We are recruiting for a Deputy Divisional Nursing Director who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The Deputy Divisional Nursing Director & Head of Nursing and Quality will be expected to demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist and strategic education and clinical advice across the Division and Care Group. Acting in support of the Divisional Nursing & Quality Director, the post holder will be a key member of the senior management team across the Trust. The post holder will support the Divisional Nursing & Quality Director to continually improve patient care, experience and assist with the implementation of national and Trust initiatives. At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.Main duties of the job The successful candidate will provide all necessary support to the overall leadership, direction and management of nursing staff within the nominated Care Group. You will be paying special attention to the clinical standards, quality, service improvements, and governance, that enhance patient care and outcomes across relevant clinical pathways. You will provide support budget holders to ensure all services meet financial requirements to achieve successful delivery, with responsibility for monthly and yearly budgets. You will also portray a management style which builds on existing strengths of the organisation, valuing equality and diversity. The post holder is the Lead Cancer Nurse for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust and as such, is expected to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high quality cancer care across the organisation.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.