Deputy Nurse Director

The Deputy Nurse Director will support the Nurse Director within the Care group in delivering professional and operational leadership of Nursing and AHP services within the Care Group. This will include devising, implementing and reviewing strategies for the development of clinical practice, education, and management and quality issues.
The post holder will act as the deputy delegated lead for safety, quality and patient experience, responsible for development and application of systems, control processes and risk management arrangements that ensure full compliance with internal and external governance procedures and to benchmark against best practice requirements.
Responsible primarily for the operational management, leadership and professional delivery of nursing and midwifery services within the Care Group
To lead on the implementation of transformational change and quality assurance within an area of responsibility.
Be the guardian of patient care safety and standards, be accessible to patients and service users, and be responsible for leading on infection prevention and control and care environment matters.
Be managerially and professionally accountable for a number of wards/departments, through the leadership and management of the Matrons, Sister/Charge Nurses and the specialist nurses and midwives., To lead on the development and improvement of patient pathways as well as assume responsibility for leading on corporate nursing and professional specific topics.
To lead on patient flow matters, both within their spheres of responsibility and collectively as a professional group and in support of the Site Management Team.
The Deputy Nurse Director will establish and foster an effective working relationship with the Care Groups senior leadership team. They will lead on improvements and developments in service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities. The Deputy Nurse Director, will specifically lead and advise on safe, high quality nursing care and will deputise for the Nurse Director as required.
The Deputy Nurse Director has the overall responsibility for the delivery of safe, high quality, cost effective and compassionate nursing care within their areas and will provide assurance to the Nurse Director regarding compliance against all appropriate professional, organisational and national compliance standards relating to the Group nursing and midwifery agenda., Patient Care / Clinical Services
· You will maintain your own clinical practice and ensure a visible presence across wards and departments, acting as a guardian of patient safety and care standards.
· You will ensure care is patient-centered, evidence-based and aligned with NMC The Code (2015, 2018).
· You will support the delivery of the Care Group's clinical governance and patient safety agenda, working with the triumvirate/quadrumvirate to monitor effectiveness and drive improvement.
· You will ensure systems are in place to monitor quality, patient experience, safeguarding compliance, safe staffing and clinical risk, taking action where standards fall short.
· You will act as a named investigator for incidents under PSIRF, ensuring learning, improvement and robust risk management.
· You will champion patient and public involvement, ensuring services actively seek and respond to feedback.
Knowledge, Training and Experience
· You will bring significant senior nursing experience, with specialist knowledge of professional leadership, clinical governance, risk, safety and service delivery.
· You will maintain up-to-date professional development and ensure your teams have access to appropriate education, supervision and training.
· You will contribute to workforce planning, new role development and the future nursing/midwifery education strategy.
· You will ensure the Care Group meets its responsibilities for pre-registration student learning, mentorship, supervision and assessment.
Leadership / Management Responsibilities and Development
· You will provide compassionate, credible and visible leadership, modelling professional behaviours and Trust values.
· You will line-manage Band 8a Matrons and oversee the leadership structures across your services.
· You will ensure effective performance management, rostering, absence management and workforce deployment to deliver safe staffing.
· You will lead defined projects and programmes of work, including service transformation, quality improvement and professional practice development.
· You will deputise for the Nurse Director as required and contribute to the wider senior nursing leadership agenda across the Group.
· You will identify clinical risks, lead investigations, ensure risk registers are maintained and oversee implementation of improvement actions.
Communications
· You will communicate complex and sensitive information to individuals and large groups, using negotiation and influencing skills to support change.
· You will ensure robust communication systems from ward to board and board to ward, enabling transparency, assurance and shared learning.
· You will produce high-quality written reports, governance papers, business cases and briefings for Care Group and divisional meetings.
· You will engage with patients, families and staff with empathy and professionalism, particularly in challenging or emotional circumstances.
Service Development and Improvement
· You will lead service improvement projects, analysing highly complex data and making evidence-based recommendations to the Care Group leadership.
· You will identify opportunities for policy, guideline and pathway development, ensuring alignment with national standards and organisational priorities.
· You will contribute to business planning, annual budget development, capital bids and service development proposals.
· You will ensure Quality Impact Assessments are completed for all service changes and cost improvement programmes.
Research, Audit and Innovation
· You will ensure clinical audits, patient surveys and quality reviews are undertaken, shared and acted upon.
· You will support post-registration research activity aligned to Trust priorities and promote a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
Freedom to Act
· You will work autonomously within professional, organisational and statutory frameworks, using expert judgement to make decisions on complex clinical, operational and professional issues.
· You will interpret highly complex information, analyse risk and provide authoritative nursing advice to the Care Group leadership.
· You are accountable for ensuring compliance with NMC standards, Trust policies, regulatory requirements and financial governance within your areas of responsibility.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
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