Job Description

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Imperial College Healthcare Trust is a large multi-site acute Trust in North West London (NWL) and is part of the NWL Acute Provider Collaborative.

The Chief Nursing Officer is looking to strengthen her team by appointing a Director of Nursing to provide professional and inspirational leadership across nursing & midwifery. This will include working with the Executive Team and Trust Board members.

You will need energy, vision, self-direction and an ability to plan and demonstrate continuous improvements in nursing and midwifery professional practice and care.

We are a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation (Charing Cross Hospital), so the ability to empower staff nurses, sisters and charge nurses is key to this role, as is clinical credibility and visibility across all our hospital sites. You will lead on the delivery of a range of nursing & midwifery programmes including safe nurse staffing, Pathway to Excellence and NMAHP education and research. You will have opportunities to work regionally, nationally and internationally on programmes across nursing & midwifery.

This post is a great opportunity for a current Director of Nursing or a Deputy Director to step up and have the privilege of leading an amazing group of nurses and midwives in a vibrant, values driven Trust.

Main duties of the job

The Director of Nursing is a crucial member of the Executive Chief Nursing Officer's (CNO) leadership team. The Director of Nursing plays a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of the Trust strategy, in particular the nursing and midwifery strategy, enabling outstanding nursing & midwifery care, clinical outcomes and managing the day to day operational needs of the Trust's corporate nursing and midwifery function.

Working with and through the divisional teams and Divisional Directors of Nursing and Midwifery, the Director of Nursing will provide pro-active, value-adding, strategic leadership to deliver the nursing and midwifery shared approach and journey to excellence (as well as our corporate nursing and midwifery team goals).

The Director of Nursing will support the CNO across the full range of duties and responsibilities, providing professional nursing and midwifery leadership, expertise and advice on operational and strategic issues within the Trust, across the Acute Provider Collaborative (APC), Integrated Care System (ICS) and NHS England (NHSE).

The Director of Nursing will report directly to the CNO and work collaboratively with the Medical Directors' Office (MDO), the Chief People Officer's Office (CPO) and other executive directors.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description outlines the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse or Midwife with current and valid NMC registration
• Masters level qualification or similar experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience at director level

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in a senior nursing/midwifery deputy or director role in a health organisation
• Evidence of success in leading, devising, implementing and delivering strategies into practice to improve outcomes
• Experience of leading at Trust level the implementation of quality assurance systems, patient safety and governance strategies (accreditation)

Desirable criteria

• Publications
• Media experience

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to ensure that the nursing and midwifery voice is heard at all levels in the organisation
• Assertive and dynamic with exceptional influencing skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Pathway to Excellence

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of writing and presenting papers at divisional and Board level
• Office and clinical based role
• Evidence of clinically visible presence

Desirable criteria

• Accountability at Executive level for programmes of work

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.