Head of Nursing-Specialised Surgery CBU

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the permanent post of Head of Nursing for the Specialised Surgery Clinical Business Unit (CBU).

The Specialised Surgery CBU consists of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Major Trauma, Acute Rehab, Neurosurgery, Spines and Cardiothoracic.

As an experienced senior nurse, the post holder will take the lead on quality, safety and patient experience across their Clinical Business Unit / portfolio of work; contributing to the Quality

Improvement plan as well as contributing to the wider Care Group and Corporate Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Agenda.

The Head of Nursing will have responsibility for the nursing strategy for the Clinical Business Unit / portfolio of work, ensuring effective implementation of both national and local strategies and the achievement of service objectives within the available resources.

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The Head of Nursing will provide strong leadership across the portfolio of work ensuring that there are appropriate systems and processes in place to deliver on the objectives and drive services

forward.

They will be expected to communicate highly

complex and sometimes contentious information to large groups in a manner that is understandable and is likely to achieve engagement.

The CBU Head of Nursing will deputise for the Care Group Director of Nursing as necessary and as appropriate to their portfolio of work. On occasion the post holder will also provide cross cover for the other CBU Head(s) of Nursing within the Care Group.

Main duties of the job

The Clinical Business Unit (CBU) Head of Nursing, Head of Operations, and Medical Director work as a flat triumvirate and are jointly expected to lead their Clinical Business Unit/portfolio of work.

Together, they ensure that national and local quality targets are achieved along with ensuring all aspects of people, organisational development, quality, finance and performance are delivered as part of the Clinical Business Unit, Care Group and Trust strategic objectives.

You will work closely with the Care Group Director of Nursing and the Head of Operations for the CBU. You will be accountable for ensuring that patient flow is optimised and escalations are managed effectively. As a senior leader your will take a key role in the Planned Care Group Your leadership will be instrumental in resolving operational issues, implementing Trust policies, redesigning and streamlining pathways across both sites for all of the specialities within the CBU and supporting staff across all departments.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.