Deputy Director of Nursing

Job summary

Two posts available:

• Deputy Director of Nursing - The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
• Deputy Director of Nursing - Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Are you an experienced senior nurse leader looking to take the next step in your career? We have two exciting opportunities for exceptional nursing leaders to join our Hospital Group at a pivotal time of transformation and service redesign.

Whilst each postholder will report directly to their respective Director of Nursing within either The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust or Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, there will be opportunities to work collaboratively across the wider Group, leading and supporting key aspects of the portfolio on a Group-wide basis.

This is an exciting time to join us as we progress our transformation agenda and work collectively to deliver the ambitions set out in Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS, including the "left shift" towards prevention, community-based care, and improved population health outcomes.

We are seeking outstanding values-based leaders with a strong senior nursing leadership background, a commitment to innovation, and a passion for delivering exceptional patient care.

Main duties of the job

As a Deputy Director of Nursing, you will demonstrate a proven track record of senior leadership and successful delivery across a wide portofolio. Working closely with your Director of Nursing, you will support the delivery of strategic and operational priorities relating to quality, safety, patient experience, workforce development, and professional standards.

You will provide visible and credible professional leadership for nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals, ensuring patient experience remains at the heart of everything we do. You will promote excellence in clinical practice, compassionate care, and professional standards.

You will be responsible and accountable for providing comprehensive strategic and operational leadership, guidance, and support to deliver the highest standards of care. You will play a key role in strengthening relationships with regulators, driving improvements in patient experience, and ensuring learning is translated into meaningful and sustainable change.

We are looking for individuals with the drive and ability to inspire others, a passion for developing our future workforce, and the skills to build effective relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

You will deputise for your respective Director of Nursing across the full portfolio of responsibilities as required and contribute to Group-wide nursing leadership initiatives and programmes.

About us

At The Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of "excellent healthcare for the people of Dudley". We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making The Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

The Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what's available for you here at The Dudley Group.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• Masters degree level qualification
• Leadership Course
• Evidence of continuous Professional Development relevant to post
• Management qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Track record of leading individuals and teams to achieve challenging targets
• Evidence of ability to motivate and develop clinical and managerial staff to their potential
• Develop and deliver strategic vision for services
• Ability to translate the national agenda into local action
• Utilise systematic evidence based approach to project management
• Ensure clear accountability for project leads
• Ability to meet challenging deadlines
• Excellent written communication skills
• Highly developed motivational skills and strong commitment to staff empowerment/involvement
• Demonstrate success in working in collaboration and partnership with other organisations
• Committed to working in partnership with the Local HEIs and NHS organisations
• Ability to deal with highly sensitive situations
• Ability to present complex reports and recommendations to senior forums and large staff meetings
• Expert knowledge of current issues in the NHS and the changing nature of healthcare policy
• Understanding of the environment in which the Trust and Group operates both inside and outside the NHS, consistent with our aim to work collaboratively with other agencies and to provide high quality patient care, teaching and research
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to have difficult conversations
• Ability to deal effectively with conflict
• Ability to deal with highly sensitive situations

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a Nurse/Midwife working in a senior role to include challenging the status quo and managing conflict
• Demonstrable success in leading and effectively managing change
• Evidence of engaging stakeholders in developing service improvements
• Ability to manage/influence challenging and complex clinical and personnel issues
• Track record of developing and implementing framework for ensuring Clinical Governance
• Experience of implementing an effective performance management framework
• Experience of workforce planning and development
• Experience of successful budget management at senior level
• Evidence of up-to-date knowledge of issues likely to impact on nursing and midwifery services
• Experience of working with multi-agency committees and establishing relationships with external organisations
• Successful achievement of projects through working closely with multidisciplinary teams
• Evidence of networking with local, regional and national committees
• Strategic awareness of the NHS and commissioning
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of safeguarding, complaints processes and patient experience engagement and pathways in an Acute Trust and Group setting

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to lead on Governance issues at strategic level
• A leader with personal and professional credibility and authority, with potential to achieve a Board level post
• Confident and able to inspire confidence in others
• A change agent who constantly challenges the status quo
• Resilience to work in a pressurised environment
• Strong patient/carer focus
• Utilise feedback to improve own leadership style
• Evidence of ability to influence outcomes at a senior level
• Ability to lead on initiatives at strategic level for corporate nursing
• Evidence of negotiating skills
• Ability to plan, co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of services
• Evidence of innovative and creative thinking in relation to service development
• Demonstrate advanced investigative, report writing and presentation skills
• Provide expert advice to executive team, medical colleagues, general managers, matrons and senior nursing and midwifery and all other stakeholders on professional nursing and midwifery issues
• Ability to champion nursing and midwifery at a strategic level and deputise for the Chief Nurse
• Articulate, assertive and able to communicate at all levels

Desirable

• Recognition and credibility outside the Trust and Group for a contribution to the development of health and health care and/or nursing/midwifery

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Russells Hall Hospital

Pensnett Road

Dudley

DY1 2HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.dgft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)