Deputy Chief Nurse

Job overview

Deputy Chief Nurse  (12 Month Fixed Term)

Are you an experienced senior nurse or midwife leader looking to take on the next challenge in your career? This secondment is an ideal development opportunity for the right person to gain experience working with the Chief Nurse and their portfolio.

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional values based leader with a strong commitment to driving innovation and inspiring the best in people.

As one of two Deputy Chief Nurses the role will cover strategic oversight of the Chief Nurse portfolio including Workforce Transformation, Infection control, Safeguarding, Quality, Patient experience and promoting excellence in professional practice. However the focus of this role will be to drive excellence in patient experience and support our ambition to reduce harm.

Main duties of the job

As Deputy Chief Nurse, you will showcase a track record of success and experience. You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver improvements in quality and safety and will ensure that patient experience is at the heart of the organisation.

You will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust, and in the Hospital Group.

You will be responsible and accountable for providing comprehensive and robust strategic and operational professional leadership, guidance, and support to the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals across the organisation to deliver the highest standards of care.

The role will seek to improve and build stronger relationships with CQC, and support with the patient experience through better understanding and making meaningful improvements.

We are looking for someone with drive and the ability to inspire, who has a real passion for patient care, developing our future workforce, and the ability to work effectively with key internal and external stakeholders. You will need to role model our values and be a credible senior leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

You will need to deputise for the Chief Nurse across the full portfolio of the Chief Nurse’s responsibilities as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder/s are responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver the strategy for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs including Quality Governance and the development of leadership capacity to deliver high quality safe care.  The post holder/s will ensure that Patient Experience Is at the heart of the organisation so that all care is patient centered and compassionate and will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust and hospital group.

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