Kent Community Health NHS Foundation TrustThe NHS is changing. With a growing emphasis on community-based care there's never been a better time to join us.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking and passionate Deputy Chief Nurse to join our professional team. The Deputy Chief Nurse will work as part of the senior Professional nursing team and lead on portfolio areas on behalf of the Chief Nursing Officer.
The post holder will deputise for all aspects of the Chief Nurse portfolio and is an excellent opportunity for a nurse who has ambitions to become a Chief Nurse. This post is for someone who is able to manage a demanding and busy portfolio, who has the confidence to work autonomously and role models compassionate Leadership.
The Deputy Chief Nurse will provide strong, visible and professional leadership and ensure that the pillars of quality including patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness as well as the delivery of high-quality care remain central to our strategic direction and decision making. If this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the jobCould you use your skills and experience to support the NHS to deliver great patient care? Great patient care needs great people to support clinical teams. That's where you come in.
We're always looking for enthusiastic, responsive, and adaptable people to join our outstanding trust. This role is an important one as you'll be using your knowledge, experience and expertise to provide procurement support to our hard-working frontline NHS teams.
We put patients first and we expect all of our colleagues to do the same, so although NHS experience isn't a requirement for this role you'll need to share our passion for delivering excellent patient care and keep that passion at the forefront of your professional activity at all times.
The challenges come thick and fast in this role but you'll know that your input is contributing to the excellent experience our patients and service users have every day.
About usRated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive, Excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
Job responsibilitiesThe job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person SpecificationQualificationsNMC registration and current practising nurseHighly specialist, advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of nursing procedures - doctorate or masters and additional relevant training and qualificationsQuality improvement training and/or qualificationManagement or senior level leadership programmeKnowledge and ExperienceExtensive, successful track record of leadership and achievement at senior nursing level working within health or care settingsExtensive experience of leading and effectively managing teams, targets and change management in large, complex environments with a range of key stakeholdersExperience of building effective system partnerships, multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working and delivering clinical change through partnership workingSignificant experience in budgetary/financial management and governance processes, contributing to cost reduction strategiesSignificant experience of quality assurance and quality improvementSkills and AbilitiesHighly developed interpersonal and communication skills - exceptional influencing skillsCredible leadership with motivational, mediation and facilitation skillsDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
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