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Group Director of Mental Health Nursing

On-site in London·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Barts Health NHS Trust

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Our summary

Salary: £103,102 - £117,560 a year
About £5,810 - £6,270 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, London
Contract: Fixed-term, full-time hours
Experience: Senior level
Closing date: Apply by Friday 13 November
Commute: Cycle to work scheme

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The role

Barts Health is seeking an exceptional senior Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Chief Nurse’s team as Group Director of Mental Health Nursing, initially on a six-month fixed-term contract, providing strategic and professional leadership for mental health and enhanced care across our hospitals.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Nurse and working in a matrix with Hospital Directors of Nursing and the broader multidisciplinary teams, the immediate priority will be to lead the design, delivery and evaluation of the Acute Enhanced Care Framework pilot at the Royal London Hospital. The role will drive implementation, establish consistent standards and assess impact, providing clear assurance to executive and Board committees on progress, outcomes and risk.

Working closely with clinical teams, mental health providers, system partners, patients and carers will be central to delivering meaningful improvements in quality, safety, equity and patient experience.

This is a unique opportunity to lead change at scale, generate evidence and learning from the pilot, and use this to shape a clear and sustainable forward plan for mental health and enhanced care across Barts Health

What you'll do

Drawing on your professional expertise and ability to influence across organisational boundaries, you will provide visible, compassionate and inclusive leadership, role-modelling the Barts Health WeCare values throughout your work.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading implementation and evaluation of the Acute Enhanced Care Framework pilot, with clear measures of impact, robust governance and effective management of risks and issues.
Providing expert professional leadership and advice on mental health nursing, patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance.
Providing high-quality assurance to executive and Board committees on delivery, outcomes, risks and recovery actions.
Building strong partnerships across acute and mental health services, engaging clinical teams, system partners, patients and carers.
Driving productivity, value and effective use of resources to support a safe and sustainable model of care.
Translating strategy into delivery and leading complex change through sound judgement and collaborative working.
Using evidence, data and learning from the pilot to shape a credible and sustainable forward plan for mental health and enhanced care across Barts Health.

Essential criteria

• Substantial senior nursing leadership experience in complex healthcare settings
• Experience of partnership working across acute, mental health and wider system services.
• Formal assurance to executive and Board-level committees, including accountability for recovery action
• Ability to translate strategy and frameworks into credible, deliverable plans
• Ability to analyse complex information, make sound judgements and communicate risk clearly.
• Ability to work effectively through a matrix structure and build shared ownership.
• Financial and commercial awareness appropriate to the role
• Expert knowledge of nursing practice, patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance.
• Strong understanding of the needs of people experiencing mental ill health in acute hospital settings.
• Understanding of equality, health inequalities, trauma-informed care, safeguarding and least restrictive practice.
• Knowledge of programme delivery, change management, measurement and evaluation
• Understanding of digital and data-enabled approaches to care and improvement
• Registered mental health nurse with current NMC registration
• Master’s degree or equivalent postgraduate knowledge and experience relevant to the role
• Visible commitment to the Barts Health WeCare values
• Compassionate, inclusive and credible leadership style.
• Ability to travel regularly between Barts Health sites and work flexibly when required.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of leading a group-wide, trust-wide or system-wide pilot

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Industry: Health and social care

In their own words

About the company & team

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

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

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

Additional information

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

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 where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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