Group Director of Nursing & AHP’s – Women's and Children's

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity within our Senior Leadership Team for a Group Director of Nursing and AHP’s, within the Women’s and Children’s Group. The successful candidate will have responsibility for Children’s, Neonates and Women’s Health Services and will also support the Children’s and Neonatal agenda both internally and externally to the Trust and contribute towards the ‘voice of the child’.
This role will provide credible and visible leadership both within UHCW, as a key member of the Corporate Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Leadership Team and with key partners across the System and Networks. The successful candidate will ensure high quality, safety and patient experience while also delivering corporate objectives. This role is vital in supporting the Trust to deliver its vision to become a national and international leader in healthcare.
The post holder must be an innovative, inclusive leader with exceptional communication stills to inspire confidence in others, role model leadership and promote the development and maintenance of high standards of care that is family centred, sensitive and responsive to service users.
To meet the essential criteria, you will need to be a current Children’s Registered Nurse with substantial Senior Nursing experience (dual registration is desirable but not essential). This role involves participation in the Senior Manager on call rota, this includes weekend working as required.
As part of our commitment to patients and delivery of a world class service for all we have created the UHCW Improvement (UHCWi) System in partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle; this involves a structured approach to removing waste and putting the patient first using a lean management system and methodologies. Our culture and ways of working reflect and embed the practices and methodologies of UHCWi.
You are expected, where identified, to attend and complete relevant training and development opportunities to support this. This may include Lean for Leaders, Advanced Lean Training, and the Human Factors Programme, amongst others. Full attendance and completion of identified courses is considered essential and a prerequisite for this post.
Within this context, the Group Director of Nursing and AHPs will lead on quality, safety and patient experience across the Group, while also delivering corporate objectives that reflect the Chief Nursing Officer portfolio. The Group Director of Nursing and AHPs may be required to lead on corporate issues outside their immediate sphere of responsibility in order to achieve the corporate objectives of the Trust.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence®designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award.Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Through living trust values, the Group Director of Nursing and AHPs will demonstrate their passion for continuous improvement towards world class.
• Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
• Proactively, meaningfully and consistently demonstrate the Trust Values in everyday practice, decision making and interactions with patients and colleagues.
• To be an ambassador for the nursing/AHP profession within and external to the trust and to uphold NMC/HCPC standards.
• To take a lead in the management of specific nursing/AHP functions across the Trust’s group structure as agreed with the Chief Nursing Officer, Group Clinical Director and Group Director of Operations.
• To assist the Chief Nursing Officer, ensuring there is a balance between management of Nursing and AHP’s within a devolved group structure, and a consistency of quality and maintenance of professional standards.
• Make an active contribution to all major activities that take place within the Trust for corporate decision-making.
• Become proficient in UHCWi methodology, commissioning and leading quality improvement and instilling a discipline of daily management and standard work.
• Advocate and develop a culture of research, innovation and improvement for both professional and clinical care benefit
• Participate in the senior manager on-call rota, to include weekend working, as required.
Main Duties:
• Together with the Clinical Director, ensure that local objectives are aligned to the trust organisational strategy and quality strategy.
• Provide professional leadership across the team and line manage staff as delegated.
• Lead the implementation of the UHCW strategic nursing, midwifery and AHP objectives at team level and taking organisational leadership, as appropriate.
• Provide expert advice on Nursing /AHP matters within the team reflecting professional and regulatory standards.
• Lead quality governance and assurance processes as needed in the context of integrated services to include risk management, SIs, complaints and other outcome measures.
• Ensure all relevant actions from SIs are communicated and processes for improvement and learning are systematically implemented.
• Together with the Clinical Director, identify any issues of regulatory compliance e.g. CQC and ensure remedial / robust action plans.
• Maintain oversight of effective discharge services across the organisation and wider system, identifying and leading opportunities for improvement.
• Design and co-ordinate quarterly MADE and ensure learning and actions are in place after each event.
• Establish a schedule for ‘confirm and challenge’ of ‘Long Length of Stay’ (LLOS) patients with relevant quality metrics to track improvement.
• Identify opportunities for innovation, learning and development, using UHCWi methods and embed through role modelling (for example), rounding and production boards.
• Responsible for coordinating research and development through the Nursing & Midwifery Allied Health Professionals as relevant.
• Seek opportunities to address health inequalities through robust EQIAs
• Analyse and interpret highly complex data to inform practice and assist in the determination of policy and professional/ practice development.
• Dissemination of knowledge through engagement in report writing, and reviewing, taking full responsibility for technical accuracy and reliability and being sensitive to the wider implications for dissemination.
• Undertake proactive horizon scanning for either developments relating to Trust or system work or opportunities for Trust involvement around wider health issues.
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Jan 2024