Head of Nursing and Quality Leadership

2 weeks ago

Poole, Poole, United Kingdom Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Health Care Professional to join our leadership team as Head of Nursing, Therapies and Quality. This is a six-month fixed-term opportunity to drive high-quality services with a relentless focus on patient needs, outcomes, and experience.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership within the directorate and wider trust, working in partnership with the Service and Clinical Directors and their teams to deliver high-quality care and reduce unwarranted variation. They will also be responsible for developing clinical pathways and service transformation, underpinned by evidence and informed by best practice.

Main Responsibilities

The Head of Nursing, Therapies and Quality will lead the development of a culture that encourages innovation, learning, and research, at all levels, supporting and delivering the Trust's objectives. They will be a visible clinical leader with demonstrable experience of driving quality improvements across a range of community services, understand how services fit into the wider clinical pathway, and have a proven ability to forge collaborative relationships at all levels.

About Us

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities, and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people. We are committed to empowering people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services.

Requirements

  • Registered Nurse / AHP
  • Relevant full Masters degree or working towards or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of recent evidence-based professional development in an up-to-date portfolio
  • Exceptional proven leadership skills
  • Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability

Desirable

  • Working towards PhD or showing active engagement in research

Job Specific Experience

  • Evidence of experience in effective leadership and risk management, demonstrating competency in the 9 leadership dimensions of the Healthcare Leadership Model
  • Experience of complex service delivery, including multi-agency working
  • Practical experience of transformational and change management
  • Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and its application in practice
  • Able to demonstrate innovation and effective use of resources
  • Evidence of significant involvement in policy and practice change
  • Able to analyse performance, competing perspectives, and priorities in the delivery of health and support service improvement
  • Experience of developing service-related plans and strategies and joint working with colleagues in a matrix involvement approach
  • Able to apply and interpret national frameworks for financial service delivery of all improvement
  • Ability to lead meetings and chair case conferences and reviews relating to more complex service users or situations
  • Significant relevant clinical leadership experience within mental health, learning disabilities, or children's services

Managerial Experience

  • Experience of operational management or senior management in a corporate governance setting at Band 8a or equivalent or above in health or social care
  • Experience of working effectively across organisational and professional boundaries in complex organisations
  • Proven track record of success in managing multi-disciplinary teams, individual and team performance; management of absence, and workforce planning
  • Able to undertake clinical supervision, systematic peer caseload review of colleagues on an individual or group basis, coaching, and mentoring

Finance

  • Proven track record of success in budget management

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