Divisional Deputy Director of Nursing

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, experienced, motivated and dynamic leader to join our newly developed Women's' and Childrens Division at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust as we strive to further enhance the outstanding 5-star patient care already provided. The Women's and Childrens Division is looking to strengthen our senior team by appointing a Divisional Deputy Director of Nursing who will be a compassionate, forward-thinking nurse that will provide professional and inspirational leadership across the service. Please note, this recruitment process will include an assessment centre and interview, dates TBC.Main duties of the job The postholder will be a key member of the senior leadership team and will work closely with all members of the clinical team, women, children and their families and key stakeholders. They will support service modernisation; workforce planning and play a vital role in the response and delivery of key national drivers and recommendations. They will hold line management accountability and operationally lead the nursing teams in delivering care across Neonatal and Paediatric services and will support the Divisional Director of Midwifery, Divisional Medical Director and the Associate Director of Operations in achieving operational and strategic objectives whilst ensuring an effective and safe service. The successful candidate will take a lead role within the Division for governance structures and processes ensuring that appropriate risk management is undertaken including incident review management, shared learning takes and assurance of quality are provided to the Division and Trust Board. The Divisional Deputy Director of Nursing will provide leadership to improve services, ensure local and national targets are achieved through the delivery of the best quality patient care and experience within set financial controls and resources.

• Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our Services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements: o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme