Deputy Chief Nurse

We are recruiting for a Deputy Chief Nurse to join our team at Oxford Health NHS FT where you will deputise for most aspects of the Chief Nurse's portfolio.
This is a great opportunity for a senior nurse with strategic Trust-wide leadership experience who is ready to lead a diverse and talented nursing workforce in delivering safe, collaborative and excellent care to patients. You'll be instrumental in driving quality improvement in all areas of the trust and ensuring that an active learning culture is embedded.
You'll be a trusted ambassador for nursing and act as a positive role model to our workforce, co-ordinating access to services and making decisions that improve outcomes and value for patients. You'll also have the opportunity to be a catalyst in transforming our health care system and strive towards excellence and outstanding care in all fields of nursing.
This is a full time role based at our Littlemore Mental Health Centre and is open to senior nurses with previous experience in a senior clinical leadership role.
If you are looking for the next step in your nursing career and have a strong background in driving clinical excellence in leadership, we would love to hear from you!, + Accountable for professional nursing knowledge, standards, strategy and practice including care environments within all Directorates and services in the Trust
+ Development of a career framework for all nursing staff, underpinned with strong systems for nursing practice and leadership development at all levels within nursing teams
+ Ensuring oversight across the Trust of nursing standards
+ Leadership and professional development for all nurses including research
+ Accountable for the Quality improvement of services and contribution of nurses to the continues development of safe and excellent nursing practice
+ Leading Trust wide Quality Improvement programmes such as Positive and Safe
+ Chair and lead trust wide Quality assurance activities and committees such as WRM
+ Deputise for the Chief nurse with delegated authority at all required levels including Executive board and national forums
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties, + All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
+ Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
+ Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
+ We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
+ We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values - safe, caring and excellent.
+ Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
+ Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing

NHS AfC: Band 9
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you're excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you., Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
+ Excellent opportunities for career progression
+ Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
+ 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
+ NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
+ Competitive pension scheme
+ Lease car scheme
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Employee Assistance Programme
+ Mental Health First Aiders
+ Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
+ Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team