Job Overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
This post is a secondment until the 31 st December 2025 in the first instance to meet the needs of the service.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Expressions of interest are sought for the role of integrated health community (IHC) Associate Director of Nursing for the East health communities.
Being a senior leader in the Health Community the IHC Associate Director of Nursing will support the Director of Nursing who is responsible for serving the population for all aspects of the IHC’s nursing services. Including the workforce’s delivery of quality, activity and financial performance through culture, strategy, people development and resource management.
The associate director of Nursing will provide visible clinical leadership, ensuring a professional role model to nurses. They will ensure the professional standards are maintained, encouraging a culture of continuous learning and innovations. They will convey complex messages to others in a manner that is easily understood and will encourage others to accept accountability and responsibility , and take every opportunity to develop.
Main duties of the job
The postholder has specific responsibility & accountability for providing high quality services, together with operational responsibility for some Integrated Health Community services that span the wider health economy. The post holder alongside the IHC management team will shape the vision for the delivery of high quality acute, community hospital, community and primary care services together with operational responsibility for some service provision that spans the Health Community undertaken through a collaborative approach working with key stakeholders, including local authorities and partner organisations.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The post holder will provide inspirational Professional leadership to the operational and clinical teams, holding significant responsibility for the strategic development of nursing across the health community ensuring delivery of the Health Board’s Service, Financial, Performance and Improvement plans. Engaging at all levels, building and establishing collaborative working relationships to best facilitate the site and the Health Board.
The Post Holder is required to interpret the overall Health Board’s Strategic Plan and Health Policy and best practice nationally, and internationally to drive innovative practice and high quality services ensuring best practice and evidence base approaches are evident.
The postholder will motivate and engage at all levels and across all boundaries. To succeed in this role the individual will need to be able to build confidence across the organisation and the whole health board working autonomously in many strategic arenas when representing the wider health economy and the Health Board.
The post holder will take a health economy wide remit for Quality & Safety alongside that of the IHC Nurse Director, Medical Director and Finance & Performance responsibility for nursing staff. The post holder will ensure that professional regulatory standards, leadership, appropriate planning implementations, monitoring and review mechanisms are in place to develop high quality patient centred driven services within available resources.
The post holder will be operationally responsible for the nursing service within the Health Community, advocating and attaining high standards of patient care and performance against agreed metrics.
Key responsibilities will be to challenge, support, develop and ensure clinical and strategic partner engagement across the Health Board, ensuring robust systems for performance, financial management and quality governance are in place.
Alongside the IHC management team, the postholder will be responsible for implementing the Quality Improvement Strategy, and promoting a culture of safe, high quality Prudent and Compassionate Health Care.
The post holder will be responsible for assuring professional standards and practice in all aspects of nursing disciplines are achieved including adherence to statutory regulations. They will establish strong integrated multi-disciplinary teams to engage in service redesign, promoting a learning and development culture.
The post holder will support the IHC Nurse Director in implementing the Quality Improvement and Nursing Strategies, establishing a robust performance framework for providing assurance regards these domains.
Through the Delivery of Foundations 4 Change the post holder will commission the appropriate nursing services to meet the needs of the population.
At all times, the individual is required to work within their professional Code of Conduct.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with degree in relevant subject
- Masters Degree in Nursing or health related subject or working towards with completion in two years
- Considerable experience working at, or just below Board level.
- Combination of academic award, further training and experience to level 8 (Doctorate)
- Post-graduate management qualification
- Leadership course / qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive knowledge of nursing performance and staff management acquired through training and experience over extended period
- Extensive Leadership experience of leading and directing complex teams
- Demonstrable experience based on working in a senior nursing role with a track record of achievement
- Proven experience of budgetary management and delivery and staff management across services
- Considerable experience and highly developed clinical skills which are used in the day to day management of an Acute Hospital setting
- Evidence of managing resources in a complex environment
- Ability to think, plan and deliver
- Complaints management and experience of the litigation process
- Experience of effective partnership / multi agency / cross agency working in support of local and national strategy
- Experience of developing and preparing complex operational plans
- Leading and successfully implementing service improvement / redesign programmes in a multi-disciplinary environment / across a range of services
- Developing and delivering governance systems including management and mitigation of risk
- Experience of policy development and implementation across a range of services
- Demonstrable experience of collaborative or facilitative approaches to effective partnership working with /across divisions, voluntary sector, local authority
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work clinically with the competency to use evidenced based practice in terms of managing safe clinical services
- Ability to undertake audit and research to ensure evidence based service development
- Ability to analyse complex clinical issues/problems, identify necessary action and make recommendations and follow these through
- Proven ability to work across divisions, develop networks and alliances, project a vision and obtain ownership and commitment from stakeholders
- Ability to use motivational, negotiating and reassurance skills to overcome any barriers to understanding.
- Ability to demonstrate vision and direction
- Highly developed verbal communication skills i.e.
- Able to demonstrate effective engagement and provision of information of a highly technical, highly complex, highly sensitive nature in an understandable format to all stakeholders
- Can demonstrate emotional leadership skills in complex situations and apply these appropriately
- Highly developed written communications skills
- Good organisational skills
- Highly developed keyboard and computer skills, with working knowledge of databases, spread sheets and presentation packages
- Leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams and have them understand the Health Board’s and your performance expectations
Personal Qualities
Essential Criteria
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills;
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude;
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
Other
Essential criteria
- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement and development- underpinned by open communications and team working
- Resilience and drive
- Personal and professional integrity and confidence
- Self-motivated, proactive and innovative
- Self-motivated, proactive and innovative
- Able to travel across sites as necessary
- Substantial personal & professional confidence & credibility
- Resourceful
- Able to demonstrate an understanding of the political environment within which the NHS operates
- Ability to focus on the future & the need for service improvement
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
- Demonstrates a broad understanding of the key determinants of health and healthcare
- In depth knowledge of the current nursing and health agenda, NHS policy and other key policy drivers
- An in-depth knowledge of quality and Standards for Healthcare Services as they relate to Nursing, Fundamentals of care
- Up to date knowledge of nursing management theory
- Clear understanding of the concept and working arrangements of diverse clinical areas
