Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Person specification
Education, Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – with current NMC Registration and no restrictions on practice.
- Master’s degree in Nursing, leadership or management or relevant subject or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level.
- Post-graduate qualification within a leadership program/study or evidence of practical application of expertise at this level.
- Evidence of further study/education or courses demonstrating significant additional education, training or experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience managing nursing services within Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC), including Emergency Departments, Same Day Emergency Care, Acute Medicine, Assessment Units, or other unscheduled care pathways.
- Proven experience in a senior nursing leadership role with responsibility for quality, governance, workforce, operational performance, and budgetary oversight.
- Knowledge and experience of human resources management, communicating highly complex and contentious information to individuals and large groups.
- Evidence of leading and delivering major service transformation programs, including workforce redesign, quality improvement initiatives, and changes to clinical pathways.
- Experience of preparing services for and responding to CQC inspections within UEC services
- In depth knowledge of the clinical governance agenda including clinical risk and safety. Up to date with current clinical nursing practice including own area of expertise, to enable deliver of direct patient care if/when required.
- Demonstrates a clear understanding of and continuing acceptance of the need for financial governance and probity.
Desirable criteria
- Current or recent experience as a Head of Nursing, Deputy Head of Nursing, Associate Director of Nursing, within a UEC setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Highly developed communication skills with the ability to communicate on highly complex matters and difficult situations.
- Ability to establish credibility and develop maintain effective working relationships at Executive and senior management levels.
- Has strong influencing and negotiating skills.
- Up to date with current clinical nursing practice including own area of expertise, to enable deliver of direct patient care if/when required.
- Excellent communicator – providing authentic and clear communication and direction even in times of uncertainty/ambiguity.
- High level analytical skills and the ability to draw qualitative and quantitative data from a wide range of sources and present in clear concise manner.
- High level professional, people management skills and leadership qualities.
Key Competencies/ Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others.
- Engages effectively across boundaries, breaking down silos, while operating in partnership with stakeholders towards a shared vision.
- Has the drive and energy to make things happen, frequently goes ‘above and beyond’ the call of duty to achieve outcomes.
- Ability to participate in On-call rota in line with On-call requirements across UHN
At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper-acute stroke, vascular and renal services to people living in Northamptonshire. As well as this we are an accredited cancer centre and provide cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire.
We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American nurses credentialing centre (ANCC).
We celebrate staff achievements and value the importance of working as one big team. That’s why we talk about Team NGH. It’s all about working together to provide the best possible care for our patients and supporting each other to grow and develop our skills. We are driven to helping you to be the best you can be.
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities. The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative. We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.
Our Excellence Values:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courageous
- Accountable
In submitting an application form, you authorise Northampton General Hospital to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process should you be appointed to the post.
Due to the high number of applications received we are unable to respond to each application individually. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you have been unsuccessful in this application.
For further information on nursing, apprenticeships, A&E or any other departments please visit our specific website or pages that are indicated on the right hand side of this advert.
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust recognises that staff of differing backgrounds and life experiences enrich our workforce and bring different skills and knowledge. We therefore encourage and welcome applications for our vacancies from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE VACANCIES PRIOR TO THE ADVERTISED CLOSING DATE WHEN WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS
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