Are you an exceptional Registered Mental Health or LearningDisability Nurse who is committed to improving care for people who have challenges with mental health, learning disabilities or autism? Do you have a well developed understanding of quality governance? Do you lead in a way that promotes the talents of others, do you have great values and do you love working in a team? If you do this may be the job for you.

We are a large and geographically dispersed NHS Trust providing a wide range of inpatient and community services for adults and children with mental health, learning disability or autism.

Our Chief Nurse is looking for a capable deputy who has energy and experience. You will regularly deputise for the Chief Nurse and will work with a high degree of autonomy therefore you will need to have significant experience of working at a senior level in similar settings.

In return you will join a fabulous team who genuinely care about each other and the work that we do. We are values driven and put the people we serve at the heart of our decision making. We are supportive and we want people to succeed and develop.

A conversation with the current post holder is recommended.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible to the Chief Nurse for the provision of senior level professional leadership and governance to the nursing workforce, including development and monitoring of professional standards for mental health, autism and learning disabilityservices.

The post holder will lead specific work programmes e.g. IPC, safer staffing,personalised care planning, patient safety investigation reviews and reducing restrictive practices and lead on / contribute to the development, maintenance and quality improvement of systems and processes to ensure robust clinical practice and quality governance in line with our Trust goals.

The post holder will be required to deputise for the Chief Nurse at local, regional and national level as required.

Responsible for the line management of identified teams / functions within the Chief Nurse's portfolio.

As a Deputy Chief Nurse, the post-holder will be responsible for the development of the overall nursing strategy for the organisation, including representing the Trust on system wide ICS nursing leadership forums, representing the Trust on all matters regarding pre and post basic nurse education, including liaison with education and university partnersand representing the Trust externally both regionally and nationally on nurse educational forums and assemblies.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our Vision is: We want people to lead their best possible livesOur Values are:- Respect Compassion Responsibility

Key accountabilities

• Professional Leadership
• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
• Safer Staffing
• Reducing Restrictive Practice
• Professional Nurse Education
• Co-Creation
• Deputising for the Chief Nurse
• Communication and Working Relationships

Responsibility for:

• Patient / Client Care
• Policy / Service Development
• Financial and Physical Resources
• HR
• Information Resources
• Research and Development
• Caldicott

Ability to travel across a wide geographical area

Ability to work within deadlines

Able to deliver without direct line management control.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a nurse operating at a senior clinical level
• Successful track record of clinical practice and clinical supervision of nursing practice
• Experience at a senior level where exposure to work at Executive level has been experienced
• Experience of effective partnership working with a range of agencies and stakeholders including University and other academic institutions
• Experience of implementing service change / reconfiguration and modernising services. Broad clinical experience
• Developing policies and strategies
• Experience of utilising appreciative inquiry to deliver change
• Experience of working within a mental health setting
• Experience leading across wide range of nursing staff
• Finance and budgetary management

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nurse
• Masters Degree
• Postgraduate qualification in relevant clinical or managerial subject

Training

Essential

• Evidence of recent CPD

Skills

Essential

• Able to deliver without direct line management control
• Ability to work within deadlines

Employer details

Employer name

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lanchester Road Hospital

Lanchester Road

Trustwide

DH1 5RD

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