Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
1. To lead, develop, and continuously improve clinical care and services
within a designated directorate in the care group, providing leadership and expertise to strategically influence and assure the provision of high quality, safe, and effective care to nursing staff, patients and the public.
2. To provide clinical and professional leadership to assigned Matrons and specialist nursing/midwifery teams ensuring that action is taken at all levels to empower nurses/midwives to provide high standards of care in a safe environment.
3. To act as a professional role model, demonstrating the trust vision and values and ensuring that staff work within regulatory, legal and trust policies and procedures in maintaining and improving standards utilising resources available.
4. To be highly visible, accessible and an authoritative nursing/midwifery presence providing compassionate and professional assistance or advice to patients, carers and the workforce, spending at least 50% of rostered time in clinical practice.
5. To proactively manage and lead the designated matrons and clinical
nurse specialists providing support, guidance and direction to achieve optimal effectiveness, clinical and financial outcomes.
6. To champion strong collaboration across clinical pathways and support other care groups to maintain flow across the hospital and wider local system.
7. To play a lead role within the designated directorate in the care group, ensuring the governance structure and processes are in place, that appropriate risk management and shared learning takes place, and that assurance of quality are provided to the care group. This will include being responsible for contributing to the strategic direction and implementation of the corporate objectives within the care group.
8. To contribute to the delivery of Care Quality Commission (CQC)
standards and to work with the Care Group Management Team to move the services to a continuously improving CQC rating.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
9. 1st Level Registered nurse/Midwife/AHP on relevant part of the Register
10. Accredited management/leadership training or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level
Experience
Essential criteria
11. Proven track record of operational management in the acute healthcare setting managing a ward / service/ department. Including staff, financial/budgetary and change management.
12. Extensive experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position