Associate Director of Nursing

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

JOB TITLE: Associate Director of Nursing and Patient Experience

GRADE: 8C

HOURS : hours per week

DURATION : Permanent

LOCATION: Tavistock Centre, North West London

RESPONSIBLE TO: Chief Nursing Officer

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Chief Nursing Officer

Overview and main duties of the post

Reporting to the Trust Chief Nursing Officer, the Associate Director of Nursing and Patient Experience is responsible for ensuring and improving the delivery of high quality, safe, evidence based patient care through professional leadership of nursing and through the operational leadership of safeguarding, physical health care and oversight of patient experience. their remit.

The post holder will provide operational leadership of the Trust safeguarding function working closely with the named professionals and service line leadership. They will also operationally responsible for the Trust's work in physical health care. They will lead on the delivery of the the Trust strategy for patient family and public involvement and to ensure that patient voice and experience are incorporated and influence all levels of work across the organisation. This will include managing the Complaints team and operationalising a new complaints process in the Trust.

The Associate Director of Nursing will be the deputy to the Chief Nursing Officer across the nursing, safeguarding and patient experience elements of the portfolio.

Main duties of the job

To lead the development of and promote the Trust's mission, values, aims and objectives and by championing the values and principles in the NHS constitution. Develop, implement and review the Patient and Public Involvement Strategy. To formulate long-term strategic plans for PPI impact across the whole organisation and integrated care system for health improvement programmes Lead on the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda for nursing to ensure to deliver the Trust objectives to delivering equitable care for patients and staff from all protected characteristics. To develop and review relevant policies within the CNO portfolio. Work with the Chief Nursing Officer and other key Directors and Associate Directors and staff including colleagues in partner organisations to contribute to the achievement of NHS and Trust objectives by providing specialised advice which contributes to the treatment, diagnosis etc. of patients/clients as well as quality assurance, regulation and inspections.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the Team Manager / Service Manager.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.

About us

For 100 years, the Tavistock and Portman clinics have embodied a distinctive way of thinking about and understanding mental distress, mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Our vision is to be a leader in mental health care and education, using talking and relational therapies to make a meaningful difference to people's livesOur mission is to work in partnership with people, families and communities to provide high-quality specialist mental healthcare, alleviate emotional distress and pioneer innovative education and research

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce. We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible. We have made a firm commitment to being an anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti transphobic organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered Nurse (1st level registration) Higher professional or management degree masters level or equivalent experience Evidence of continuous professional development

Desirable

Leadership development training/qualification

Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in a relevant lead nurse management role Broad and balanced career history across a variety of clinical and managerial functions with a track record of demonstrable and significant achievement To demonstrate a vision for nursing and secure the active commitment of multi-disciplinary staff in working towards achieving this Significant proven experience in developing/delivering quality targets and other key performance measures Manage and deliver strategic developments and demonstrate management experience within an operational environment, including clinical service provision, change management, finance, workforce and service improvements Proven performance management of services and delivery of targets within agreed timescales Proven ability to manage and deliver complex and changing workload, which will include the need to identify and resolve conflicting priorities within tight timescales. Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders, including external partners and a successful track record of influence and engagement. Ability to develop networks and partnerships as required Ability to demonstrate possession of excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to use them to motivate and develop staff

Desirable

Understanding of the national health agenda as it relates to the specific speciality. Experience of working and delivering Trustwide professional nursing objectives. Understanding of the local health economy

Skills

Essential

Evidence of first class interpersonal skills with the ability to utilise them effectively within a co-operative multi-disciplinary team based working environment Well-developed leadership and influencing skills, able to successfully foster and manage relationships between teams Highly developed presentation skills Patient and staff focussed Political and self-awareness Planning and organisational skills Judgement and analytical skills Passionate and self-motivated IT literate Commitment to self-development with an interest in coaching others to improve performance Commitment to promoting equality and diversity in the workplace and in service delivery and development

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