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Associate Clinical Director - Nursing
The closing date is 01 August 2025
CFHD are recruiting to a fixed-term post until 30th April 2026, for an Associate Clinical Director in Nursing. This post is 21.75 hours per week at Band 8b.
The ACD for Nursing is part of the wider CFHD Senior Leadership Team and will be called upon to make leadership as well as clinical decisions for the service.
The Associate Directors will each hold responsibility for leading professional disciplines, an area of the Quality agenda, and will have their own portfolio for patient safety and professional standards.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for clinical leadership across CFHD, professional leadership, service and policy development of nursing services across the CFHD portfolio in Devon Partnership Trust (DPT) and Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (TSDFT).
Carry a specialist caseload of patients and provide advice and consultancy to patients and professionals.
Manage, lead, and motivate clinicians, assistants, and trainees from your own and other professions.
Undertake research, teaching, and lecturing, and be responsible for nursing aspects of policy development for CFHD services across DPT and TSDFT.
See the full job description for detailed responsibilities.
About us
Why Work With Us
Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service delivering an integrated, coordinated support model that wraps around the child, young person, and family. It is designed to respond to all elements of the commissioner’s strategy and vision, building on strong relationships across education, health, social care, and voluntary sectors in Devon. It has been developed in partnership with children, young people, and their families/carers.
Job responsibilities
Part of the clinical leadership team, building a culture of compassionate leadership, collaborating across the Devon system, providing expert knowledge and leadership, delivering evidence-based services, and ensuring that the NHS nursing profession within CFHD adheres to NMC standards of practice.
See the full job description for detailed responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing Degree or equivalent qualification
* Management and/or leadership training or equivalent experience
* Evidence of recent, relevant CPD
* Master's degree in a field relevant to children's healthcare or equivalent
Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of healthcare provision for children, young people, and families within the NHS
* Knowledge of relevant legislation, NHS policy, and other national policies related to children and young people, and their implications for nursing
* Knowledge of national developments within the nursing workforce
* Excellent knowledge of research and evidence-based practice related to clinical practice areas
* Sound understanding of the NHS quality and governance framework
* Knowledge of complex multi-agency systems providing health, education, and social care for children and young people
* Experience in a senior clinical role within children and young people's healthcare
* Knowledge of service improvement techniques and implementing large-scale change
* Experience managing systems to capture and report service activity, performance, and quality metrics
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a Disclosure check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
£62,215 to £72,293 per annum, pro-rata
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