# Deputy Director of Nursing > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-nursing/6a3bd2de-924b-4e8f-aa37-b7070c68a2a7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-nursing/6a3bd2de-924b-4e8f-aa37-b7070c68a2a7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £111,120 - £127,006 per annum inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2024-12-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2024-11-25T10:30:41.188Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/Site_Management_Nursing/Site_Management_Nursing-v6824822?_ts=1 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/6824822?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The vacancy of Deputy Director of Nursing has arisen at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. We are looking for a nurse leader with significant experience of nursing leadership and corporate nursing experience. You will need to have extensive experience of workforce safeguards and professional development. Highly competent with the use of workforce roster platforms. Ability to analyse and write summary reports of workforce productivity and efficiency. Experience of developing and implementing workforce strategy. ### Main duties of the job You must have senior nurse leader experience in Emergency Medicine, have a clear understanding of patient flow within the hospital and safe patient placement in a pressured hospital. You will also need to have good understanding of adult, children and maternity safeguards. Significant experience of managing allegations against staff with good professional understanding, clear governance process and compassionate to all parties concerned. An informal visit is highly recommended. The post holder will be directly managed by the Director of Nursing for Whipps Cross Hospital. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ## Job Details The vacancy of Deputy Director of Nursing has arisen at Whipps Cross Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. We are looking for a nurse leader with significant experience of nursing leadership and corporate nursing experience. You will need to have extensive experience of workforce safeguards and professional development. Highly competent with the use of workforce roster platforms. Ability to analyse and write summary reports of workforce productivity and efficiency. Experience of developing and implementing workforce strategy. ## Job Description You must have senior nurse leader experience in Emergency Medicine, have a clear understanding of patient flow within the hospital and safe patient placement in a pressured hospital. You will also need to have good understanding of adult, children and maternity safeguards. Significant experience of managing allegations against staff with good professional understanding, clear governance process and compassionate to all parties concerned. An informal visit is highly recommended. The post holder will be directly managed by the Director of Nursing for Whipps Cross Hospital. ## Responsibilities The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Capable of critical thinking and problem solving - Excellent communication skills and presentation skills (written and in person). - Honed leadership through influence skills. - Good analytical & organisational ability - Ability to influence and facilitate MDT working. - Awareness of developments in the NHS and service delivery - Ability to develop or source professional development materials ### Experience **Essential** - Significant nursing leadership experience at senior level. - Evidence of senior managerial responsibilities and operational experience in an acute setting. - Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them. - Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programmes in the face of competing demands. - Ability to manage and deliver to deadlines and within resources - Experience in the supervision of staff and students, including HR issues. - Experience of audit in evaluating and developing a service - Change management experience - Experience of close multi-professional working in an inpatient environment - Experience of managing other professional groups. - Manager on-call. **Desirable** - Experience in a similar role. ### Communication **Essential** - Able to lead a multi-disciplinary team - Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences, including chairing of meetings - Able to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures - Able to clarify key points from diverse and complex sets of information. - Able to move easily between the detail and the big picture on issues in understanding and explaining the complexity of challenges and possible solutions. - Models, and is able to encourage others in being innovative in finding ways of improving the quality of services. **Desirable** - Experienced in giving presentations to diverse audiences. ### Qualifications & Knowledge **Essential** - First Level registered nurse (child, adult or midwife) - Evidence of ongoing, relevant postgraduate education. - Masters level education - Management/Leadership qualification. ### Personal and People Development **Essential** - Demonstrates a real commitment to working with, involving and consulting patients and other stakeholders in decisions about service delivery and improvement: - Lead by example, promoting the highest standards of personal and professional conduct, integrity and probity - High level of work organisation, self- motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude - Committed to the continuous development of staff and self. - Decisive, using sound judgement in decision making and delivering in a timely and confident manner - High self-awareness, understanding own emotions, strengths and limitations. ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 495.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9025528) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.