About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an inspirational, values-driven Chief Nurse to provide outstanding executive leadership and professional direction across nursing, midwifery, allied health professions and scientific services.
This is a pivotal, statutory Board role with responsibility for ensuring exceptional quality of care, safe services, and outstanding patient outcomes and experience across the Trust. The post-holder will play a central role in shaping the Trust's strategic direction and will be a visible, credible, and influential clinical leader.
As a full voting member of the Trust Board of Directors and Executive Team, the Chief Nurse will provide expert professional advice, assurance and leadership on all matters relating to quality, safety, patient outcomes, and experience. Working closely with the Chief Executive, Medical Director and Executive colleagues, the Chief Nurse will champion person-centred care and continuously improve outcomes for patients, families and communities.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
The Chief Nurse will:
Provide professional nursing leadership, direction and expert advice to the Executive Team and Trust Board, ensuring that patient outcomes, safety and experience are central to all strategic decisions. Lead and inspire nursing, midwifery, allied health professional and scientific staff, fostering a culture of excellence, compassion and continuous improvement in patient care. Drive the Trust's quality, safety and productivity agenda, with clear accountability for delivering measurable improvements in patient outcomes and experience. Ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality, safe, effective and compassionate care for all patients across services. Provide visible, credible and accessible executive leadership, championing professional standards and supporting staff to deliver their very best for patients. Lead the development of the nursing, midwifery and AHP workforce, ensuring safe and effective staffing models that support high-quality care and sustainable services. Ensure equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded within patient experience and service delivery, reducing health inequalities and improving access and outcomes for all. Act as the Board-level Executive lead for Infection Prevention and Control, ensuring robust systems, governance and assurance. Ensure compliance with the NMC Code of Professional Practice and CQC standards, providing assurance to the Board on quality and regulatory risk
About us
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.
Job description Job responsibilities
We are looking for a senior clinical leader with a strong track record of improving patient outcomes, quality and experience at system or organisational level. You will be a registered nurse with board level experience or significant sub-board leadership experience, excellent judgement, and the credibility to influence at Board, system and national level.
You will be passionate about compassionate, inclusive and safe care, and committed to developing people, services and partnerships that deliver real and lasting benefits for patients and communities.
As part of our recruitment process, we may carry out a basic search of publicly available social media and online content to help assess candidates suitability for the role.
Further details on the role, the candidate pack and how to apply can be found in the primary additional document About the role
For an informal discussion about the role, or to arrange a confidential conversation, please contact our recruitment partners at Hunter Healthcare:
Finn McNulty Associate Partner Executive Search
T: 07966 006091
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Minimum of 5 years' senior management experience at sub-Board level. Proven track record of interpreting and implementing national policy and strategy. Extensive senior operational experience with demonstrable achievements in an acute sector. Broad ranging experience in different clinical services. Leading a professional team in the design implementation and delivery of quality services across multidisciplinary teams. Work with and represent the Trust at external meetings / agencies. Extensive experience of working within the NHS Improvement, CQC and professional regulatory regimes. Extensive experience of working collaboratively with partners, across a healthcare system, to develop services which improve the patient experience. Proven success in leading transformation of services and change programmes including service improvement and cultural change. Demonstrable track record of achievement in the quality and patient safety agenda.
Desirable
Representing the profession at Board level. Experience of working in, developing, or managing community services.
Qualifications Essential
First level Registered Nurse (RN) Masters level degree or equivalent level of experience.
Specific Job Requirements Essential
Access to 24-hour transportation and work across multiple sites Ability to participate in the Executive on-call rota
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)
Address Warrington Hospital
Warrington
WA5 1QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://northcheshireandmersey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)