Job overview
This role is an essential part of the nursing leadership team focusing on attracting and retaining quality nursing staff to the Trust to meet our current and future workforce plans.
The post holder will support the Deputy Chief Nurse with the overview and coordinating functions for leading and developing the Trust approach to Nursing workforce/safer staffing in line with national and regulatory requirements.
The post holder will build upon their specialist knowledge and function as an expert within workforce development, effectively contributing to the Trust agenda.
The post holder will prepare nursing workforce reports for internal and external submissions.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the recruitment team for recruitment campaigns and as required support the Divisional Chief Nurses in the allocation and induction of new staff. Be instrumental in retention and succession planning across the organisation.
The post holder will work closely with education and training leads to ensure there is a clear strategy for developing our current workforce and local population into nursing posts linked to new pathways for nurse training such as Nursing Apprenticeship’s and Return to practise courses.
A key element for the role is to lead on the development of Trust wide nursing & midwifery retention strategies that will support the retention of nursing & midwifery staff. Supporting leaders to develop strategies where individuals feel valued and proud of the care they provide whilst also being supported with their career aspirations through education, practice, and experiential learning opportunities, which are fair and equal to all.
The role will work in collaboration with our partners and other professional networks to ensure best practice in nurse recruitment and retention is shared across the system.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification see the attached documents.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse with current NMC PIN
2. Degree level qualification
3. Relevant post registration training and experience
4. MSc/ equivalent or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
5. Recognised teaching course e.g., PETALs
6. Leadership management course
7. Project management training
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
8. Knowledge and understanding of a range of issues across the NHS and NHS patient agenda.
9. Experience and understanding of safer staffing models and workforce planning.
10. An ability to represent the Trust position effectively to external audiences at a senior level.
11. Achieve solutions through negotiation and influencing multi-disciplinary teams.
12. Ability to think and plan strategically.
13. Tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands.
14. A strong sense of personal accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
15. Analytical skills to interpret complex data and action.
16. A willingness to communicate openly and transparently demonstrating sensitivity to a range of people and organisations.
17. An ability to form relationships at various organisational levels both internally and externally.
18. Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working.
19. boundaries, and organisations to be innovative
20. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to communicate complex information
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
21. Professionally presented and calm approach.
22. Ability to work within a rapidly changing environment.
23. Ability to manage conflicting and constantly changing priorities.
24. Positive, optimistic attitude.
25. Keen to learn and take on opportunity for personal and departmental development.
26. Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
27. Should be willing to work flexible hours on occasions.
28. An enhanced DBS check is essential for this post environment.
29. Ability to travel across all three sites
Desirable criteria
30. Full driving licence