Divisional Director of Nursing, SCSD

Job summary

As Divisional Director of Nursing for Specialised Clinical Services Division (SCSD), the post holder will lead, inspire and develop the Nursing Workforce within the Division to deliver high quality, patient-centred nursing care that meets the needs of the patients we serve using highly advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and experience.

Due to the retirement of the current post holder, this has created an opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join us in the continued improvement of the operational, quality and governance, performance and strategic development of the Division.

SCSD is a great place to work, with well-developed clinical services, a highly respected Quality Governance Team and a strong Divisional Management Team who are truly committed to giving the best patient care possible.

Main duties of the job

This post is a key position and as such responsibilities will include:

- the direct delivery, line management and professional standards of nursing and clinical professions within the Division.

- accountability for high quality patient care, patient safety, clinical quality and governance, delivery of agreed performance and financial objectives, ensuring the Division operates with the needs of its patients as its highest priority.

- provision of Strategic Nursing Leadership in order to consistently develop high quality, safe and cost-effective nursing services for patients.

- clinical Risk and Quality governance within the Division, providing professional leadership to all staff within the Division including developing the Clinical Leadership capabilities.

- supporting the CNO with the delivery of a wider Corporate Nursing and Quality agenda including but not limited to patient safety, patient experience, improving outcomes and the delivery of the Trust's Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery.

-contributing to the development and review of the Trust's Service and Business strategies.

-developing and delivering systems and processes that enable the consistent delivery of safe high quality professional nursing care through effective performance management.

-maintaining clinical credibility by spending a minimum of 10% of their time in clinical practice across the range of services within the Division.

The post is based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital but travel across sites is essential.

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.