Chief Nurse Officer - England, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The Site Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) is required to work at pace to support the Site Nursing and Medical Leadership Team and regularly interact with healthcare professionals and patients.

Consequently, the DCNO may need to work long hours, including weekends and holidays, depending on the needs of the hospital.

As an integral part of the professional nursing senior leadership team they will work proactively with senior colleagues to provide professional leadership and support operational delivery of services at Site with strategic oversight and support from a lead at Group.

They are responsible for supporting the Site CNO with overseeing and coordinating the hospital's nursing department and its daily operations.

Together the Site DCNO and Site CNO's primary focus is on Site leadership for day to day operational issues and the provision of support to Group Corporate Functions, Site Nursing and Medical Leadership and Site clinical divisions.

Together with the Site CNO they are responsible by working in partnership with Group colleagues for the delivery of all nursing strategies with reference to 12 service functions which will be managed and overseen at Group.

Led by the Site CNO, the DCNO and Site Nursing Teams are responsible for day to day quality and safety on site, alongside the Site Chief Medical Officer (CMO).

The Site DCNO and Nursing Teams are accountable for operational service delivery on Site in conjunction with the COO and CMO as directed by the Managing Director.

The Site Deputy CNO will support the Site CNO and work in partnership with Group to provide collective leadership of Professional Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professionals in all 12 Corporate Nursing Functions.

After many years of collaboration and creating closer working ties, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust formed a hospital group and appointed a Group Chief Executive in August 2021 (following the appointment of a Chairman in Common in 2019) and a single executive team in January 2022.

Working as a hospital group under one executive leadership team allows for more joined up decision making for local people, a larger and more resilient clinical workforce, reduced variation in care and access to a wider range of services for our patients.

The Group Chief Nurse (GCNO) and Group Chief Medical Officer (CMO) are the Executive Directors jointly accountable to the Trust Boards for the delivery of the quality and safety agenda, including patient experience.

Offer senior nursing opinion and ensure senior opinion in decision making when required as a core member of the Site Senior Leadership Team
Have responsibility for the day to day operational delivery of the nursing/midwifery and AHP functions at Site, working with the Site CNO, Site teams and Group Directors
Ensure that systems of assurance are in place at site to monitor and minimise risks to patients
Provide professional leadership to all services included in the Clinical Standards (Fundamentals of Care) Function by ensuring that key nursing indicators are reflected in a balanced scorecard for nursing includes falls, tissue viability, nutrition, sepsis, older peoples services, VTE prevention, back care, resus

Provide strong, visible leadership to the nursing and midwifery profession, encouraging innovation, creativity and strategic development of service provision.

Support the Group CNO in their capacity as Director of Infection Prevention and Control, ensuring that patients risk of infection is minimised, and that the Trust is fully compliant with national standards and expectations.

Promote and support group-led functions such as safeguarding and patient experience, and strategies and clinical collaboration and implement national strategy relevant to nursing and midwifery.

Support the Group CNO to maintain robust systems for clinical governance, ensuring there are appropriate systems (including information) in place to monitor performance, minimise avoidable harm and identify areas for improvement and support the Group CNO in delivering consistent clinical governance practice across the Group including effective Ward to Board reporting
In conjunction with the Site and Group Chief Nurse collaborate in the annual nursing establishment review to ensure safe staffing and inform any investment requirements in nursing
Have professional responsibility for all site nurse leaders for nursing, midwifery and AHP issues at Site
Provide strong, visible leadership to the site nursing, AHP and midwifery workforce
Have responsibility for supporting the operational delivery of Corporate Nursing strategies and functions at Site
Work with the leads for nursing functions at Site to address patient quality and safety issues locally as far as possible

Clinical qualification and NMC registered

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Epsom Hospital