Assistant Director of Nursing | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Assistant Director of Nursing who has the energy and passion to make a sustainable and lasting difference, leading teams delivering safe, effective, compassionate care to our population., We are seeking an Assistant Director of Nursing with the right values, commitment and energy to support our journey within the Gastroenterology and Diabetes Care Group at Aintree University Hospital.

You will be joining a passionate, cohesive, supportive team demonstrating areas of outstanding practice in a busy, fast-paced environment offering the opportunity to lead, innovate, develop, improve and showcase.

The Assistant Director of Nursing is a critical role that will work alongside the Divisional Director of Nursing and AHPs, Head of Operations and Clinical Directors to embed clinical leadership across the Care Group.

The Assistant Director of Nursing will develop a culture that focuses on staff development, governance, high quality care, efficiency, patient safety, learning, improvement and innovation.

This is a key role, working in collaboration and in conjunction with the Divisional and Hospital Leadership Teams, and will provide direction and support to ensure a co-ordinated approach to service delivery, service transformation and the development of services that help achieve the long-term vision and priorities of the Trust.

The post holder will be a core member of the Care Group Leadership Team and will lead a team of Matrons and Specialist Teams. In addition the role provides the opportunity through the delegated portfolio to lead on specific elements of division-wide transformation., Provide effective clinical and professional leadership that demonstrates the values and behaviours identified within the Trusts framework and act as a role model for all staff within LUHFT
-Provide line management and develop the clinical Nursing teams and individuals as required within the Care Group
-Support the delivery of care through patient and staff engagement, clinical supervision and holding self and others to account for the delivery of care in the Care Group/service
-Develop innovative strategies to guide and coach Nursing/teams in developing and strengthening leadership skills in order to meet the responsibilities of their role and provide succession planning.
-Provide expert Nursing advice to the Care Group, representing the profession
-Contribute as part of the Care Group triumvirate to the development of service delivery and transformation plans across the Division.
-Support implementation plans, and working with internal and external stakeholders to continually improve patient services
-Foster and develop strong collaborative credible working relationships across care groups divisions and sites.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.