See more Collapse

Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy

4 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the North Bristol NHS Long Term People Plan. Your inclusive leadership style will influence key workforce portfolios such as developing the pathway to nursing, lead on safer staffing and lead on Trustwide projects, plans and policies that support nursing and midwifery planning and delivery. The post holder will have a key role in the organisation in developing and maintaining a sustainable nursing and midwifery workforce for the future.

Main duties of the job

Support the strategic delivery of the nursing and midwifery workforce programme and strategy across the Trust. Using sound professional judgement to interpret national, regional and local policy.

Work with the workforce, talent acquisition, apprenticeship team and professional colleagues to ensure there is a robust pathway to nursing and midwifery plan which is aligned to the Trust's Long Term Workforce Plan. Be a credible voice in this field and engage in an open and supportive way with key stakeholders, such as the Divisional leads to drive improvements in the workforce metrics and safer staffing.

Support regular analysis and interpretation of workforce data and ensure compliance with safer staffing national guidance through close monitoring of key metrics and policy. The role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm and momentum for the safe staffing improvement programmes across the Trust and will contribute to Board reporting on such matters.

Undertake bi-annual nursing establishment reviews using Safer Nursing Care Tools (SNCT), identify key recommendations leading to measurable improvements to patient care.

The post holder will be responsible to the CNO Director of Nursing for Workforce, Education & Strategy and will be expected to demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and role model NBT values. Working closely with the CNO Director of Nursing contribute to the development and review of the Trusts and CNO Workforce Strategy.

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised center of excellence in a range of services and major specialties. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The purpose of this role is to support the Chief Nursing Office in the delivery of its objectives through the application / demonstration of Nursing and Midwifery workforce, governance and operational management knowledge on the key workforce priorities, aligned to the North Bristol NHS Long Term Workforce Plan and national strategy.

The Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy will be responsible for the strategic delivery of the nursing and midwifery workforce programme and strategy across the Trust. The role will support the delivery of key projects through engagement and senior leadership. The post holder will be a credible voice in its field and engage in an open and supportive way with key stakeholders, such as the Divisional leads to drive improvements in the workforce metrics and safer staffing. They will provide credible challenge for improvement, share meaningful best practice with internal teams and support the future strategy.

A key objective of the post is to ensure compliance with safer staffing national guidance through close monitoring of key metrics and policy. The role is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm and momentum for the safe staffing improvement programmes across the Trust and will contribute to Board reporting on such matters.

The post holder will be responsible to the CNO Director of Nursing for Workforce, Education & Strategy and will be expected to demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and role model NBT values.

The post holder will support the Director of Nursing and the Associate Director Nursing Workforce Recovery, to continually improve our safer staffing processes by ensuring policy management, development of Board reports and assist with the implementation of Trust and national initiatives. As such, the post holder must have a comprehensive knowledge of both existing and new clinical staffing models across nursing and midwifery, such as the Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT) or the BirthRate Plus tool and be confident presenting both within the Trust and to external stakeholders.

The post holder is responsible for the integrity and coherence of their defined projects and will develop and maintain action plans to support each individual project in conjunction with the Director of Nursing. The post holder will also be expected to lead daily staffing meetings.

Person Specification

Education/Training/Qualifications

Essential


  • Education/Training/Qualifications

Desirable


  • Education/Training/Qualifications

Work Experience

Essential


  • Work Experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Essential


  • Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Essential


  • Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances

Employer details

Employer name

North Bristol NHS Trust

Address

Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

339-ANJ4620#J-18808-Ljbffr

We have other current jobs related to this field that you can find below


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as set out through the...


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Full time

    Job summary The role of the Deputy Director of Safeguarding (Children) incorporates leadership of the safeguarding provision into the Children and Young People Gender Service Southwest (CYP GS (SW)). The Deputy Director of Safeguarding (Children) will work in partnership with the Deputy Director of Safeguarding (All Age) in their roles in the delivery of...


