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The post holder has strategic and operational leadership responsibility for ensuring the delivery of person centred, safe and effective nursing services and clinical practice within the H&SCP, including providing direction and guidance on professional issues by delivering effective clinical and care governance, implementing policy and supporting effective and highly skilled nursing workforce to meet the needs of the Lanarkshire population, in accordance with the 20:20 Vision and Quality Strategy.
The post holder will undertake a lead role in the delivery of significant Board wide and pan H&SCP multi-professional issues such as the implementation of the Childrens (Scotland) Act 2014 and Mental Health Services, where hosting arrangements are established, ensuring the delivery of person centred, safe, effective and efficient pan Lanarkshire Services.
The post holder will deputise for the Nurse Director, H&SCP and as such is required to attend Executive level meetings such as the Corporate Management Team and Public Protection - Chief Officer meetings in the absence of the Nurse Director, H&SCP.
In addition, the post holder will have a strategic portfolio which involves leading on specific professional / managerial and operational issues for nursing across NHS Lanarkshire. Representing Lanarkshire at a national level on specific areas of practice. E.g. health visiting, paediatrics, mental health, district nursing.
The post holder is responsible for providing professional and clinical leadership for all nursing staff within the H&SCP, as well as on a pan Lanarkshire basis where services are hosted within the Partnership.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Trudi Marshall, Nurse Director Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire on Trudi.Marshall@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact lewis.melvn@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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