Nursing Head of Service

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Living Wage Employer

Nursery facilities

Job summary

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust in East and West Sussex is seeking a Nursing Head of Service to provide clinical leadership across its portfolio and work with divisional teams to develop services.

The post holder will implement national and Trust initiatives, ensure safe, effective, personalised care, and help shape service development to meet population needs.

This role offers flexible working options and opportunities for professional development within a supportive, patient-centred Trust.

Qualifications

• Leadership at senior nursing level
• Experience shaping clinical pathways and services
• Ability to implement national and Trust initiatives

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership to the Division.
• Lead and implement the Trust's clinical priorities with the clinical leadership team.
• Maintain a highly visible leadership profile and engage with service areas to meet patients' needs.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder engagement

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 tasksa) 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.

b) 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.

c) 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 wellbeingo 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 network
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.