Job overview

A vacancy has been created within the senior nursing team in Integrated and Specialist Medicine. The postholder will hold a portfolio to include workforce, finance and digital on behalf of the Director of Nursing and will be expected to deliver successful performance across these three domains with the support of the wider nursing, operational and corporate team. The postholder will be joining a senior nursing team which fosters a culture of collaboration, facing challenges as a team while providing leadership to a broad spectrum of services trust wide, both in hospital and community, across seven highly diverse directorates and multiple clinical speciality teams. We are seeking candidates with significant senior operational experience, to be able to adapt to a leadership role across the full breadth of our services. The candidate will need to have the energy and flexibility to support unexpected operational challenges, the resilience to manage a high pressured environment and the ability to coach and support colleagues to find a way through challenges. The candidate will need an attention for detail which stands up to public scrutiny in financial decision making and be able to inspire teams to work differently to deliver the highest standards within our financial envelope. The Clinical Group is seeking a highly professional and flexible leader who will lead with positive energy and prioritise people at all times.

Main duties of the job

This post will work collaboratively across all disciplines and the postholder will provide professional leadership to our nursing and wider MDT workforce with a focus on successful integration of multiple services across primary and secondary care, utilising the expertise they bring to patient pathways. Specific strategic priorities the postholder will be responsible for include the development of specialist nursing career pathways, supporting emerging roles and to outreach into local community to attract people into the profession. They will be responsible for developing financial savings initiatives across clinical environments, requiring difficult decision making and the ability to use data and risk management tools to justify decisions. This may involve leading teams into the emerging developments in digital healthcare. A keen interest in the benefits of AI and remote technology and different ways to deliver care will be key to leading our teams towards the future. They will play an important role in the successful delivery of our key objectives including improved performance, successful integration of services & patient experience. The role will foster a culture of wellbeing through support and healthy challenge to our teams, enabling them to reach their full potential, utilising the full breadth of our diversity. The post-holder will represent the Clinical Group and Trust at cross-organisational meetings and deputise for the Clinical Group Director of Nursing.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person specification

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Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.