Total 4 Director/C-Level job vacancies in Highnam, , GL2 8DE

East London Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic and experienced Director of Nursing who has the passion and skill to make a sustainable lasting difference to our population and those we serve. Providing influential and visible leadership to shape nursing and clinical practice to deliver the highest quality mental health care in complex and increasingly integrated health economy.

The role requires an individual who has a forward thinking approach to clinical leadership with an ability to demonstrate continuous improvements in nursing practice.

The trust is committed to our people plan to retain, develop, support and attract staff focusing on improving staffs health, safety and wellbeing. Working with universities and Health Education England.

Ensuring equity of access, experience and outcomes is especially important to us, our strategy commits us to address issues of inequality for staff and these who use our services.

Working with the borough teams, primarily Luton and Bedford mental health services, the director of nursing will provide a proactive, value adding, strategic leadership working internally and with place based strategic partners.

The Director of Nursing will support the Chief nurse across the full range of duties and responsibilities and work collaboratively with other executives, disciplines and departments to deliver outstanding care.

Professional Lead for Nurses across the Trust

Support and Develop Nursing staff in line with Nursing and Midwifery Code of conduct

Lead for corporate services

Lead of Work streams delegated by Chief Nurse/ Chief Executive

Deputise for Chief Nurse

Work to support the Trust to deliver strategic aim Role Model Trust Values

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For more information, please refer to the attached detailed job description and main responsibilities for this vacancy.



This advert closes on Sunday 8 Sep 2024

Please see job description for detailed breakdown of main areas of responsibility To foster and promote a culture of clinical engagement and influence, ensuring the work is clinically led. Work with partners and stakeholders to build collaboration, support and identify opportunities for service improvement and transformation opportunities. Provide a focal point for Clinical leadership, academic partnerships, and champion contemporary and evidence base practice. Work as part of a cohesive service leadership team across the NCEL Provider Collaborative and develop clear work plans for assurance and improvement. To play an active role in the clinical redesign of services, ensuring effective clinician involvement and participation throughout the process. To support the Medical Director in helping shape and enact the vision, aims and objectives of the NCEL Provider Collaborative in line with the NHSE transformation plan. Clinically represent the NCEL Provider Collaborative at a local level including ICB, Local Authority, local system leads meetings and other appropriate meetings.

Develop robust communication mechanisms, utilising a variety of channels and media, to inspire, engage and involve all staff, service users and stakeholders in the quality improvement work at ELFT. Specifically ensure the development and delivery of a Programme Communication Plan Ensure all work is planned, resources are made available and work is carried out in accordance with the QI Plan. This involves the QI Team and also support to the Programme from Trust Corporate Departments such as finance, People & Culture, Digital, training & development and communications Ensure adequate procedures are in place to monitor and control costs, time and quality Lead the development and delivery of any relevant evaluations of the programme or aspects of the programme Ensure that the programme work-strands/key deliverables are defined in a manner suitable for purposes of monitoring and control Manage and deploy the Quality Improvement Team and budget to maximise long term best value for the Trust Follow good financial probity and maintain high standards of professional conduct and integrity Comply with existing Trust Control Assurance policies and develop, review and amend new Controls Assurance Policies as required in line with the delivery of the QI plan Be responsible for the professional and personal development of all the QI Team so as to increase their value to the Trust within a structure that delivers the QI Plan, increases responsiveness, technical ability and tailors skills to meet the changes in user demands, cultural requirements and goals of better and safer health and healthcare. This involves identifying training and development needs, providing suitable development opportunities and evaluating development actions in accordance with the Trusts appraisal and training procedures Manage change in working practices as may be required to deliver a modern service that reflects the changes in the QI Programme, legislation, NHS guidance, user demands, environmental standards, cultural requirements and goals of better and safer healthcare provision To support directorates, executive team and Trust Board to integrate QI into business planning and corporate strategy. To support the directorates, executive team and Trust board to develop annual improvement priorities, and then work with directorate leadership teams to shape QI projects to align with these. Responsible for policy implementation and development for a directorate or equivalent. Leading on the development of policies and procedures for a major area of activity, ensuring compliance with corporate policies Actively seek feedback and benchmark the performance of the QI Programme and the Programme Team, consultants and contractors against sector wide and national outputs To support the executive team and Trust board to develop annual improvement priorities, and then work with directorate leadership teams to shape QI projects to align with these. Work with the HR director to develop a workforce strategy for Quality improvement, identifying the skills required across the organisation and developing and delivering training packages for quality improvement Review and redesign of the quality governance system, looking to integrate high value quality metrics that are currently fragmented across the organisation and design bespoke quality dashboards at team, directorate and organisation level Coordinate all quality improvement programmes across the organisation and work with regional and national partners on specific programmes of work Develop business cases and bids as required, in support of ELFTs external quality improvement work Review best practice and evidence on an international stage and adapt for local implementation

As the Deputy Director you will work closely with the Programme Director to oversee the programme delivery and will operate as part of the senior management team. The role will be key to the delivery of strategic plans and commissioning services in order to support the delivery of the overarching aims and objectives of the Provider Collaborative, in line with the transformation of perinatal mental health inpatient services across NCEL.This is a varied role, with no two days the same, and therefore you should be resourceful and adaptable to thrive in this environment. This will be a key system leadership role and therefore being a strong communicator is a must.