Locality Director of Nursing (Internal in scope applicants only)
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- Employer:
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Location:
- Central Norfolk, West Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney, East Suffolk and West Suffolk
- Salary:
- VSM
- Closing date:
- 9am Monday 3rd June 2024
- Job Ref:
- GSe109463
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Description
OPEN TO INTERNAL IN SCOPE APPLICATIONS ONLY. If you are an out of scope or an external candidate, the application process will open on Monday 24th May. Please follow this link to register your interest:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NSFTRegisterOfInterest.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS FT (NSFT) are currently welcoming applications from internal staff who have been notified they are in scope for the recruitment of Directors to our five locality groups which are being created as part of our Future Leadership Structure for NSFT.
We are looking for exceptional leaders to be appointed as Directors of Operations, Nursing Directors and Medical Directors in the following places: Central Norfolk, West Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney, East Suffolk and West Suffolk.
Our Future Leadership Structure will see our clinical teams working more closely with partners at place level alongside strengthening clinical and professional leadership. We are also developing a clinical transformation programme alongside our partners to enhance the clinical outcomes our service users experience as well as continuing to improve experience of care.
We are currently consulting with all staff at NSFT about our Future Leadership Structure and for those staff members who have been notified that they are in scope, this is now your opportunity to apply for a role in the new structure.
The Locality Director of Nursing is responsible for ensuring high quality care is delivered within the Locality services and providing professional leadership to the Locality nursing workforce and for supporting the professional leadership of AHPs, Psychologists and Social Workers. You will promote a culture of learning and openness and ensure clinical staff have the knowledge, capability, systems and support to deliver evidence based care and embed lessons learned in practice for the improvement of patient experience.
Working as part of a triumvirate, this post is one of three key leaders with operational, medical and nursing expertise who will be working together to provide senior strategic, visible, clinical and professional leadership across the locality.
Our Trust has a workforce of over 5,000 hardworking, committed and dedicated staff, but we have struggled for many years to provide the quality of care that we would wish to, and our service users and carers deserve. There is however much to be proud of with positive signs of improvement. Our CQC rating improved in the most recent inspection report published in February 2023, moving from Inadequate to Requires Improvement and a rating of Good for Caring overall. Despite this, we know we have much more to do.
We know that we are at an early stage of our improvement and transformation journey and that whilst this is an indication we are able to change and improve our services, we still have much more to do. The creation of our five locality groups is a key step towards transforming the way in which we work and provide care to those who need us.
We are looking to appoint individuals who have a passion for our work and a track record of achievement in influencing colleagues and partners to deliver high quality care. We inspirational and compassionate leaders who will develop their teams to provide outstanding care.
If you have a reputation for leadership, people development, quality and improvement alongside a passion for improving outcomes with a focus on equity and inclusion to ensure that mental health provision has parity across our partners, then please do consider applying for one of these vital roles. We are determined to create a safer, kinder and better organisation that our service users, families, carers, partner organisations, stakeholders and our staff can be proud of.
For further information, please visit: https://join-nsft.co.uk/
For a confidential discussion, please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson:
Julia St Clare, Consultant and Research Lead
julia.stclare@gatenbysanderson.com
Melanie Shearer, Partner
Melanie.Shearer@gatenbysanderson.com
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How to Apply
- Please submit an up to date copy of your CV, along with a Supporting Statement that addresses the criteria set out in the person specification, using examples to demonstrate how you meet the essential requirements.
- A completed fit and proper person form – the template can be downloaded from the same place as the job description.
- Detail any employment or education gaps.
- You should provide the names, positions, organisations, and contact details for your referees, which must be your line managers and include your current and most recent employer. The referees should cover at least two roles as the minimum. Please note, should you be appointed, you will be required to provide references covering your last 6 years of employment as per the new NHS Fit and Proper Person regulations. Where there have been gaps in employment, this six year period will be extended accordingly. Referees will only be contacted for those proceeding to the final stage - we will always gain your permission before we contact referees.
- Let us know any difficulty you may have with the indicative timetable.
- Check that your contact details are correct before you submit.
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