Description
The Divisional Director of Nursing provides strategic and professional nursing leadership for the Family, Diagnostics and Community Division, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate and patient-centred care.
The postholder leads the divisional quality, safety, patient experience and nursing workforce agenda, working collaboratively with medical, midwifery, AHP and operational colleagues to deliver the division's strategic, operational, workforce and financial objectives.
Main duties:
- Provide visible senior nursing leadership across the Family, Diagnostics and Community Division.
- Set and maintain expectations for high-quality, compassionate and patient-centred care.
- Provide professional leadership and support to Heads of Nursing, matrons and senior clinical leaders.
- Lead the divisional nursing contribution to patient safety, clinical governance, risk and quality improvement.
- Ensure effective oversight of incidents, complaints, risks and learning, with appropriate escalation.
- Maintain focus on dignity, respect, patient experience and safe standards of care.
- Ensure compliance with statutory regulations, Trust polices and governance arrangements.
- Lead nursing workforce planning, recruitment, retention and development.
- Champion staff wellbeing, compassionate and inclusive leadership, and professional development.
- Build leadership capability and support succession planning across nursing teams.
- Work with operational and medical colleagues to improve clinical performance, productivity, quality and patient flow.
- Support transformation and service redesign across family, diagnostic and community pathways.
- Use quality, workforce, performance and patient-experience information to identify areas requiring improvement.
Person Specification:
- NMC Registered Nurse/ Midwife
- Educated to Masters level or higher degree in nursing/ management/ leadership/ midwifery, or equivalent experience
- Extensive experience and evidence of a proven track record of quality improvements, innovation and safety improvements at senior management level
- Participation in Continuing Professional Development to improve and update specialist knowledge
- Active NMC registration Part 1 Teaching/ Assessing Qualification or equivalent
- Extensive experience in a senior management role within the health and social care sector
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to manage multidisciplinary teams and complex projects effectively
- Expertise required to lead the specialist portfolio
- A strong understanding of current health legislation, policy frameworks, and best practice