Job description

Job responsibilities

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) is a leading healthcare provider serving a diverse population of 650,000 people across County Durham and Darlington and the surrounding areas. Our commitment to delivering safe, compassionate, and joined-up care is at the heart of everything we do. With over 7,500 dedicated colleagues, we offer a comprehensive range of services, from acute hospital care to community health services. We are deeply embedded in our local communities, working collaboratively to improve health outcomes and enhance patient experiences. At CDDFT, we value innovation, professional development, and a supportive working environment, making us an exceptional place to build a rewarding career in healthcare leadership

Job responsibilities

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust (CDDFT) is a leading healthcare provider serving a diverse population of 650,000 people across County Durham and Darlington and the surrounding areas. Our commitment to delivering safe, compassionate, and joined-up care is at the heart of everything we do. With over 7,500 dedicated colleagues, we offer a comprehensive range of services, from acute hospital care to community health services. We are deeply embedded in our local communities, working collaboratively to improve health outcomes and enhance patient experiences. At CDDFT, we value innovation, professional development, and a supportive working environment, making us an exceptional place to build a rewarding career in healthcare leadership

Person Specification

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, in particular communication, negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams and gain consensus in a challenging environment.
• The ability to assimilate complex information and make decisions in a fast-moving environment, to cope with ambiguity and to sustain performance.
• The ability to drive improvements, maintain momentum and sustain a medium-to-long-term view against the day-to-day operational and financial challenges.
• A passion and commitment to continually seek to improve standards of patient care.
• The energy and resilience to maintain performance and inspire confidence within a fast moving, challenging environment.
• Outstanding leadership skills with a strong focus on values and behaviours.
• Able to work as part of a team in a collegiate way.
• Capacity to understand and embrace new technology.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Authentic leader, committed to collective leadership.
• Able to role model the CDDFT behaviours.
• Gravitas and confidence; stable and resilient under pressure.
• Team player and builder.
• Commitment to public service ethos.
• Articulate and natural relationship builder.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Satisfactory pre-employment screening.
• Ability to participate in the executive on-call rota.
• Ability to meet Fit and Proper Person requirements.

Experience

Essential

• A proven track record of nursing, midwifery leadership at senior level, underpinned by an understanding of the NHS and its wider relationships.
• High level of managerial competency with the ability to lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Evidence of significant experience in leading and influencing professional groups to secure cross-system change.
• Evidence of significant experience in building effective networks across health and social care and experience of leading improvement programmes.
• Experience in establishing a clear strategic vision and direction, and translating this into successful outcomes for staff and patients.
• Experience of development of models of care to support people to remain healthy and well and to support care in a non-hospital setting.
• Experience of improving patient safety and creating a culture of learning and improvement.
• Experience of supporting nurses, midwives and allied health professional concerns about conduct or capability.
• Demonstrable experience and commitment to inclusion.
• Knowledge of NHS strategy and policy and its impact at system and organisational level.
• Strong financial awareness and business acumen drawn from experience of leading operations in multi-million-pound environments.
• Knowledge and experience of the requirement of, as well as working collaboratively with, regulatory bodies including the Royal College of Nursing, the Health and Care Professions Council, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission.

Desirable

• Senior leadership experience in an acute and community provider.
• Experience of delivering transformative and cultural change.
• Awareness of improvement methodologies.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current unblemished registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of ongoing continual professional development.

Desirable

• Registered Midwife.
• Postgraduate management qualification

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current unblemished registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Desirable

• Registered Midwife.

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills, in particular communication, negotiating and influencing skills with the ability to inspire and motivate individuals and teams and gain consensus in a challenging environment.
• The ability to assimilate complex information and make decisions in a fast-moving environment, to cope with ambiguity and to sustain performance.
• The ability to drive improvements, maintain momentum and sustain a medium-to-long-term view against the day-to-day operational and financial challenges.
• A passion and commitment to continually seek to improve standards of patient care.
• The energy and resilience to maintain performance and inspire confidence within a fast moving, challenging environment.
• Outstanding leadership skills with a strong focus on values and behaviours.
• Able to work as part of a team in a collegiate way.
• Capacity to understand and embrace new technology.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Authentic leader, committed to collective leadership.
• Able to role model the CDDFT behaviours.
• Gravitas and confidence; stable and resilient under pressure.
• Team player and builder.
• Commitment to public service ethos.
• Articulate and natural relationship builder.
• Able to travel between sites.
• Satisfactory pre-employment screening.
• Ability to participate in the executive on-call rota.
• Ability to meet Fit and Proper Person requirements.

Experience

Essential

• A proven track record of nursing, midwifery leadership at senior level, underpinned by an understanding of the NHS and its wider relationships.
• High level of managerial competency with the ability to lead and manage change in a complex and dynamic environment.
• Evidence of significant experience in leading and influencing professional groups to secure cross-system change.
• Evidence of significant experience in building effective networks across health and social care and experience of leading improvement programmes.
• Experience in establishing a clear strategic vision and direction, and translating this into successful outcomes for staff and patients.
• Experience of development of models of care to support people to remain healthy and well and to support care in a non-hospital setting.
• Experience of improving patient safety and creating a culture of learning and improvement.
• Experience of supporting nurses, midwives and allied health professional concerns about conduct or capability.
• Demonstrable experience and commitment to inclusion.
• Knowledge of NHS strategy and policy and its impact at system and organisational level.
• Strong financial awareness and business acumen drawn from experience of leading operations in multi-million-pound environments.
• Knowledge and experience of the requirement of, as well as working collaboratively with, regulatory bodies including the Royal College of Nursing, the Health and Care Professions Council, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission.

Desirable

• Senior leadership experience in an acute and community provider.
• Experience of delivering transformative and cultural change.
• Awareness of improvement methodologies.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current unblemished registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of ongoing continual professional development.

Desirable

• Registered Midwife.
• Postgraduate management qualification

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current unblemished registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Desirable

• Registered Midwife.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust

Hollyhurst Road

Darlington

County Durham

DL3 6HX

Employer's website

https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)