Head of Nursing

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time

Due to retirement of current post holder later in the year we are looking to recruit to head of Nursing for Cancer and Haematology. The Head of Nursing role is a key position within the Divisional Management Team, responsible to the Divisional Director of Professions and Governance with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services, delivered across the Trust including the community.

The post holder supports the Divisional Director of Professions and Governance and other senior managers in the day to day delivery of the clinical business of the Service, and assumes delegated functions of corporate nursing or midwifery development programmes, nursing recruitment and retention, measuring and improving standards of care and the patient experience, in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.

This role incorporates the responsibilities of the Lead Cancer Nurse role to promote and develop a wider vision for cancer care across the trust through collaborative working with key stakeholders, both internal and external. This includes providing senior nursing leadership and clinical expertise to implement new ways of working in order to affect change and influence patient care and responsibility for the Personalised Care portfolio, including national directives to deliver pre-habilitation, Living With and Beyond Cancer initiatives and Person Centred Follow Up.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

**Post Title**: Head of Nursing Cancer and Haematology

**Responsible to**: Divisional Director Professions and Governance

**Professionally Accountable to**: Chief Nurse

**Grade**: Band 8c

**Job Summary**:
The Head of Nursing role is a key position within the Divisional Management Team, responsible to the Divisional Director of Professions and Governance with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services, delivered across the Trust including the community.

The post holder supports the Divisional Director of Professions and Governance and other senior managers in the day to day delivery of the clinical business of the Service, and assumes delegated functions of corporate nursing or midwifery development programmes, nursing recruitment and retention, measuring and improving standards of care and the patient experience, in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.

This role incorporates the responsibilities of the Lead Cancer Nurse role to promote and develop a wider vision for cancer care across the trust through collaborative working with key stakeholders, both internal and external. This includes providing senior nursing leadership and clinical expertise to implement new ways of working in order to affect change and influence patient care and responsibility for the Personalised Care portfolio, including national directives to deliver pre-habilitation, Living With and Beyond Cancer initiatives and Person Centred Follow Up.

Post holders will demonstrate a highly visible, authoritative and democratic leadership style, which is underpinned by the values of the Trust.

Post holders will deputise for the Divisional Director of Professions and Governance when required.

**Key Result Areas & Performance**:

- Work with the Divisional management team and service leads to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure all nursing, midwifery and AHP staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that

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