Chief nurse

Chief Nurse and Professional Lead for Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals

This is an important moment to join Gateshead Health. With a new five-year corporate strategy, a strong alliance of regional partners and a clear focus on delivering safe, high-quality care, our next Chief Nurse and Professional Lead for Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals will play a central role in shaping the future of care for our communities.

This role provides the opportunity to influence at organisational, system and regional levels, working as part of a clinically led, values-driven organisation with a committed, compassionate and talented workforce.

If you share our commitment to safe, compassionate and high-quality care, and want to help shape the future of Gateshead Health, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Chief Nurse who can:

• provide visible, credible and compassionate professional leadership for nursing, midwifery and allied health professional
• lead the ongoing development of quality, safety and patient experience across hospital, community and diagnostic service
• champion high professional standards, strong clinical governance and a culture of learning and improvement
• support and develop our workforce, helping staff to thrive and feel value
• work closely with patients, families, carers, staff and partners to improve care and reduce health inequalities
• contribute as a key member of the executive team, bringing sound judgement, professional expertise and thoughtful challenge
• setting the vision for nursing, midwifery and AHP practice in the safe delivery of patient care
• be ambitious for Gateshead, our people and the communities we serve

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached recruitment pack which contains the job description and responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• A registered Nurse
• Recognised qualification in quality improvement techniques

Experience

• At least 12 months experience working at Executive level (albeit this may not be specifically as an Executive Director) in a similarly complex organisation or system
• Experience of senior leadership in: Patient Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, Safeguarding, Patient Experience, Quality
• Recent experience of board or just below board level in an acute trust

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.