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Medway NHS Foundation Trust

About

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is a public benefit corporation authorised under the National Health Service Act 2006. It is a single-site hospital based in Gillingham, Medway Maritime Hospital, which serves a population of more than 424,000 across Medway and Swale.

We provide clinical services to almost half a million patients a year, including more than 125,000 Emergency Department attendances, more than 88,000 admissions, more than 278,000 outpatients appointments and more than 5,000 babies born last year.

As an NHS Foundation Trust, we have a 24-strong Council of Governors and more than 10,000 public members. We employ around 4,400 staff, making us one of Medway’s largest employers. In addition, close to 400 volunteers provide invaluable support across the League of Friends, Hospital Radio and the Voluntary Services Department.

Contact

Address: Medway Maritime Hospital; Windmill Road; Gillingham; Kent; ME7 5NY
Contact Number: 01634 830000

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Ref: 275-2310HoN-AEM Vacancy ID: 5723648

Head of Nursing - Acute and Emergency Medicine

Closed for applications on: 27-Oct-2023 00:00

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 27-Oct-2023 00:00

Location

Site: Medway Hospital
Town: Medway
Postcode: ME7 5NY
Major / Minor Region: Kent

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- Friday)

Salary

Salary: £58,972 - £68,525 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 8b)

Specialty

Main area: Acute and Emergency

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a key role, working alongside another Heads of Nursing, the Divisional Director of Nursing and alongside the broader multi-disciplinary team, you will provide high quality strategic, professional, operational, and visible nursing leadership, advising and supporting on directorate nursing issues.

We are keen to engage someone with the experience and drive to deliver high quality care and an appreciation of the value of respect and of multidisciplinary teamwork.

The Head of Nursing/ Midwifery will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Care Group nursing and midwifery staff and for the delivery of consistently reliable high quality nursing and midwifery standards.

This is a key role within the senior Nursing leadership team which supports the continuous development of the workforce to deliver high quality care and fundamental nursing and midwifery standards, ensuring it is safe, effective and person centered treating all patients, their families and their carers with dignity and respect.

The role is focused on delivering the best outcomes and experience of care for our patients, ensuring that the nursing and midwifery teams are developed, competent and supported to deliver the highest standards of care and professionalism

As part of the Care Group triumvirate, you will provide strong, visible, professional leadership, focusing on the delivery of care throughout the Division. You will be accountable for a range of services ensuring they are flexible and responsive.

The Head of Nursing/ Midwifery will support the Divisional Director of Nursing in the local development and implementation of the Divisional managerial and strategic objectives ensuring safe, effective and appropriate care delivery

The Head of Nursing/ Midwifery will support the Divisional Director of Nursing the development and implantation of the Trusts Quality and Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, ensuring robust action plans are in place leading to improvements in care and enabling shared learning across the Division.

Support the regular review of services within the Care Group and Division; in line with informed opinions, information from patients, the changing needs of the patients accessing the service, the organisational aims and objectives and local regional and national evidence based guidance.

In partnership with the General Manager and Clinical Director jointly develop service

strategies, ensure delivery and foster positive partnerships across the organisation and other NHS Organisations

Lead, manage and motivate staff within the Care Group, ensuring appropriate management and delegation structures, policies and practices are in place to achieve high levels of performance in meeting objectives.

Ensure that responsibility for achievement of constitutional targets is well known, and management of sub-optimal performance is managed and appropriately escalated.

Contribute to the effective management of human, financial and physical resources within the Care Group.

Provide leadership on professional issues within the Care Group and ensure related issues from professional bodies are disseminated through to the Care Group.

Set, monitor, implement and maintain standards of clinical practice and patient care through a range of quality improvement and measurement activities that include clinical practice benchmarking, clinical audit, patient satisfaction, performance review and professional accountability

Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.

This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.

Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.

All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.

We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff and contractors.

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If you have not heard from us within 21 days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

We wish to stress that no discourtesy is intended in following such a procedure, and you should not let this deter you from future applications.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse and/or Midwife
First Level degree or equivalent experience
Master’s degree or working towards and able to demonstrate equivalent experience related to Health, Leadership and management

Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrate advanced clinical decision making and problem solving skills
Excellent presentation skills in both verbal and written form
Highly developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to lead, motivate, enthuse and involve individuals and teams
Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
Committed to the positive leadership and development of Nursing and Midwifery professionals

Desirable criteria

Patient focused and service orientated
Coaching mentality with a focus on staff development

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Broad understanding of Workforce/ Education issues/Operational/NHS issues
Demonstrate an understanding of nurse productivity recommendations and any other directives related to Nurse staffing
Demonstrates an understanding of the use of quantitative and qualitative data to inform delivery planning and in monitoring performance and maintaining quality standards

Experience

Essential criteria

Recent experience of managing complex professional matters/issues
Evidence of experience with managing complex and challenging situations with assertiveness and compassion
Proven Nursing/Midwifery leadership/management experience relevant to this post
Significant experience of the leadership and management of teams of clinical professionals in a complex healthcare environment