Are you ready to take a pivotal leadership role in shaping the future of nursing services across our Trust? We are seeking an exceptional candidate to work closely with the Executive Chief Nurse, deputising across the full spectrum of her duties and driving the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Trust-wide nursing policy and practice.
- Support the Executive Chief Nurse in the strategic advancement of nursing services.
- Maintain effective communication and ensure the Executive Chief Nurse is kept informed of all matters impacting nursing.
- Deliver expert professional and operational support across Nursing and the wider Trust.
- Lead on achieving the Executive Chief Nurse’s objectives and manage your own portfolio in line with the Nursing & Midwifery Strategy and Trust aims.
- Participate in the Senior Manager Executive on-call rota.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced professional eager to make a lasting impact on nursing excellence. If you are committed to high standards and strategic leadership, we would love to hear from you.
Secondment / FTC - 6 - 9 months
- Deputise for the Executive Chief Nurse: Take responsibility for the full range of the Executive Chief Nurse’s duties as required, ensuring continuity of leadership and decision-making across nursing services.
- Develop and Implement Nursing Policy: Support the creation, enactment, and ongoing improvement of Trust-wide nursing policies and practices, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
- Contribute to Strategic Development: Work closely with the Executive Chief Nurse to drive the strategic advancement of nursing services, supporting the long-term vision and objectives of the Trust.
- Maintain Communication: Establish and maintain effective communication channels to ensure the Executive Chief Nurse is kept informed of all matters affecting nursing, fostering transparency and collaborative working.
- Provide Professional and Operational Support: Offer expert guidance and operational support to nursing teams and the wider Trust, ensuring high standards of care and effective service delivery.
- Lead on Objective Achievement: Take a leading role in achieving the objectives of the Executive Chief Nurse, as well as managing and progressing your own portfolio in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Strategy and Trust objectives.
Participate in Senior Management On-Call Rota: Join the Executive on-call rota, providing senior management support and leadership as part of the Trust’s out-of-hours arrangements.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospital s promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Represent nursing, professionally and operationally at Executive Director’s Groups that advise the Chief Executive on the Organisation’s operational agenda.
Develop and present papers, as necessary and making decisions as required.
Represent professional and operational Nursing on all strategic issues relating to the on-going quality, safety and transformation programmes
Lead and chair sub groups to the Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness Committee i.e. Falls Group, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Improvement Group, Tracheostomy Management Group, Revalidation and Safe staffing Groups; ensuring onward reporting on progress.
Provide active membership and appropriate challenge at the Clinical Governance Committee.
Provide active membership on the Professional Nursing & Midwifery Forum presenting professional issues for discussion, debate and decisions.
M anage the educational and tissue viability elements of the corporate nursing budget, and nursing’s component of the cost improvement programme.
