Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality and Policy

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

ESHT are seeking a Deputy Chief Nurse(Quality and Policy) who has a passion for excellence and want to make a difference in a challenging and complex environment.
We are seeking an inspirational forward thinking and innovative individual with the credibility, foresight and ambition required for the role. You will build on the strong foundations created by the current Chief Nurse in partnership with the senior nurses. You will be determined, compassionate, action orientated, have a talent for inspiring and motivating teams, with a track-record of delivery together with experience of partnership working with external agencies. We want nurse leaders with a commitment to continuous quality and cost improvement with the ability to inspire staff to deliver and improve the care we offer our patients, ensuring best practice and value for money.
The Deputy Chief Nurse is one of two Deputy Chief Nurse roles who support the Chief Nurse at a strategic and operational level. The roles will work in partnership and be able to cover each other’s portfolios. The portfolios are Quality & Policy and Workforce & Professional Standards. The vacant position is to cover the Quality & Policy portfolio based at Conquest Hospital, Hastings.
You will be a confident credible, effective, visible nursing leader who is driven by challenges and demonstrate personal resilience working in a fast moving and changing care environment.
You will provide visible professional nursing, and AHP clinical leadership at the Trust and provide professional guidance to achieving the implementation of the Trusts vision and key priorities.
You will have a demonstrable experience of translating strategy into practice at a senior level in a large NHS provider organisation a track record of partnership working with NHS England and others a sound working knowledge of service provision with an understanding of integrated community services experience of quality and safety, workforce, financial and change management, lead by example, motivating and empowering teams to ensure consistently high standards of care and experience are delivered.
We are looking for authentic and tenacious senior nursing leaders, with the enthusiasm and drive to support delivery of the ambitious Trust priorities and transformation programmes within the Chief Nurse portfolio with a backdrop of financial and operational challenges.
You will work closely with the Director of Midwifery and the Head of AHPs as well as other senior leaders and executive Directors.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
To be shortlisted, applicants will need to detail in the supporting information about how they demonstrate the essential requirements of experience and skills section of the person specification.
Face to Face Interviews are planned for Friday 14th June 2024
For an informal conversation in the first instance please contact Claire Bishop Deputy Chief Nurse (Workforce & Professional Standards) clairebishop@nhs.net or mobile no. 0786778050

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