135116 - Associate Director of Nursing
Nhs Lanarkshire
135116 - Associate Director of Nursing
Band 8C (£79,466 - £85,181)
Nhs Lanarkshire, Chantinghall, South Lanarkshire
- Full time
- Permanent
Posted 4 days ago, 14 Sep | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
The Role
The post holder is the deputy to the Nurse Director, H&SCP.
The post holder has strategic and operational leadership responsibility for ensuring the delivery of person centred, safe and effective nursing services and clinical practice within the H&SCP, including providing direction and guidance on professional issues by delivering effective clinical and care governance, implementing policy and supporting effective and highly skilled nursing workforce to meet the needs of the Lanarkshire population, in accordance with the 20:20 Vision and Quality Strategy.
The post holder will undertake a lead role in the delivery of significant Board wide and pan H&SCP multi-professional issues such as the implementation of the Childrens (Scotland) Act 2014 and Mental Health Services, where hosting arrangements are established, ensuring the delivery of person centred, safe, effective and efficient pan Lanarkshire Services.
The post holder will deputise for the Nurse Director, H&SCP and as such is required to attend Executive level meetings such as the Corporate Management Team and Public Protection - Chief Officer meetings in the absence of the Nurse Director, H&SCP.
In addition, the post holder will have a strategic portfolio which involves leading on specific professional / managerial and operational issues for nursing across NHS Lanarkshire. Representing Lanarkshire at a national level on specific areas of practice. E.g. health visiting, paediatrics, mental health, district nursing.
The post holder is responsible for providing professional and clinical leadership for all nursing staff within the H&SCP, as well as on a pan Lanarkshire basis where services are hosted within the Partnership.
There are a total number of 6,450 nursing and Allied Health Professional staff within NHS Lanarkshire with the post holders being professionally responsible for approximately 2062 nursing staff (1422 in North and 640 in the South). Areas of responsibility will include one or other of the portfolios below dependant on area of deployment:
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NHS Lanarkshire
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
What we'll need you to bring
Qualifications
Educated to/working towards or operating at Masters Level.
Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration.
Experience, Competencies and Personal Skills
Significant senior management experience in the NHS or another complex multidisciplinary public or private sector organisation.
A significant and demonstrable track record of success in the management of service improvement, in the delivery and monitoring of high quality standards of care, in the planning and delivery of successful organisational change and in proactive partnership working internal and external to the NHS.
A high level of performance in the leadership behaviours identified as crucial within NHS Scotland such as working in partnership, learning and development, caring for staff, improving performance through team working, communicating effectively, improving quality and achieving results.
Detailed understanding of clinical best practice and policy.
Experience of working and successfully contributing within a senior team.
Experienced in staff management/development and multi-disciplinary working at peer level.
Proven people and financial management capabilities.
Contract type
Fixed Term or Secondment for 9 months
Full time
37 hours
Please note this is a fixed term post for 9 months. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
Interviews are provisionally scheduled for Friday 4th October 2024
Location and Working Pattern
This role will be based in South Health & Social Care Partnership, Almada Street Hamilton.
The working pattern for this role is Mon-Fri; 9:00-5:00.
Looking to find out more?
If youre looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!
Please contact Lesley Thomson, Nurse Director on lesley.thomson4@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For enquiries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact Lewis Melvin, Recruitment Advisor on lewis.melvin@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
(Please remember to include the job title and reference number in your email)
Why NHS Lanarkshire?
Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.
Some of NHS Lanarkshires benefits include:
A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
Occupational health services
Employee counselling services
Work-life Balance policies and procedures
NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.
Further Information
For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If youre looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.
Additional Information for Applicants
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In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
We anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential childrens setting/secure unit.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK.
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Prospective applicants are encouraged to check eligibility in advance of applying for vacancies in NHS Lanarkshire.
From 1 April 2024, the working week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland will be reduced. Full-time hours will reduce from 37.5 to 37 hours (pro rata for part-time staff) without loss of earnings.
NHS Lanarkshire will implement this change but it may not be possible to fully transition from 1 April and there may therefore be some areas of the organisation where implementation may take longer. If the department is currently unable to safely accommodate the reduced hours from 1st April, you may be required to work 37.5 hours per week until the department can meet the requirements without impacting patient safety - you will, of course, be remunerated accordingly. NHS Lanarkshire is committed to full implementation of the 37 hour working week across all areas as soon as it is safe to do so.