The Director of Nursing, working to the Chief Nursing Officer, is responsible for the professional leadership of the nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (AHP) in RCHT. They will have delegated responsibility for the delivery of the Trust's safety, quality improvement and patient experience priorities. They will also be expected to lead on some across Trust/s and or system (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board - CIOS) priorities as agreed.

The role will require close working with our associate directors, heads of nursing and clinical matrons, to ensure that professional standards are met and maintained, and that the delivery of care is recovery focussed, patient centred and to the highest quality.

As a senior leader you will attend the executive leaders team meetings and by invitation of the chief nursing officer, relevant Board meetings, and act as a strong role model for all colleagues by demonstrating credibility, visibility, strong commitment to improving practice, celebrating success, and encouraging creativity, innovation, and excellence.

Proposed Interview date:Thursday 29th August 2024

Main duties of the job

We are a values-driven organisation and expect the post holder to role model, provide curious and compassionate leadership at all times, to ensure we optimise patient safety, deliver great patient experience and the best possible patient outcomes. The postholder will assist the chief nursing officer in leading a just culture, focussed on learning and improvement, embracing new roles and workforce transformation.

As a pivotal member of the senior leadership team, the director of nursing will take a lead role in the direction and leadership of acute adult, paediatric, maternity and allied health services. You will also work closely with system and regional partners to ensure that services are implemented in line with the core offer specifications and within the investment and efficiency parameters agreed.

The director of nursing will deputise for the dual chief nursing officer and represent the Trust, as required, with strategic partners and regulators. It will be important for the post holder to support the chief nursing officer in taking a key leadership and specialist role in reaching across the system as part of the established regional provider collaboratives, with the community and mental health services provider (Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust), the system (CIOS ICB), the local authorities and voluntary sector (VCSE). Dedicated programmes / projects will be led by the postholder in line with the chief nursing officers office and/or authority.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately �580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.

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Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Relevant Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse with evidence of extensive complex health organisation knowledge and an academic qualification of at least a Masters level
• Breadth of experience of working at a sub board level in an NHS organisation.
• Proven track record of transformational leadership of services and enabling culture change in teams.
• Evidence of collaborative working with partner organisations resulting in successful innovation and change.
• Able to articulate and demonstrate leadership that enables diversity in all its forms to thrive.
• Evidence of delivery of complex projects from conception to delivery and evaluation.
• Proven track record of successful and sustained management of patient pathways.
• Knowledge of risk management, governance, and patient/carer collaboration within a regulated environment.
• Demonstrate effective system working and excellent collaboration skills.
• Experience in leading large scale operational delivery of clinical services which realise quality, resource, and delivery benefits.

Desirable

• Doctorate in relevant subject area

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

• Skilled in strategic thinking and able to translate strategy into action.
• Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams
• Ability to set out a clear strategic direction, motivate others and assume a leadership position, together with an ability to transfer strategic objectives into deliverable operational plans.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with key partners and influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to bring about positive change
• Demonstrates a patient / carer focus, leading to co-production and collaboration at all levels within services.
• Highly skilled in collaboration and bringing together teams and organisations with strong relationships to deliver on the services for patients.

Knowledge and abilities

Essential

• Proven ability to build enduring and effective stakeholder relationships acting as trusted advisor to the dual chief nursing officer, executive leadership team and board of directors as appropriate.
• Demonstrable ability to evidence KPI outcomes through quality metrics from a variety of sources including patient data, workforce information, resource and quality data.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Address

Royal Cornwall Hospital

Truro

TR1 3LJ

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