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    Job summary We are pleased to be able to offer exciting and challenging opportunity to become part of our compassionate, dedicated and patient centred Senior Nursing team in the Neurosciences and Musculo-Skeletal Division (NMSK) at North Bristol NHS Trust. We are looking for an exceptional individual who is passionate about leading the team to deliver...


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    We are pleased to be able to offer exciting and challenging opportunity to become part of our compassionate, dedicated and patient centred Senior Nursing team in the Neurosciences and Musculo-Skeletal Division (NMSK) at North Bristol NHS Trust. We are looking for an exceptional individual who is passionate about leading the team to deliver safe, effective...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Full time

    Job summary The role of the Deputy Director of Safeguarding (Children) incorporates leadership of the safeguarding provision into the Children and Young People Gender Service Southwest (CYP GS (SW)). The Deputy Director of Safeguarding (Children) will work in partnership with the Deputy Director of Safeguarding (All Age) in their roles in the delivery...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

    **The role**: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Director of Admissions at one of the UK’s leading Universities. The new postholder will join us at a pivotal time in the establishment of the Education and Student Success Division; bringing together Recruitment, Admissions, Registry Services, various Student Support Services teams, Campus and...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Chief Nursing Officer team for a part time Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce and Strategy on a 12-month secondment/fixed term basis. We are looking for a highly motivated, ambitious, knowledgeable senior nurse who will support the Director of Nursing to help us achieve our ambitions as...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    The Director of Nursing is a core member of the Divisional Board and part of the Divisional Triumvirate, alongside the Clinical Chair and Divisional Director. The Director of Nursing provides professional leadership and leadership of quality and patient experience across the division. As a core member of the Divisional Board and of the Chief Nurse team, you...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) Full time

    Job summary This role works alongside the Deputy Director for Safeguarding (Children) and supports the Director and Associate Director of Safeguarding in their roles in the delivery of the Trust's safeguarding adults and children's strategic and operational objectives, working across the whole Trust. The post holder will deputise for the Associate...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    Job summary We are pleased to be able to offer exciting and challenging opportunity to become part of our compassionate, dedicated and patient centred Senior Nursing team in the Neurosciences and Musculo-Skeletal Division (NMSK) at North Bristol NHS Trust. We are looking for an exceptional individual who is passionate about leading the team to...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom Central Digital and Data Office Full time

    **Details**: **Reference number**: - 359419**Salary**: - £64,700 - £69,200- The base salary of this grade is £64,700**Job grade**: - Grade 6**Contract type**: - Permanent**Business area**: - CDDO - Workforce and Capability**Type of role**: - Digital - Strategy**Working pattern**: - Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time, Compressed...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board Full time

    We are looking for a very senior nurse to join our new and restructured team. You will be a part of a supportive senior leadership team and have a key role delivering the priorities of the ICB and the Office of the Chief Nurse. Working both strategically and operationally, you will directly manage teams that deliver the functions within the office of the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    We are recruiting for a People Business Partner who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients and staff. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Chief Medical Officers / Chief People Officer team at North Bristol NHS Trust. The People Business Partner for Medical Workforce is an...


  • Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom North Bristol NHS Trust Full time

    The Assistant Chief Nursing Officer - Cancer Services plays a strategic leadership role in ensuring and consistently developing a high quality cancer nursing service and workforce across the Trust. Working in partnership with the Lead Cancer Manager, Lead Cancer Clinician, and the MDT /Cancer Performance Manager, the Lead Cancer Nurse supports the...


  • Bristol, United Kingdom UHBW Trust Full time

    Cardiac Matron, Division of Specialised Services. A matron’s post has arisen for a senior nurse to develop their career and play a key role in developing our services within the Division of Specialised Services. The post holder will be responsible for supporting and further developing the Cardiac pathways, including cardiac surgery, cardiology & Cardiac...