Associate Director of Nursing: Emergency Care and TraumaNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Royal London and Mile End Hospitals Hospital as our Associate Director of Nursing for our ECAT division within the Barts Health Group. The Associate Director of Nursing is responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality patient services within the Division of Emergency Care and Trauma (ECAT). They are clinically sound, deliver cost effective services and meet the Trust's priorities, performance and quality standards.

The role of the Associate Director of Nursing is to provide strong local leadership to the Division and to balance strategic plans with clinical/nursing needs and the delivery of safe and high-quality care.The Associate Director of Nursing will provide strategic leadership at divisional level (and hospital or trust-wide level as required) ensuring that there is appropriate governance, systems and processes within the Division (hospital or trust) to enable staff to deliver good quality clinical care and drive forward the service and quality improvement agenda to achieve efficiency gains and improve the clinical effectiveness of the Division.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Director of Nursing and Governance is a key member of the site Nursing, Midwifery and AHPP Board, working with the Divisional Director and Director of Nursing to develop and implement the trust wide objectives to deliver evidence-based standards and to improve the care and experience of our patients. The post holder is responsible for assuring professional standards and practice in all aspects of nursing and AHP's practice are achieved within their divisions, including the adherence to statutory regulations.

The Associate Director of Nursing is responsible for ensuring the provision of high-quality patient services within the Division of Emergency Care and Trauma (ECAT). They are clinically sound, deliver cost effective services and meet the Trust's priorities, performance and quality standards.

The role of the Associate Director of Nursing is to provide strong local leadership to the Division and to balance strategic plans with clinical/nursing needs and the delivery of safe and high-quality care.

The Associate Director of Nursing will provide strategic leadership at divisional level (and hospital or trust-wide level as required) ensuring that there is appropriate governance, systems and processes within the Division (hospital or trust) to enable staff to deliver good quality clinical care and drive forward the service and quality improvement agenda to achieve efficiency gains and improve the clinical effectiveness of the Division.

Job description

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.