Divisional Director of Nursing

• Elevate patient outcomes, safety, and experience
• Drive innovation and effectiveness in care delivery
• Lead change with confidence and compassion
• Influence practice across the Division and delegated areas on behalf of the Chief Nurse

Essential

• Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses to masters level or equivalent
• Demonstrates evidence of on-going continuous professional development.

Essential

• Evidence of senior nursing and/or midwifery leadership and management experience.
• Evidence of clinical management experience.
• Experience of managing a range of departments which includes managing workforce, operational delivery, finance management.
• Experience in delivering quality improvement projects with defined outcomes
• Demonstrable experience of achieving changed clinical practice and improving services to increase quality and efficiency.
• Experience of working at and influencing at a senior level.
• Experience of developing collaborative working within teams.
• Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients across the Trust.
• Understanding of NMC Code of practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self.
• Proven experience of budgetary/financial management.
• Proven track record in co-design and production

Desirable

• Experience of developing business cases / business planning
• Track record of serving on a range of committees both internal and external to the organisation
• Project management experience.
• Evidence of community experience in leadership or clinical role