Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us. Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced senior nurse, allied health professional or healthcare scientist to join University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) as the Associate Divisional Director for Nursing and AHPs (ADDN/P) in Division A. As a senior leader within Division A and the trust, you will work to assure the provision of safe, effective and evidence based care as part of the senior divisional, professional and clinical leadership team for all nurses and healthcare professions. If you have the passion, knowledge and experience to be a core member of our senior divisional management team, we would love to hear from you.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
What You'll Do
As ADDN/P you will be a highly visible presence accountable to the director of nursing. You’ll work to ensure the provision of high quality, evidence based, responsive services that hold the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
* Provision of professional and managerial leadership across the Division, focusing on Governance, Patient Safety, Safeguarding and Clinical Standards.
* Leading on developments and innovation in nursing and practice standards linking with local and national agencies
* Being a highly visible presence, ensuring the provision of high quality, evidence based, responsive service which holds the needs of the patient at the centre of care delivery.
* Accountability for the direct delivery of high quality nursing care and continual review of standards in clinical practice working within the financial framework
* Leading on developing clinical and practice standards using Clinical Governance frameworks, patient feedback and audit.
* Divisional lead for specific quality agendas
* Leading corporate projects as agreed by the DDN and CNO
What We’re Looking For
You will be an inspiring and motivated nurse, AHP or HCS leader, who’s committed to the consistent delivery of high standards of compassionate care, with the ability to challenge and influence practice. You will have a proven track record putting safety, quality and patient experience at the heart of practice. You will have demonstrable experience of leading nursing and clinical services, with experience of leading initiatives across an organisation. As a senior leader within the organisation you will also need to demonstrate the following skills:
* budget management
* formal and informal teaching
* staff and resource management
* project management and delivery
Applications are welcome from all nursing, allied health profession, and healthcare scientist backgrounds with a relevant registration.
UHS offers fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want. Development of our staff is central to the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care. We can offer opportunities to develop within a supportive environment, and our staff survey results reflect our commitment to facilitate your career progression.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
* Patient First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria
* First Degree, nursing diploma, or equivalent
* Evidence of recent further professional development (MBA/MSc or equivalent)
* Registered Nurse or Registered Health Care Professional/ Scientist (NNMC or HCPC)
* Evidence of management/ leadership development
* Highly developed specialist knowledge acquired through significant demonstrable experience in midwifery, nursing leadership and management
* A proved track record of operational service management at senior level in an acute hospital environment including staff management, financial management and change management Leading change through empowering people and holding them to account.
* Evidence of effective problem-solving and decision-making, implementing and sustaining changes in clinical practice across a complex division or organisation, engaging stakeholders through highly complex and sensitive communication such as during service reconfigurations or workforce redesign
* Experience at analysing complex data and/or national guidance and being able to interpret and apply it locally
* Sound understanding of current NHS agenda challenges and developments
* Evidence of effective leadership skills, team building skills and the ability to lead develop and reassure in achieving change
* Experience of leading cross boundary projects
* Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
Desirable criteria
* Management and leadership qualification
* Previous strategic experience
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