Deputy Director of Nursing, AHP, Health Scientists

Integrated Care System; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Cardiff seeks a Deputy Director of Nursing to lead strategic nursing and AHP services. The role involves ensuring high-quality care, managing large teams, and implementing improvements in patient outcomes. Candidates should have a Master's degree, relevant professional qualifications, and senior operational management experience. The position offers a competitive salary range of £92,713 to £106,919 per annum, pro-rata.

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualifications and experience.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Understanding of diverse clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for nursing and AHP services.
• Drive transformation improving care quality and patient outcomes.
• Ensure sustainable workforce planning.

Skills

Advanced decision-making skills

Ability to analyze complex clinical issues

Emotional leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Education

Educated to Masters level or equivalent

Registered Nurse Adult or equivalent registration

Management/leadership qualification

Job description

Deputy Director of Nursing, AHP, Health Scientists

Here at Velindre Cancer Services, we have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional, enthusiastic strategic nurse leader to join us as Deputy Director of Nursing, AHP & Health Scientists.

The role is a key part of the SST Directorate Triumvirate, working in partnership to lead and transform services within the directorate in line with commissioned activity.

The post holder will possess exceptional operational expertise to deliver and evaluate progress in achieving the Trust's vision of excellence in healthcare, especially as we progress into the new Velindre Cancer Centre (nVCC) in Cardiff. When completed, this world-class facility will provide specialist tertiary oncology services to patients across Southeast Wales.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a directorate and trust-wide integrated clinical strategy to continually improve the patient experience locally and nationally.
• Translate and implement strategic policy into practice on behalf of the Director of Nursing, AHP & Health Science, ensuring benefits to patients and the community are realized.
• Translate national guidance into local service delivery actions.
• Lead strategic planning for redesign and modernization of nursing, AHP, and Healthcare Science services via IMTP and Strategy Group work, adapting to changing demands.
• Lead projects to develop innovative ways of working and service improvements aligned with organizational objectives.
• Ensure a sustainable workforce plan is in place to deliver high-quality care, considering multidisciplinary and skill mix redesign opportunities.
• Support communication efforts and manage media inquiries related to the service.

About us

At Velindre University NHS Trust, we pride ourselves on providing specialist services across Wales through our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service. We also host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales. Since our formation in 1999, our dedicated workforce has continuously aimed to deliver value-based healthcare, playing a vital role in our communities with ambitious plans for future service improvements. We uphold core values of being accountable, bold, caring, and dynamic, committed to providing the best care for our patients and donors.

If you want to work for an organization that makes a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities, Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.

Visit our website to find out more: https://velindre.nhs.wales/

Job responsibilities

You will provide strategic, visible, clinical, professional, and compassionate leadership for nursing, AHP, and healthcare science across the directorate. You will offer high-level specialist expertise in service transformation, patient pathway review, patient safety, quality, innovation, efficiency, and performance to improve care quality and patient outcomes, driving transformation through approved improvement models.

You will possess relevant professional qualifications plus additional specialist management knowledge acquired through training and experience.

More information on building our new Cancer Centre can be found here.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Educated to Masters level or equivalent, with knowledge and/or experience supplemented by a highly specialist qualification to doctoral level or equivalent.
• Registered Nurse Adult, AHP professional, or Healthcare Scientist with current NMC/HCPC or equivalent registration.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Specialist clinical knowledge relevant to the responsibilities.
• Understanding of diverse clinical areas and regional work arrangements.
• Detailed knowledge of health service provision.
• Awareness of current issues in professional nursing, AHP, or Healthcare Science practice.
• Understanding of research and innovation influences on practice.
• Management/leadership qualification.

Experience

• Senior post-registration experience managing large teams with broad control spans.
• Specialist knowledge from diverse nursing/AHP or Healthcare Science disciplines within Trust services.
• Senior operational management experience in healthcare sectors.
• Experience developing governance frameworks supporting service delivery and change.
• Experience with complaint management, budget management, people management, and performance management.

Skills and Attributes

• Advanced decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze complex clinical issues, identify actions, and implement recommendations.
• Emotional leadership skills applicable to various situations.
• Ability to influence, motivate, and lead teams.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, and presentation software.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure check will be required to check for any criminal convictions.

Salary: £92,713 to £106,919 per annum, pro-rata.