Chief Nursing Officer

Job overview

Are you an experienced Nurse leader, who is vibrant, visible, inclusive, and collaborative? If the answer is ‘yes’ then this could be the executive leadership role for you…

We are  looking  for  an  authentic  person, who will  lead  with  compassion, curiosity  and  courage, providing influential executive leadership across our nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce.

Your experience and innovative thinking around workforce models and different ways of delivering care, combined with experience of working successfully at ‘Place’ and across an integrated care system, will be essential as we work with partners across the Bay and Lancashire and South Cumbria to improve health equity, services and outcomes for our communities in line with the Governments 10 year health plan for England.  In line with the outlined shift needed (from Hospital to Community) we welcome applications from senior nurses from a range of backgrounds including the community and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector.

We  believe  that  the  NHS  workforce  is  a  rich  and  diverse  mix  of  talented  people, and  we welcome   applications   for  this position   from  all nursing specialties and all sections of our community, particularly from under-represented groups, including disabled people and Nurse leaders of BAME backgrounds and those with lived experience that will  help us to better understand and deliver for our communities.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be the executive lead for quality and safety and will strategically collaborate with the Trust Board on issues relating to patient safety and experience, infection prevention and control, clinical governance, and safeguarding.

You will work proactively and collaboratively with local health and care system partners in the development and delivery of the delivery plans across Lancashire & South Cumbria ICS, in order to deliver more integrated, sustainable, localised health and care services across the geographical area.

You will support the ongoing development of an organisational culture that effectively engages with colleagues, patients and the wider health and local community to improve clinical, quality and safety outcomes, including both patient and colleague experience.

You will actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion, taking a lead role in developing inclusive services for patients and service users (and carers/relatives), including the provision of executive leadership to a designated inclusion network.

You will provide leadership and support to the corporate and clinical governance teams, ensuring that all regulatory standards are met in line with best practice, ensuring efficient and effective systems and processes for clinical audit, patient experience, patient safety & effectiveness and quality & compliance within the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/