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JOB DESCRIPTION

Chief Nurse

Accountable to Chief Executive

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Leadership and Management Skills

To be able to provide evidence of a leadership style that exemplifies the trust’s values.

Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people together across systems and inspire and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets.

Significant influencing and negotiating skills. Ability to engage, build and sustain relationships within the trust and with external organisations.

Impeccable interpersonal, communication and facilitation skills.

Strong team working skills and able to work as part of a team, in a collegiate manner.

Exhibits energy, enthusiasm and resilience to drive through change and required outcomes and improvements.

Demonstrate strong commitment for action to adhere to Equality & Diversity in the NHS workforce and for patients accessing healthcare services.

Excellent organisational and time management skills. Able to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

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The post-holder is expected to make a major contribution to the achievement of the trust vision namely:

To be an excellent integrated care provider and a comprehensive specialist centre for south west London, Surrey and beyond with thriving programmes of education and research.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.

Leadership values We expect our senior leaders to be:

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Excellent: Lead the organisation to the highest possible standards and set a values based style for own functional area or Division Kind:Demonstrate an empathetic leadership style.Respectful:Demonstrate an inclusive and considered approach to leadership including acknowledging the importance of own leadership role.Responsible:Be truthful and accept responsibility for mistakes










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Job purpose

The Chief Nurse has Board level responsibility for professional nursing, midwifery and therapy issues and provides strong leadership across these professions, encouraging innovation, creativity and strategic thinking about service provision.

As a Board voting executive member, the Chief Nurse accepts shared accountability for the achievement of the trust’s strategic and operational objectives and for setting and exemplifying the Trust’s values and standards and for ensuring that its obligations to internal and external stakeholders are understood and met.










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As Chief Nurse the post-holder will ensure that, along with the implementation of the Trust’s values, that the 6Cs of nursing care are implemented.

The Chief Nurse takes specific leadership responsibility for:

Providing leadership and board representation for all nursing, midwifery (through the director of midwifery) and therapy staff (through the director of therapies).

Development and leading the implementation of the Quality Improvement Strategy. Developing and implementing patient safety systems and processes within the Trust. Being Director of Infection Prevention and Control for the Trust and the Trust board lead

for adult and children’s safeguarding issues.










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Taking the lead role in ensuring continuous improvement in patient safety and patient experience across the Trust (working with the Medical Director to improve patient outcomes).

To lead on the production of the annual quality account.

Principal responsibilities as a Board director

Be jointly accountable for the delivery of safe high quality patient care as the overriding priority of SGHT, including the specific responsibility to ensure that patients, staff and other persons are protected against risks of acquiring healthcare acquired infections, through the provision of appropriate care, in suitable facilities, consistent with good clinical practice.










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Use specialist knowledge and experience, both of own function and healthcare services generally, to assist the Board in consideration of strategic issues, and ensuring that decisions taken are in the Trust’s best interests.

Help ensure that the Board receives appropriate and timely information, including performance management information, necessary for it to fulfill its duties, taking a particular lead in the reporting of quality information via the Quality report to the Trust Board.

Put the interests of the Trust before specific area of responsibility, specifically being prepared to participate fully in the Board’s collective decision-taking as a team member.










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Model cabinet behavior, as part of the top team, ensure alignment around corporate priorities and work as part of a team, in a collegiate manner

Provide leadership of the Trust, within a framework of prudent and effective controls which enable risk to be assessed and managed, in addition to undertaking specified responsibilities as set out in the risk management strategy and assurance framework and other supporting requirements.

Be jointly responsible for the Trust’s programme of cost efficiency, to ensure that the Trust achieves recurrent affordability.










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Adhere to the NHS Code of Conduct for Managers, alongside own professional code of conduct, where appropriate.

Be knowledgeable of own areas of responsibility as well as understanding the strategic priorities facing the Trust.

Professional leadership

Providing strong leadership to the nursing and midwifery profession, improving clinical leadership at all levels.










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Ensuring appropriate professional standards are in place including the professional regulation of midwifery staff (in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery) and that nurses and midwives have access to appropriate professional advice.

