Assistant Director of Nursing - Medicine inLiverpool inLiverpool PUBLISHED
THU 24 OCT 2024
Key responsibilities include senior clinical leadership, daily operational support, budget management, and governance oversight, including handling complaints, incidents, and risk management. The successful candidate will also take on the role of representative for medicine nursing teams, with a delegated responsibility for the Divisional Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) portfolio. This position offers the opportunity to lead, innovate, and improve care within a supportive and dynamic team environment.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior nurse leader to join the medicine leadership team as an Assistant Director of Nursing (ADN) working in Gastroenterology, Endoscopy, Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine for an initial fixed-term period of 3 months.
You will be joining a passionate, cohesive, supportive team with areas of outstanding practice in a busy, fast-paced environment offering the opportunity to lead, innovate, develop, improve and showcase. We are keen to appoint immediately and therefore the ability to join the team without delay is required.
*Please note, there is a requirement for the successful candidate to commence in post by the start of December - please consider this and ensure this is supported before applying.*
You will join the Head of Operations and Clinical Directors forming the leadership team for the Care Group, and be accountable for overseeing the performance against key indicators and measures of quality, safety, people, finance and clinical effectiveness. You will lead a team of Matrons with several wards, departments and specialist teams reporting to you within the care group and are responsible for managing the budget and management of resources within your areas of responsibility. You will also provide senior clinical leadership and support into the daily operational meetings such as flow and staffing, taking responsibility on a rota to be the representative and lead for medicine nursing teams for the day. You will hold delegated responsibility for the Divisional IPC portfolio and will provide assurance on behalf of the care group into Divisional Groups, managing governance including complaints, incidents and risks as a core element of the role.
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For the main responsibilities, please see the job description and person specification attached. Please note the post holder title on the attached JD of 'Lead Nurse' is in the process of being amended to 'Assistant Director of Nursing'.
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