Nursing Head of Service

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Living Wage Employer

Staff nurseries in Crawley, Hove and B

Disability & Wellbeing networks

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursing Head of Service to provide strong professional clinical leadership and expert advice across the services in their portfolio. The post holder will act as a key member of the divisional leadership team, working in a triad with the Medical/Dental Head of Service and the Head of Service.

The role includes developing the service to meet local and regional needs, ensuring safe, effective and personalised care, and delivering clinical

Responsibilities

• Lead and support professional and clinical leadership across the Division to ensure staff development, engagement and performance.
• Partner with clinical executives to implement the Trust’s clinical priorities and strategies.
• Maintain a high-visibility leadership approach, conduct quality rounds and proactively engage with service areas to meet patient health needs.

Job description

We have an exciting new role as Nursing Head of Service in which the postholder will demonstrate strong professional clinical leadership and provide specialist clinical advice across the services within their portfolio. Acting in support of the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Nurse/AHP Directors, the post holder will be a key member of the divisional leadership team and work as a triumvirate with the Medical/Dental Head of Service and Head of Service.

The post holder will support the Divisional and Deputy Divisional Nurse/AHP Directors to continually improve equitable patient care, experience, access and outcomes and assist with the implementation of national and Trust initiatives working closely with the Head of Service and Medical Head of Service.

The postholder will play a key role in developing the service to meet the population's needs at locality and regional level and will have a service development portfolio and clinical leadership role. They will ensure services provide safe, effective, personalised and evidence based clinical interventions and holistic care.

Main tasks

• Work with the divisional management team and Heads of Service to provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division, ensuring that a framework is in place to ensure all clinical staff are appropriately managed and are clinically and professionally developed so that they are, therefore, efficient, effective, engaged and highly motivated.
• In partnership with the relevant clinical executive director and the clinical divisional leadership team and other clinical Heads of Services, lead and implement the Trust’s clinical priorities and strategies ensuring clinical staff are engaged and connected to the objectives and plans.
• Maintain a highly visible leadership profile, undertaking quality rounds and being proactive about engaging with service areas where required to ensure that they continuously meet the health needs of patients.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values

Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anna Hollingdale Job title: Deputy Divisional Director Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07484 447088