Asst Director of Nursing-medicine

7 months ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

The Medicine and Emergency Care Division has an exciting opportunity to recruit an Assistant Director of Nursing on the senior team.

An opportunity to join our friendly, supportive, innovative nursing and senior leadership team, whom are committed to providing and maintaining outstanding patient care and welfare for our teams.

The Assistant Director of Nursing has a unique role in supporting the direct delivery of clinical care, in line with national/statutory targets. This will be through patient and staff engagement, clinical supervision and holding self and others to account for the delivery of care in any healthcare setting they are responsible for. They will have line management and budgetary responsibility for the nursing workforce as defined by the Divisional Director of Nursing and will be an integral member of the directorate/divisional management and senior nursing team. They will provide expert nursing advice to the DDN and all other stakeholders both within and external to the division. The role of Assistant Director of Nursing carries a high degree of professional autonomy professionally accountable to the patients we serve and the nurses s/he leads.

We are looking for someone that is committed to delivering an outstanding standard of patient care and staff experience, whilst delivering on the key performance indicators. Excellent communication and negotiation skills and the ability to work as part of a team in a face paced and pressured environment are essential. A flexible approach and the ability to respond to the demands of a rapidly changing environment are also essential.

Supporting & Representing the Divisional Director of Nursing, the post holder will have operational and strategic responsibility for ensuring the delivery of clinical quality standards, patient safety and the overall patient experience in the Division. The post holder will provide professional leadership, advice and support within the division to ensure there is consistency of practice, high standards of care with a strong patient safety focus. In addition to leading and managing specific divisional activities, the post holder will also support Divisional Director Nurse Activities. They will work with a vision of delivering safe, personal and effective care.

The post holder will be accountable for non-medical care within the division & directorates with a focus on driving forward patient safety. They will be accountable for the efficient and effective operational management guaranteeing provision of high quality evidence based nursing outcomes. They will be a strong clinical leader, easily identifiable, highly visible and accessible to patients, carers and staff. He/she will have a particular responsibility to support the developments of clinical governance, and service improvement, to modernise patient services and ensure the active involvement of patients and carers in the way services are developed, delivered and evaluated.



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