectives as required
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. •Experience working in a senior nursing role (8b or above).
2. •Experience of audit in evaluating and developing a service
3. •Change management experience
4. •Experience of managing a budget
5. •Experience of close multi- professional working in an relevant inpatient environment
6. •Evidence of managerial responsibilities and operational experience in a relevant acute setting.
7. •Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them.
8. •Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
9. •Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources
10. •Experience in managing complex HR issues
Skills
Essential criteria
11. •Able to evaluate and be reflective and reflexive
12. •Excellent communication skills and presentation skills.
13. •Ability to initiate and implement change
14. •Sound analytical, negotiation and organisational ability
15. •Ability to develop and influence a high performing, collaborative team, whilst allowing flexibility for members to develop against their own personal targets
16. •Ability to establish rapport/credibility with Trust staff including clinicians, nursing staff and managers, staff representatives and professionals from outside the Trust
17. •Demonstrates strong adaptable leadership skills
18. •Ability to assess situations and take calculated risks based on learning and experience, to achieve longer-term service improvements
Desirable criteria
19. •Coaching skills or experience
20. •To have experience of setting up a new service in line with knowledge and evidence
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
21. •First Level registered nurse
22. •Masters level education MSc or degree equivalent in related subject (willingness to commence MSc level degree)
23. •Track record of achievement as a leader which demonstrates significant successes through innovation and a strong but sensitive style, which contributes directly to the patient experience and continuous improvement
24. •Demonstrate well developed negotiation skills coupled with the ability to tackle poor performance effectively
25. •Advanced knowledge clinical governance processes and standards
26. •Management/Leadership qualification
**Visa Sponsorship Information**
Recent changes to UK immigration policy on the Health and Care Visa and Skilled Worker Visa could mean that this role is not eligible for sponsorship or that you may not meet the eligibility criteria.
Sponsorship can only be offered if this post and any individual offered employment meet all the Home Office’s requirements under the UK Skilled Worker visa scheme.
If you are applying from outside the UK or will require sponsorship, please mention this clearly in your application.
To be eligible for sponsorship, the following conditions must be met:
27. Eligible role: The position must be on the UK Skilled Worker visa list. You can check your eligibility here: -.
28. Salary threshold: The role must meet the minimum salary set by the Home Office. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.
29. Skill level: The role must meet the minimum skill requirement of RQF Level 6 or above (graduate level).
30. English language: Applicants must demonstrate English proficiency at CEFR level B1 or higher.
31. Other criteria: Applicants must meet all other criteria as set out by the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI)