Deputy Group Director of Nursing

The Deputy Group Director of Nursing post is a senior nursing position within the organisation which requires the individual to possess excellent communication and organisational skills which will facilitate working within the Surgical Services Group.

The postholder will be responsible for the strategic clinical oversight of theatres with three Matrons supporting, this will include leading on procurement and providing strategic leadership for the service. The postholder will work alongside the Group Director of Nursing to deliver the quality and safety agenda - Fundamentals of Care Programme engaging the clinical teams to ensure delivery of patient centered evidence based high quality and safe care. The postholder will deputise for the Group Director of Nursing in her absence and at meetings., As a key professional leader the Deputy Director of Nursing will provide operational direction to all nurses within the directorates, be responsible for providing high quality patient focused care, ensuring robust risk management and governance arrangements are in place. Their portfolio will include operational nursing and AHP oversight for theatres including oversight of clinical procurement and Medicines Management for the Group plus deputising for the Group Director of Nursing.

The post holder will be an integral part of the trust senior nursing team working with other Deputy Directors of Nursing, Directors of Nursing, Deputy Chief Nurses and Chief Nursing Officer.

Do you have the passion, experience and drive to make a difference ? If you do then SWBH Trust is the place for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Group Director of Nursing.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives