Director of Nursing

at  Mercy University Hospital

Responsibilities - The post holder will be responsible for;

• Continually seek to improve the safety, quality, and efficiency of services to support the provision of excellent patient care.
• Ensure that the shared organisational vision and strategic aims, values and culture of the Hospital are actively promoted, and that clear leadership is provided.
• Provide inspirational and highly visible leadership to all nursing and nursing support staff across the Hospital.
• Enable, motivate, and empower nursing staff to demonstrate personal and professional leadership at all levels and act to challenge approaches, which fall short of national guidance, best practice, and professional standards.
• Key objectives for the nursing service will be set on an annual basis with the Senior Nurse Leadership Team
• Develop, maintain, and review the nursing organisational structure in the context of directorate structures and strategy implementation.
• Have in place robust nursing governance structures that support effective decision making and continuous quality improvement in patient care.
• Ensure that modern standards of clinical nursing care are in operation and that regular monitoring of nursing care is undertaken through audit