Associate Director of Nursing

2 weeks ago


Northampton, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time

Are you currently in a senior Nursing or Midwifery position looking for an opportunity to

pursue an exciting unparalleled leadership opportunity which will allow you to expand and diversify your knowledge and experience?

Do you want to transform your clinical leadership career with us and join the first UK hospital to reach the final stages of their re-designation Pathway to Excellence journey with the ANCC. We put our patients and the people we care for at the heart of everything we do. If you want to work for a Trust who is committed to patient care, is always looking to empower people to reach their full potential and help them to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing, then Northampton General Hospital is for you.

This is a senior leadership role in which the post holder will be jointly responsible for the strategic direction and overall provision of the management of nursing services within the Division, ensuring the delivery of consistently high standards of care, patient experience and satisfaction.

Working in partnership with the Divisional Leadership Team the Divisional Nurse is accountable for the delivery of nursing quality standards, patient safety and the patient experience in the Division, providing professional leadership, advice and support for the Division to ensure there is consistency of practice, high standards of care with a strong patient safety focus.

The post holder will be a credible clinical practitioner; they will ensure evidence based nursing care in line with best practice and that the National and the Trusts strategic objectives are delivered. They will provide professional nursing advice to the Divisional Director, Divisional Manager and the Directorate triumvirates.

The post holder will have accountability to the Director of Nursing & Midwifery for professional nursing strategy and standards, including a corporate portfolio.

The post holder will provide professional leadership for nursing within the Division.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Main Duties

To provide professional leadership for nurses within the Division

To give expert professional advice on a range of highly complex nursing care issues to the Divisional Management Team. To include where appropriate statutory and regulatory nursing requirements providing assurance and taking responsibility for their delivery

In partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Manager, assume accountability for all aspects of patient safety, quality and governance across the Division. Include analysing complex and conflicting information from a variety of sources to make recommendations to the Divisional Management Team and the Director of Nursing & Midwifery.

Be responsible for the advancement of nursing evidence based best practice and the implementation of policy.

The post holder will represent the Director of Nursing & Midwifery at local, regional and national level

In partnership with the Divisional Director and Divisional Manager, ensure the Division meets all external and internal regulatory requirements.

Undertake a biannual review of nursing establishments in line with the NICE guidance directive to determine appropriate staffing levels to meet service needs and in line with nationally recommended staffing ratios

Ensure Divisional compliance for nursing with the Trust’s E-Rostering policy, KPIs and alignment to any nursing productivity and efficiency guidance.

To ensure effective nursing workforce planning and deployment of staff across the Division to enable safe and effective delivery of services and care.

Lead on the timely recruitment and retention of nursing staff and be responsible for all Divisional nursing workforce issues

Leadership

As part of the Divisional Leadership Team the post holder will provide inspirational leadership so that all nurses in the Divis


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