Assistant Director of Nursing - Burnley, United Kingdom - East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Burnley, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is looking to recruit a compassionate, driven and innovative leader to join the Community and Intermediate Care Division as Assistant Director of Nursing.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a values-driven, forward thinking organisation in a senior leadership role

Working closely with the Director (Allied Health Professional) and other members of the Divisional Senior Management Team to play a key role in the delivery of safe, personal and effective care.

Providing professional leadership to ensure consistency of practice and high standards of care putting the patient at the heart of everything that we do.

Accountable for non-medical care within the Division with a focus on driving patient safety

Providing visible and inspirational leadership to staff across the Division and wider organisation to maximise community services

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) is currently rated by the CQC as Good, with some areas of Outstanding practice. We recognise that there is work to be done to achieve an organisational Outstanding rating.

At ELHT our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide services to and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area, employing over 7,000 staff

Leadership

To provide visible and inspirational leadership to nurses, midwives and AHP staff in the division to ensure they are engaged and motivated to provide safe, personal and effective patient care in support of the aims of the Trust.
To ensure there is regular two way communication with staff enabling staff to feel engaged and involved with the services within which they work and to suggest ways in which services may be improved.
To foster a culture that promotes openness and where staff have the confidence to speak up in support of providing safe, personal and efficient patient care and services.
Line management of senior staff within the division in line with divisional structure ensuring that all nurses, midwives and AHP staff have clearly defined roles and are practicing in accordance with ELHT policies and the Code of Conduct prescribed by the relevant professional regulatory body.
Ensure that newly qualified nurses, midwives and AHP staff receive appropriate preceptorship and support to enable them to be effective healthcare professionals.
To actively encourage nursing research providing support and guidance as required. To ensure that nurses are contributing to research projects in line with the Trusts Reseach and Innovation Strategy and Priorities.
To support and develop line managers within the Division, to ensure consistency of leadership and accountability across the specialties.
Responsible for the planning and development of nursing services in line with the annual professional judgement review and the divisional strategy.
Deputise for the Divisional Director Nursing/Head of Midwifery,at appropriate assurance and business meetings, along with external regulators, dealing with highly complex situations and reports such as achieving KPI's and managing service redesign.
Responsible for and work closely with matrons and ward leaders to improve workforce efficiency and compliance with 'safer staffing' standards.
Working in partnership with the divisional triad, alongside the deputy divisional director of operations create a compelling vision for the future of the division's services ensuring nursing/AHP's have an equal voice, along with ensuring health and wellbeing is promoted at all times.
Drive the patient safety agenda, set ambitious safety targets to continually improve the trust's patient safety record.
Proactively lead the decisionmaking process, collecting and analysing information in order to make effective decisions in complex situations.
Develop a seamless service and collaborative culture across organisational boundaries to ensure achievement of Trust objectives, patient flow, particularly safe patient care
Reduce sickness levels within the division by embedding the trust's health and wellbeing strategy.
Provide strong visible clinical leadership. Maintain professional competence, authority and credibility by undertaking regular clinical sessions and being highly visible to patients, carers and staff, actively seeking feedback about the quality of services.

Service Delivery

Accountable for the service delivery across the division and specialities, ensuring safe, personal and effective care is provided.
Be accountable for the management of all nonmedical clinical staff within the directorate supporting capacity and patient flow, deploying resources, manpower and nonpay efficiently to facilitate patient care
Anticipate, identify and manage staffing shortages, maintaining safety at all times.
Facilitate the effective and efficient use of budgets by ensuring the team leaders are empowered and competent to make relevant fina