Associate Director of Nursing for Cancer, Palliative Care &End of Life

Are you a dynamic, innovative, compassionate and committed Senior Cancer Nurse who would like to play a crucial role to lead in progressingCancer, Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) and End of Life services throughout the North Middlesex University Hospital Trust?

This position is well suited to an individual with a broad experience in Cancer from diagnosis through to End of Life. Specialist Palliative Care andEnd of Life Care will not however be exclusive to Cancer. The postholder will provide strong, visible professional leadership within theorganization, building robust and effective relationships with external partners and key stakeholders.

Based within the Women's, Children, Clinical Support and Cancer Division, you will work closely and collaboratively with Cancer, SpecialistPalliative Care and End of Life leads to ensure strategies are in place to deliver measurable and sustainable improvement in quality and safety,in line with local, regional and National Best practice standards and drivers, and overall Trust objectives and values.

This exciting position offers the opportunity to develop and facilitate initiatives to build and develop innovative services to support patients andcarers throughout their experience. Embracing change and continuously challenging to create meaningful improvement. This vital post spansacross the Trust as a key change agent and expert resource to all divisions.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide strong, visible professional leadership within the organisation, building robust and effective relationships with external partners and key stakeholders.

They will be accountable for ensuring the maintenance and progression of clinical excellence in cancer, that these services are effectively coordinated, equitable, and of high quality.

The ADoN will work collaboratively with the Cancer, SPC teams and EoLC leads to ensure strategies are in place to deliver measurable and sustainable improvement in quality and safety, in line with local, regional and National best practice standards and drivers, and overall Trust objectives and values. They will also take the lead, along with the Clinical Director, for clinical governance within cancer services and Palliative Care & End of Life oversight.

After several years of ever closer working, North Mid and Royal Free London are planning to come together as one organisation to enable them to go further and faster in improving services for patients and the health of the local community than they can achieve separately. The merger of North Mid into the RFL group is currently expected to take place on 1 January 2025, subject to NHS England and Secretary of State approval.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.