Head of Nursing

Job overview

Are you looking for your next step on the career ladder?

If so, we have an excellent opportunity for a Head of Nursing to join the Cardiovascular Directorate at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a talented, passionate and experienced nurse leader who can demonstrate strong clinical and strategic leadership, with the ability to communicate effectively across multi-professional boundaries as well as create an enviable culture of caring and compassion.

Main duties of the job

The Head of Nursing will work as part of the Directorate's triumvirate management structure alongside the Clinical Directors and General Manager to deliver our wide-ranging strategic, quality and transformational objectives.

You will need to have experience of leading nursing and clinical services as well as a proven track record of putting safety, quality and patient experience at the heart of all you do.

The role also supports on the delivery of partnership working across other clinical groups to ensure effective pathways and processes are in place to support patients and staff across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership & Performance Management

In partnership with the Clinical Director and General Manager, provide leadership to all Directorate staff, ensuring clear communication of Trust and Directorate values, vision, priorities and expectations to ensure the engagement of teams to deliver services of the highest quality.

In partnership with the Clinical Director provide professional and clinical leadership to Directorate staff.

To contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of the Directorate Service Delivery Plan

In partnership with the Clinical Director and General Manager, develop and deliver the strategy and performance management of clinical services, holding service operational management teams to account for delivery of their service objectives and performance through regular performance review meetings.

Joint responsibility with the General Manager to manage the highly complex nature of the business area and ensuing that the appropriate strategic plans are delivered within the complex operating framework.

• Joint responsibility with the General Manager for the development and delivery of capacity plans to ensure that the Trust achieves 18 weeks and other waiting time reduction targets
• Responsibility for nursing specific productivity targets (e.g. Releasing Time to Care).
• To hold Lead Clinicians, Senior Nurses and other health professionals to account for delivery of their objectives through regular performance review meetings.
• Will ensure sufficient data availability within the Directorate to monitor and track performance and to satisfy reporting requirements related to the quality of nursing care and Directorate performance.
• Produce performance reports and briefings to monitor Directorate activities and to support decision making
• Provide the leadership and experience to manage and deliver on the complex and changing workload, which will include the need to identify and resolve conflicting priorities within tight timescales.
• Provide appropriate input and challenge to clinical and business plans where necessary.
• Exercising delegated authority on behalf of the Clinical Director, the post holder will provide leadership to resolve day-to-day management issues within the Directorate.
• To formally deputise for the Clinical Director as required.

Please see the attached job description and person specification documents for further details of the role and requirements