Job overview
The Surgery Care Group at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have a fantastic opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team as Associate Chief Nurse.
You will work alongside the Care Group Director, Associate Chief Allied Health Professional and Associate Chief Operating Officer as part of the multi-disciplinary leadership team. The Care Group comprises Theatres, Anaesthesia & Critical Care, General Surgery & Urology, Head & Neck and Plastics and Trauma & Orthopaedics making it a varied and exciting role.
Alongside the Senior Leadership Team, you will ensure that services are safe, effective, timely and are designed and delivered with patients at the centre. The Associate Chief Nurse is a member of the Trust’s senior nursing team and works closely with the Deputy Chief Nurse and Chief Nurse and will be required to deputise for these individuals.
The ideal candidate will work excellently in various teams, demonstrate the upmost care and professionalism and bring energy and enthusiasm. We seek a nurse leader who can lead large teams and deliver innovation and quality improvement. The role will involve being part of the manager on call rota and will require working across all sites (candidates can choose either Scarborough or York as their base).
Candidates are encouraged to arrange an appointment to discuss the role prior to application. Please contact Liz Hill, Associate Chief Operating Officer at
Main duties of the job
Providing professional leadership for all nurses within the Care Group and Trust-wide in support of the strategic nursing agenda working directly with the Chief Nurse and the wider senior nursing team to ensure the nursing resource is utilised efficiently and effectively to meet the clinical and non-clinical priorities within allocated budgets.
The development and delivery of high quality clinical and professional standards and assuring the Trust Board that they are being delivered within their Care Groups. The development of leadership and management capacity within nursing for their designated areas. This will be in line with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, resource controls and constraints, and will contribute to delivering the operational strategy for each Care Group and for the Trust as a whole.
Working with a high level of autonomy, collaborating with corporate nursing and the wider Multidisciplinary Team, creating workable solutions, providing highly expert advice and acting as a representative for the Trust on external advisory groups/bodies as required. Managing the nursing workforce and through them delivery of patient care, the patient environment, infection prevention and control, patient experience, and the patient and public involvement (PPI) agendas. Deputising for Care Group Director, Associate Chief AHP and Associate Chief Operating Officer, which may involve directly line managing other disciplines.
Working for our organisation
To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link:
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
1. Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
2. 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
3. A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
4. Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
5. NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
6. An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
7. Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
8. The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting - inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed.
9. Interested candidates are encouraged to make contact with the Recruiting Manager to have an informal discussion about the role.
10. Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: .
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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Person specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. Extensive experience of successful senior management and achievement in a complex organisation
12. Understanding of topical nursing issues
13. Demonstrates evidence of leading innovation and improvement by multi- disciplinary teams in the provision of services
14. Evidence of implementing significant organisational and / or professional change
15. Demonstrable understanding and experience of management, and handling of data and information
16. Budgetary management and workforce development experience
17. In depth understanding and experience of clinical governance and quality management
18. Proven experience of leading and delivering projects across a wide range of services
19. Well-developed negotiating/influencing skills based on a thorough understanding of business principles and NHS clinical systems
20. Ability and willingness to travel to all sites within the organisation
21. Evidence of working across boundaries, influencing, and developing staff and working with multiple stakeholders
Desirable criteria
22. Awareness of political and professional agenda in Nursing and NHS management
23. Demonstrable awareness of national professional and educational issues
24. Experience of working in acute hospitals with demonstrable operational management experience
25. Experience of winter/ surge planning
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
26. Registered Nurse Level 1
27. Relevant degree
28. Master’s degree or equivalent level of skill acquired through experience
29. Formal teaching and assessing award
30. Formal management qualification or equivalent level of skill acquired through experience
31. Evidence of ongoing relevant professional development