Ensuring appropriate professional standards are in place including the professional regulation of therapy staff (in conjunction with the Chief of Therapy) and that therapy staff have access to appropriate professional advice.

Providing leadership on the implementation of the National Quality Board requirements for safe nursing staffing and to develop and implement systems and processes to ensure productivity and value for money in relation to the nursing/midwifery service.










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Ensuring appropriate professional development programmes and education and training opportunities are in place and available to all staff (both pre and post registration).

Working closely with the Director of Human Resources, ensuring that effective strategies are in place for workforce development, recruitment and retention within nursing and midwifery including leading and encouraging work on the extended role of practice, multidisciplinary working and development of new roles for professional and support staff.

Provide leadership for the development and governance of new roles.

Quality and quality governanceQuality is defined as being made up of three domains: Patient Safety, Patient Experience and










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Patient Outcomes. Responsibilities for quality are shared across the Director of Corporate Affairs, the Chief Nurse and the Medical Director:

The Chief Nurse is responsible for Patient Safety and Patient Experience; The Medical Director is responsible for Patient Outcomes; The Director of Corporate Affairs is responsible for ensuring that there is a robust

governance system in place to support the delivery of quality across these three domains.

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Patient Safety(Chief Nurse)

Patient Experience(Chief Nurse)

Patient Outcomes(Medical Director)

Supported by

The responsibility of the Director of Corporate Affairs is therefore to work closely with the appropriate Executive Directors to implement robust systems for quality governance, developing and implementing systems to assure and improve quality of care for all patients.

This includes responsibility for risk management, legal services and compliance with external regulation (e.g. CQC).










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Quality Governance(Director of Corporate Affairs)

The quality responsibilities of the Chief Nurse are to:

Lead for patient safety and the reduction of avoidable harm and to ensure that the trust meets its obligations under the duty of candour.

Develop and implement systems and processes to demonstrate compliance with healthcare regulatory standards, within the area of responsibility of the Chief Nurse.

Ensure that there are appropriate systems in place to monitor quality (patient safety, patient experience and , with the Medical Director, patient outcomes) and identify areas for improvement/ Lead on the production of the annual Quality Account.










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Support Clinical Divisions in meeting the Trust’s responsibilities for quality performance and the implementation of their quality improvement plans.

As lead for improving patient experience, lead for the Trust Board with respect to complaints, taking overall responsibility for the management of complaints and performance in relation to complaints, PALS, and bereavement services. Ensure that lessons are learned and that patient experience is continually improved and chair the Patient Experience Committee.

As lead for patient experience, have overall responsibility for CQC and other national surveys, and for developing and implementing systems to allow assessment and action plans










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to improve the patient experience, in relation to the environment, food, comfort, privacy and dignity.

To oversee the management of the friends and family test and the development of the nursing score card and to ensure that processes are in place to identify and respond to any areas of concern.

Director of Infection Control and Prevention

Take board level responsibility for infection prevention and control within the organisation, working closely with the Infection Control Doctor and the Infection Control Team.










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Ensure that the principles of good infection control are applied to all activities undertaken within the Trust.

Provide appropriate challenge to ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the best possible infection control practice.

Ensure that infection control policies and practices are fit for purpose and initiate change where appropriate.

Produce an annual report on infection control for the Trust Board.

Work with the Infection team implement an annual Infection Control plan.










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Safeguarding

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment. The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role. The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.

To act as the Trust’s lead director for safeguarding and for ensuring that the Trust meets the requirements of Section 11 of the Children’s Act.










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To ensure partnership working with external agencies and that clear governance structures for safeguarding are in place.

Provide support to the Trust’s clinical lead for dementia.

Lead on ensuring that the Trust provides quality care to patients with learning disabilities.

Act as executive lead for end of life care.

Communication and working relationships










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Develop relationships external to the Trust, working collaboratively with local service providers, Commissioners, Local Health Watch, health and wellbeing board and the local authority, the NTDA, NHSE, HEE and local CCGs.

Develop strong educational and research links with the St Georges’ Hospital Medical School, University of Kingston and St Georges School of Health Sciences, and the Nursing Directorate of Kings’ College London.

