Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented and highly motivated senior nurse leader with an interest in quality improvement, collaborative working, and transformation to join the patient flow collaborative. The post holder will work in collaboration with the Head of Nursing and collaborative Senior Leadership Team to support the delivery of the specialised services, supporting patient experience, staff, and the organisations values.
Working closely with our front line clinical teams, General Manager and Clinical Director in a triumvirate approach. Furthermore, integral working relations with the Collaborative Chair, Associate Chief Operating Officer and Head of Nursing for the collaborative.
Main duties of the job
As a senior leader you will provide effective, visible, and accessible leadership and management across the wards and departments promoting excellence in patient care and clinical practice. You will lead the senior nursing team and support them to lead and develop their own teams with oversight of resource management, including budget responsibility. As a role model, you will lead by example, motivating, empowering, and inspiring your team to ensure consistently high standards of care, safety, quality, and governance are delivered and maintained. Ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to always ensure the continuity of safe and effective care.
This role is based at the James Cook Hospital site and includes cross site working at The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and Redcar primary Care Hospital
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
Working for our organisation
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
3. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
5. Management and clinical skills with well-developed leadership, influencing skills and the ability to engage, influence and motivate.
6. Knowledge and a proven track record of recent operational and clinical nursing/ midwifery management and the ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures and ways of working.
7. Knowledge and demonstrable capability of service improvements, strategies for infection control and transformational leadership.
8. Knowledge and experience of contributing to and effectively implementing the Nursing/midwifery Strategy.
9. To have a working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Evidence and experience of positive leadership skills and the ability to transform and lead a team to work effectively together.
11. Evidence and experience of relevant continuing professional development and developing clinical practice.
12. Recent experience and evidence of a track record of effective management of change.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
13. Degree or diploma in a relevant subject
14. A masters level Degree or equivalent demonstrable experience
15. First level registered nurse/midwife
16. Evidence of recent relevant professional development
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.