Chief Nursing Officer

Mid and South Essex Foundation trust areseeking an exceptional clinical leader to join our Group Executive Team as Chief Nursing Officer.

This is a significant opportunity to provide professional leadership for nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals and to inspire a workforce whose commitment, skill and compassion are central to the service provided to our patients and communities every day.

As Chief Nursing Officer you will lead and support a large and diverse workforce, offering clear and compassionate leadership, inspiring colleagues to be their very best and continuing to build on both organisations shared commitment to outstanding care for every patient., The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) provides visionary leadership to nursing, midwifery and allied health professional (AHPs) staff; being responsible for professional practice and for leading the strategic planning and delivery of high quality, innovative and evidenced base practice across these professional groups.

Placing quality of care at the centre of practice, the CNO will work in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to deliver the quality agenda, with specific responsibility for the following portfolios: patient engagement and experience, safeguarding, harm free care, clinical legal services and relationship management with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Working with the Chief Medical Officer, the CNO will ensure we take a multi-disciplinary approach to our clinical care and that we have a robust quality and safety governance framework in place learn and improve our quality.

As a highly visible, compassionate and professional leader, the CNO will set an inspiring strategic direction for clinical compliance and governance across our three main hospitals and their satellite sites, working with and through the directors of nursing, the Managing Directors and their senior leadership teams. The CNO will ensure the patient voice is at the heart of care delivery, and that the learning and improvement response to clinical incidents, harms and complaints is of a consistently high standard across MSEFT.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.