Director of Nursing & Governance - Royal London & Mile End Hospitals

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

As one of the largest single-site hospitals in the NHS, the Royal London is a major regional provider of emergency services, as a Trauma Centre, hosting the London Air Ambulance and home of the busiest ED in North-East London (NEL). Within our Place, Tower Hamlets, our focus is on our role as an anchor institution, on supporting an integrated urgent care offer with our exceptional primary care, community and mental health colleagues and growing our prevention agenda.

We have just under 7,500 staff (of which you will lead 3,600 nurses within a nursing budget of £240 million), complete around 800,000 outpatient appointments annually, 42,000 day case procedures and 7,800 in-patient surgeries, with a turnover of around £923 million.

Across all our services, our ambition is to deliver consistently safe, compassionate, equitable and person-centred care, with a strong focus on learning, improvement and the experience of our patients, families and staff. The Director of Nursing and Governance will have a central role in shaping this ambition, providing visible professional leadership and bringing together quality, safety, patient experience, workforce, education, research, digital innovation and improvement across both hospitals. As part of the wider Barts Health Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions community, the postholder will help us create the conditions in which our people can flourish and every patient receives excellent care.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals Hospital Executive Board as our Director of Nursing and Governance within the Barts Health Group.

The role will report directly to the Hospital Chief Executive, with a professional line to the Group Chief Nursing Officer, and you will be accountable for the delivery of the professional nursing, midwifery and Allied Health Professionals agenda at The Royal London and Mile End Hospitals. The role has specific focus on workforce, education, patient and staff experience, clinical effectiveness and patient safety as well as professional practice, research and innovation.

We are looking for a skilled, compassionate and inclusive leader who will provide strong professional leadership across all care settings, encouraging innovation, creativity, and strategic thinking about service provision and staff experience.

The successful candidate will be joining a management team who will support you so that you are able to flourish in the role alongside being a key player in the wider Barts Health NMAHP leadership community. There will be many opportunities for both personal and professional development.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current NMC or HCPC registration
• Masters degree (equivalent or working towards)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant senior nurse leadership experience either at Deputy DoN level or divisional acute hospital level
• Can demonstrate a track record of successful delivery.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of being a member of a board

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of current nursing policies such as safe staffing, revalidation and safeguarding
• Detailed knowledge of quality and clinical governance

Skills

Essential criteria

• Managing complex change
• Demonstrate solid professional decision-making ability and able to manage complex professional clinical issues
• Ability to work effectively within a matrix organisation
• Demonstrate excellent skills within the fields of quality assurance and clinical governance
• Formal training in a range of improvement techniques

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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