Site Director of Nursing and Corporate Nursing

The London Northwest University Healthcare Trust has three sites at Central Middlesex Hospital, Ealing and Northwick Park Hospital. The Site Director of Nursing for Ealing Hospital and Corporate Nursing reports to the Chief Nurse for the Trust.
The Site Director of Nursing for Ealing Hospital and Corporate Nursing provides advice and guidance on all nursing matters at the Ealing Hospital site.
The post holder is the senior nurse within the hospital and is professionally accountable for the performance of the nursing and midwifery profession at that site and at any other locations/clinics where that hospital delivers services. They will work with the site Director of Operations and Medical Director to ensure that Ealing runs safely, and operational flow is smooth., Roles and responsibilities
Strategic Development
a. Contribute to all major service development and investment decisions through membership of the Trust Executive Group, as well as all aspects of performance management across all the services of the Trust. Participate fully in the corporate management of the Trust, including the formulation of the Trust's strategic direction, annual business plan and the cost improvement plan.
b. In conjunction with the Chief Nurse be responsible for the strategic direction of patient experience in the Trust.
c. To be responsible for the development and delivery of a Nursing and AHP Digital Strategy.
d. Develop and maintain productive collaborative working relationships with other members of the Executive Management Team
e. Contribute to the achievement of all the Trust's objectives, including the financial, workforce and performance targets.
f. As an Executive Director proactively contribute to the wider organisational agenda beyond nursing.
g. Work within the Trust's standing orders and standing financial instructions, and the overall corporate governance framework. Manage all budgets within the financial policies and procedures.
h. Ensure nursing policies reflect national, regional and local priorities, new technological developments and are directly linked to improving the quality of patient care and organisational performance. Ensure that research influences practice.
i. Take part in the Gold Command on call rota., We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.
Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.
As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff., London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
+ Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
+ St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
+ Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
+ Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.