Head of Nursing - Surgery

Provide strategic and professional nursing leadership across Surgical Services.

Ensure the delivery of safe, effective, responsive and high-quality patient care.

Lead on nursing quality, patient safety, safeguarding, patient experience and clinical governance.

Drive continuous improvement and innovation across surgical pathways and services.

Support the development and implementation of directorate and Trust-wide strategies and objectives.

Work collaboratively with medical, operational and corporate colleagues to improve performance and patient outcomes.

Lead workforce planning, recruitment, retention and succession planning initiatives.

Foster a culture of compassionate leadership, inclusion, accountability and continuous learning.

Ensure effective management of quality indicators, regulatory requirements and performance standards.

Champion evidence-based practice, research, education and professional development.

Lead and support service redesign programmes that enhance efficiency, productivity and patient experience.

Current NMC registration.

Significant senior leadership experience within acute hospital services, ideally within Surgery or an associated clinical specialty.

A proven track record of leading quality improvement, service transformation and operational performance.

Strong experience in clinical governance, patient safety and workforce leadership.

The ability to influence and build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams and organisational boundaries.

Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.

Experience of managing complex change within a large healthcare organisation.

A commitment to staff wellbeing, inclusion and professional development.

Educated to Master's level or equivalent senior leadership experience, with evidence of ongoing professional development.

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Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

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