Divisional Director of Nursing & AHPs

Job Overview

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Hi I'm Kev, the Chief Nursing Officer here at WWL. I love being a senior leader in this organisation and system. We have a great opportunity in our Team but first some questions:

• Do you want to lead our Nurses and AHPs through a period of service transformational redesign which will have a significant impact on the care the patients of the borough of Wigan receive?
• Do you aspire to be a Deputy Chief Nurse/Deputy Chief AHP and influence the teams that lead our services?
• Do you want to bring 100% of you to work and let our teams be and do the same?
• Are you a kind and compassionate leader committed to making a difference using our Trust Values as your core framework?
• Do you want to be an influential leader within our system?

If any or preferably all of the above interests you then we want to speak with you!

Due to the current post holder being promoted, we have an exciting opportunity to become the Director of Nursing and AHPs for our Community Division.

We are a new leadership team that is wanting make a difference for our patients and our people. Whilst you will be supported by me and my senior team in this role, you will be part of our strong Divisional Director of Nursing/AHP Team and you will have the autonomy to lead the Division.

We are 'One Team'.

I am really keen to facilitate informal conversations around this post prior to application either via phone, email or my X handle @k_mantron.

The post holder with the Divisional Medical Director and the Divisional Director of Operations operates as a triumvirate. This triumvirate has responsibility and accountability for the quality, operational performance and strategic development of their Division. This will include joint accountability for high quality patient care, patient safety, clinical quality and governance, the delivery of agreed performance, workforce. The DDON AHP will work collaboratively with the DDOP to achieve the Divisions’ financial objectives and ensuring that the Division operates with the needs of patients as its highest priority.

The post holder is responsible and accountable for leading the nursing, AHPs and care staff within the Division in order to deliver continuous quality improvement and drive excellent clinical practice delivered to patients by the nursing and AHP workforce resulting in improved patient outcomes. This will be in line with agreed triumvirate and Trust objectives, targets, quality standards, resource controls and constraints, and will be accountable for the delivery of the nursing and AHP quality strategy for the Division and for the Trust as a whole.

As an equal part of the triumvirate the post holder will play a lead role in developing and implementing the Trusts’ strategy. This will be in accordance with patient needs, national and local priorities and professional codes of conduct.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

• Jointly accountable and responsible as a member of the triumvirate in the development of the Divisions strategic objectives.
• Lead the Nursing/Midwifery and AHP leadership and development within the Division and Trust.
• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of the Nursing/Midwifery AHP strategic objectives, Infection Prevention and Control, Harm Free Care, Governance and regulatory requirements and adherence to nursing/midwifery and AHP codes of conduct.
• Take the Lead and be responsible and accountable for the Division for patient experience and user…