Liaise with external nursing and other professional bodies, such as the NMC and the RCN.

Liaise with patient groups and patient representative bodies.










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Committee leadership and membership

Chair as Chief Nurse:

Patient safety committeePatient experience committeeNursing BoardMatronsWeekly meeting with Divisional Director of Nursing and Governance and corporate nursing team HCAI taskforce










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Infection control committeeSafeguarding Children and Young People Committee

AttendDIPC Forum (NHS England, London)Director of Nursing Forum (NHS England, London)Clinical Quality Review Meeting (CCGs)BoardAudit CommitteeQuality and Risk CommitteeWandsworth Safeguarding Children Board










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Divisional performance reviewsFinance, Performance and Investment CommitteeEMTSerious Incident declaration meetingStaff safety ForumFT programme BoardCapital projects GroupPartnership ForumKey account meetings with HEIs x 2










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General requirements for Executive Directors

Participate in the executive on call rota.

Have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of staff and others and tocomply at all times with the requirements of the Health and Safety Regulations.

To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.

To work in accordance with the Trust’s policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote good race relations and diversity in the workplace. To positively promote at all times equality of opportunity in employment for patients and staff in accordance with the










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Trust’s policies, to ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of age, disability, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, religion beliefs, sexual orientation, domestic circumstances, social and employment status, HIV status, gender re-assignment, political affiliation or trade union membership.

To comply with the St. George’s Healthcare NHS Trust No Smoking Policy.

This job description is a reflection of the current position and may change in emphasis or detail in the light of subsequent development.

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Take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve self development including personal professional knowledge and competence.

The content of this job profile will be reviewed on a regular basis with the Chief Executive in line with appraisal objectives.

Participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan.

Take every reasonable opportunity to maintain and improve self developmentincluding personal professional knowledge and competence.










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The post holder will undertake revalidation in accordance with professional requirements, if appropriate.










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PERSON SPECIFICATION

Attribute Criteria Essential Desirable Assessment

Education, Qualifications and Training

Qualified RGN CV

Current NMC Registration. CV

Educated to masters degree level in health related subject or equivalent.

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Post graduate level management CV










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qualification.

Evidence of continuing professional development.

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Knowledge and Experience

Successful track record of senior nursing leadership at Board level within a complex acute healthcare environment.

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Comprehensive knowledge of patient CV










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safety systems and processes including clinical risk and safe guarding vulnerable people.

Knowledge and credibility across wide range of infection control measures and management.

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Detailed knowledge and understanding of current health & social care issue

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Experience of successfully leading and managing a diverse team.

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Demonstrable experience of leading and effectively managing change in large complex environments.

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Experience of delivering change in service delivery /culture shift.

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Able to contribute and provide credible input across the Board’s corporate agenda.

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Able to make a significant contribution to Trust’s cost improvement programme to reconcile affordability, safety and quality.

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An understanding of healthcare planning, systems and processes and service improvement methodologies

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Demonstrate significant experience in situational leadership, human resource management and people development.

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Demonstrate strong and credible leadership in being able to pull people

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together across systems and inspire and motivate them to deliver common aims and targets.


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and facilitation skills.


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to adhere to Equality & Diversity in the NHS workforce and for patients accessing healthcare services.


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Directorate of Nursingad of Patient Safety









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Chief Nurse and Director of Infection Control

Vikki CarruthDeputy Chief Nurse

Clinical Effectiveness & Audit TeamKate Hutt – Team Leader

Yvonne ConnollyHead of Patient Safety

Divisional Directors of Nursing and Governance x 4

Director of Midwifery

Ros Given-WilsonMedical Director and

Associate Medical Directors x 4

PAInfection Control Team

Matthew Laundy – IC DoctorSalma Medhi& Ruth LawJoint IC Senior Nurses

Head of Nursing Quality & Patient Experience

Head of Nursing Workforce Development

Learning Disabilities Liaison Nurse

Lead Nurse Adult Safeguarding

Chaplaincy

Complaints

Bereavement

PALS

Volunteers

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