Assistant Chief Nurse

Job Summary

The post holder is a key member of the Corporate Nursing Directorate supporting senior nurses and midwives in developing practice. The post holder will have specific responsibility for supporting the Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Nurse to the effectively deliver the corporate nursing agenda, and provide professional and managerial leadership for the multidisciplinary team within their areas of responsibility



Main Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership for all nurses
• Provide professional advice on a range of highly complex nursing care and delivery issues.
• Advise and appraise the Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Nurse of professional issues as necessary
• Ensure consistent delivery of the highest quality and professional nursing care across areas of responsibility.
• Interpret and disseminate national policy and guidelines within sphere of responsibility ensuring the adoption of best practice and improvement.
• Support the Divisional Directors of Nursing to ensure that nursing staff are fully engaged in plans and developments in line with Trust strategy.

Deputise for the Deputy Chief Nurse as required.

Support the Divisional Nurse Directors by being proactive in identifying and assisting to resolve specific and recurrent issues.

Attend divisional and corporate meetings as appropriate

Participate in the Senior Professional Nurse rota.

Be the nursing contact for advice and support for any issues relating to Trust IT strategy/ development work.

Work closely with the Trust CCIO on collaboration and engagement with Nursing Leadership around digital strategy delivery.

Support the development and introduction of the ACP workforce Lead

Adherence to the NMC code of Practice

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits We Offer To You

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Helen Howard Job title: Deputy Chief Nurse Email address: Helen.howard@stockport.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01614195014