Job summary
- Main area
- Chief Nursing Office
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 461-ICB-6087TG
- Employer
- NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- BNSSG Integrated Care Board
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £83,571 - £96,376 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Director of Nursing
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Job overview
We are looking for a very senior nurse to join our new and restructured team. You will be a part of a supportive senior leadership team and have a key role delivering the priorities of the ICB and the Office of the Chief Nurse.
Working both strategically and operationally , you will directly manage teams that deliver the functions within the office of the Chief Nurse. Specifically, you will provide senior professional leadership to specialist teams supporting individuals with highly complex needs requiring an individually funded package of care to meet their needs. This will include, NHS All Age Continuing Health Care (NHS CHC), all age mental health, learning disability and autism, S117 and S3 funded care. Our aim is to commission high quality, safe and personalised care; ensuring the team have the key capabilities and capacity to deliver improved outcomes for our population in line with the statutory responsibilities and frameworks.
Main duties of the job
The Chief Nursing Office Directorate supports the delivery of care to all age individuals with highly complex needs
The Associate Director of Nursing is accountable for leading a multi professional team to achieve high quality, safe and personalised care; ensuring the team have the key capabilities and capacity to deliver improved outcomes for our population in line with the statutory responsibilities and frameworks. The post holder will work both strategically and operationally as required such as contributing to the creation of and delivery of the ICS Operating Framework, Joint Forward Plan, Care Quality Commission (CQC) standards, NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. The postholder will ensure that the Teams are making the best use of resources and improving equity, so we make a marked difference in the inequalities in outcomes we have in our population.
Working for our organisation
We are committed to creating an inclusive organisation that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community; from people of all ages, disabled people, all genders, people from ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ people, people with diverse gender identity and expression, people from all religions and beliefs and other diverse characteristics, and we have processes in place to ensure that all applications are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that there are robust and collaboratively developed and delivered local policies and protocols based on best practice and evidence to provide a responsive and timely equity of access and robust decision making. Key to this is the development and delivery of integrated commissioning strategies through the development and maintenance of effective system partnerships. These relationships will be built on integrity and trust to enable integrated system working and providing best use of shared resources. The postholder will have a key role in leading efficient and effective business processes as well as demonstrating expert technical and analytical capability to deliver key quality, performance and financial indicators, working in a matrix way with other teams across the ICB. The postholder will participate in the ICBs On Call rota as required and will undertake any other duties requested as appropriate to the role.
Develop and communicate the vision for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational policies to support this vision and engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies.
The postholder will be responsible for ensuring that there are robust and collaboratively developed and delivered local policies and protocols based on best practice and evidence to provide a responsive and timely equity of access and robust decision making. Key to this is the development and delivery of integrated commissioning strategies through the development and maintenance of effective system partnerships. These relationships will be built on integrity and trust to enable integrated system working and providing best use of shared resources.
The postholder will have a key role in leading efficient and effective business processes as well as demonstrating expert technical and analytical capability to deliver key quality, performance and financial indicators, working in a matrix way with other teams across the ICB. The postholder will participate in the ICBs On Call rota as required and will undertake any other duties requested as appropriate to the role.
Develop and communicate the vision for the role of innovation, and the development of strategy and operational policies to support this vision and engage with key strategic regional and national policy makers to inform development of strategy and policies.
Person specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area.
- Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
- Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
- Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the Department of Health, the ICS, ICB and local partners
- Member of relevant professional body – NMC
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to communicate with clinical, academic and all levels of staff effectively
Analytical
Essential criteria
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in a clear concise manner
- Ability to analyse numerical and written data, assess options and draw appropriate conclusions
- High level critical thinking skills
- Ability to develop, maintain and monitor information systems to support innovation initiatives
- Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate
Planning Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills
Management Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of expertise in providing senior leadership
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
Autonomy
Essential criteria
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues
Equality and Diversity
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas
- Demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion with evidence of personal impact in these areas Evidence of reviewing and implementing the most effective way to promote equality, diversity and inclusion across employment practices and/or service delivery. Demonstrate the ability to take appropriate actions which support and promote this agenda.
Financial and Physical Resources
Essential criteria
- Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes
Other
Essential criteria
- Determination, perseverance, and resilience
- Flexibility, and the ability to handle a rapidly changing and ambiguous environment
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Denise Moorhouse
- Job title
- Director of Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
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