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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of acute clinical services for a catchment area of up over 1 million people. Our vision is “to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most”, reflecting the utmost importance that we attach to the quality of care and experience that each and every one of our patients receives.
We provide specialist services in radiotherapy, neonatalogy, paediatrics, orthopaedics, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, rheumatology, medicine and surgery. Every year our 7,000 staff treat people from Norfolk, neighbouring counties and further afield. Our patients are referred to us by around 100 local GP surgeries and other acute hospitals and primary care Trusts around the country. We are involved in the teaching and training of a wide range of health professionals, in partnership with the University of East Anglia and other local education providers.
Deputy Divisional Nurse Director
Accepting applications until: 05-Aug-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 05-Aug-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
- Address
- Colney Lane
- Town
- Norwich
- Postcode
- NR4 7UY
- Major / Minor Region
- Norfolk
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £70,417 - £81,138 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 8c)
Specialty
- Main area
- Medical Division
- Interview date
- 14/08/2024
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
Are you an experienced and credible leader looking to promote a culture of continuous learning and quality improvement?
The Medical Division at the Norfolk and Norwich University Trust is looking for a Deputy Divisional Nurse Director, working daily with the Divisional Nurse Director as an integral part of the senior divisional triumvirate management team.
We are looking for someone with significant leadership experience, a natural collaborator, and a dynamic innovator. This role will bring opportunities for the right individual to make a significant contribution within the medical division whilst supporting the wider aspirations of the senior nursing, midwifery, and allied health professional team in delivering our strategy, objectives and aspirations for our patients, the people of Norfolk and our colleagues.
Advert
Reporting to the Divisional Nursing Director (DND), the Deputy Divisional Nurse Director (DDND) will lead on key aspects for the implementation and delivery of the Divisional vision and strategies. You will provide nursing leadership and direction to nursing staff and provide senior, expert advice on matters relating to nursing within the Division.
You will act to ensure safe, high quality patient care is delivered by an effective and efficient nursing workforce, will actively support the Divisional Triumvirate in service planning and will provide key contributions in development and implementation of the Division’s strategic direction.
The post has the following key functions:
- Professional and operational leadership
- Clinical Governance, safety and quality
- Assisting the Divisional Nurse Director, Chief of Division and Divisional Operations Director with workforce planning and Divisional strategies and service developments
- Managing nursing performance
- Divisional role taking responsibility and being accountable for a specific portfolio of work related to nursing and professional leadership, safety and quality, audit and research and workforce development.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Using compassionate and inclusive leadership skills you will promote high standards of clinical care. Governance and risk management is essential to patient safety therefore, you will need a good working knowledge to be able to support and to advise the team using PSIRF principles.
Communication skills are essential, along with self-awareness and emotional intelligence, to work with a wide range of individuals.
You will be instrumental in promoting the nursing agenda both divisionally and at Trust level by supporting the Divisional Nurse Director and deputising in their absence. You will be required to deliver nursing objectives that help transform patient pathways and improve patient experience and contribute to the nursing voice.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.
- To work with the DND, COD and DOD in providing strong, clear leadership to the whole Division through team working to ensure effective nursing/AHP management and delivery of the services.
- To be responsible, with the DND, for the delivery of Divisional compliance with quality standards.
- To support the development of the strategy for the Division and ensure staff are fully engaged and supported in operational, governance and performance matters.
- In conjunction with the DND, to promote an evidence-based practice culture for all nursing and AHP staff within the Division, ensuring there are mechanisms for sharing good practice and disseminating evidence widely.
- To support the delivery of the NNUH’s strategic aims and strategic objectives/deliverables.
- To support the DND in the delivery of services in line with the NNUH’s financial strategy and SOPs.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of policies within the Division.
- To be professionally accountable to the DND for the quality and safety of the nursing and non-medical health professional services within the Division, and for maintaining professional standards and adherence to the NMC Code of Conduct and HPCC Code of Conduct.
- To support the ability of the Division to meet its annual accountability agreements, Divisional corporate objectives, and delivery programmes.
- To ensure that robust systems in place are maintained, to allow follow-up of action/learning from Governance issues, including trend analysis, identification of risks and improvements required.
- To provide leadership, management, and support to nursing/AHP managers to co-ordinate clinical services across the Division to ensure these run smoothly and efficiently.
- To act as a positive role model through the provision of effective and professional leadership to employees.
The Job Description, which includes a Person Specification, provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
Travelling to work
Staff parking is available onsite; however, this is limited during core working hours. We have more capacity in the evening and at weekends and can usually provide spaces during those hours.
We look to allocate these spaces fairly. Our Travel Office have a set of criteria that staff must meet in order to qualify. If you qualify for a space, you may be placed on a waiting list if we are at full capacity.
The NNUH is served by a number of public buses, and we offer generously discounted monthly passes with First Bus & Konect.
The Costessey Park and Ride runs regularly each day from 06:30 (from P&R) to 20:45 (from NNUH) and this service is free for NHS staff. There is a regular Thickthorn P&R service as well which is free. Applications to the Travel Office are required for this service. We also have a discounted service from the airport P&R if you purchase a bundle. Please see Konect website for further details.
The NNUH host multiple bicycle racks and a salary sacrifice scheme. We also benefit from a Beryl station onsite.
If you work at another Trust site, please discuss travel and parking arrangements at interview.
DBS
If this post involves working with children or adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.
If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of Afc
NHS Service
Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.
UK Registration
You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.
Application
Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.
We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.
We look forward to receiving your application and if you do not hear within the next four weeks this will usually mean that you have not been short-listed. However, if you wish to confirm this please contact the person indicated on the advert.
Flexibility
Whilst every effort will be made to recruit to the post as it is advertised, there may be occasions where we consider alternative working patterns, such as part time working, or contract types, such as secondments, depending on circumstances. Should you wish to work in a different working pattern to that stated in our advertisement, please indicate this in the supporting statement to your application.
Useful Information
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Website
Video - Working at NNUH as a Registered Nurse
Video - Working at NNUH as a Health Care Assistant
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
- Post Graduate or post Registration study or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change of performance with and though clinical teams, by engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plan, establishing clear work priorities with them, delegating effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance, and giving feedback.
- Evidence of Service development and implementing innovative practice
- Ability to work in partnership at all levels within the organisation and with key stakeholders and groups across professions.
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty, and integrity in undertaking the role
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Ward
- Job title
- Divisional Nurse Director Medicine Division
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 646034
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