Interim Southwark Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £66,718 - £76,271 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Camberwell, SE5 8AZ |
| Company: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6226787/334-NUR-6226787-AP |
Summary
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Interim Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality within the Southwark Operational Directorate in the Trust, which includes services across working age adult inpatient, crisis and community pathways.
We would welcome your application if you are a highly motivated, hard-working and reflective nurse, who places nursing at the forefront of high quality, safe and effective practice. The post is an integral member of the Operational Directorate Senior Leadership team, providing operational nursing advice and expertise, leadership and management, ensuring that the registered and unregistered nursing workforce delivers the highest standards of healthcare.
Applicants will be required to have experience of working in a senior nurse leadership and managerial role in a mental health setting. In addition, you will have experience of leading and facilitating change and service improvements within a quality improvement framework, have demonstrable evidence of achievement clinical outcomes. A strong commitment to collaborative working across the multi-professional team, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use these to influence with a range of stakeholders within and external to the organisation are essential requirements for the role. The post holder will also have a sound understanding of the national nursing agenda and skilled in translating this across the Operational Directorate.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and Quality in the duties below:
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Quality Assurance.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Nursing Workforce Development.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across the Southwark Operational Directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high quality care consistent with CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust values and Trust and Operational Directorate Strategic Ambitions.
The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the Operational Directorate and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and constraints.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and Quality in the duties below:
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Quality Assurance.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Nursing Workforce Development.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Interim Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality within the Southwark Operational Directorate in the Trust, which includes services across working age adult inpatient, crisis and community pathways.
We would welcome your application if you are a highly motivated, hard-working and reflective nurse, who places nursing at the forefront of high quality, safe and effective practice. The post is an integral member of the Operational Directorate Senior Leadership team, providing operational nursing advice and expertise, leadership and management, ensuring that the registered and unregistered nursing workforce delivers the highest standards of healthcare.
Applicants will be required to have experience of working in a senior nurse leadership and managerial role in a mental health setting. In addition, you will have experience of leading and facilitating change and service improvements within a quality improvement framework, have demonstrable evidence of achievement clinical outcomes. A strong commitment to collaborative working across the multi-professional team, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to use these to influence with a range of stakeholders within and external to the organisation are essential requirements for the role. The post holder will also have a sound understanding of the national nursing agenda and skilled in translating this across the Operational Directorate.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and Quality in the duties below:
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Quality Assurance.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Nursing Workforce Development.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across the Southwark Operational Directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high quality care consistent with CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust values and Trust and Operational Directorate Strategic Ambitions.
The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the Operational Directorate and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and constraints.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and Quality in the duties below:
• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Quality Assurance.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Nursing Workforce Development.
This advert closes on Sunday 12 May 2024