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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse to join the established senior nursing team within NHS Lanarkshire. This post is based within North Health & Social Care Partnership, based at Kirklands - NHSL Headquarters, providing clinical leadership, assurance and professional development to a wide range of services including the Paediatric Unit, School Nursing, Integrated Community Nursing service, Prisoner Healthcare, Primary and Community Healthcare. This is a permanent full time position with flexib le working hours. A Valid UK Driving Licence is required for the position.
The post holder must be a registered nurse with experience in a nursing leadership role, a good working knowledge of quality improvement, excellent communication skills, experience of change management and prioritising work programmes in the face of competing demands.
You will be a Professional and clinical lead for all nursing services, within area of responsibility and designated nursing profession specific lead (i.e. Public Health, Long-term Conditions, Mental Health and Learning Disability Nursing) as required across NHS Lanarkshire. An expert practitioner, providing professional leadership, support and advice within the multi-disciplinary team across NHS Lanarkshire to ensure high standards of nursing care.
The ideal candidate will lead the development and implementation of a programme of clinical audit and research activity within the context of clinical governance, contribute to the development and operation of nursing/service strategy across NHS Lanarkshire: the major impact of which will be the increase in quality of patient care and service quality, strengthen nursing contribution and professional decision making in the development of nursing and interagency partnerships.
The candidate will ensure that National nursing policy and strategy is included in the planning and implementation of service redesign/modernisation including partnership agendas, provide advice, support, and contribute to the education of staff, as appropriate, within a ward/ service, have line management responsibility when operating as senior manager on call or as part of an organisational delegated service responsibility.
You should be a Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration, educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level, be able to demonstrate knowledge of NHS Scotland’s Leadership Qualities framework or equivalent framework, have management knowledge gained through experience and continuous professional development
Professional, leadership and managerial experience within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently, extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the health care agenda,.
Experience of assessing training needs, of resource management i.e. financial; human; capita, erience in service planning, project management and performance monitoring/reporting, kKnowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data.
A proven track record in sound and effective leadership and an ability to think strategically, corporately and act as a team player, developing innovative solutions in meeting organisational requirements and motivating staff to affect change, developing teams/services and integrated solutions to complex and challenging problems, a working knowledge of basic information technology.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Jill Lockhart, Senior Nurse on 01355 597438.
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact recruitment.lanarkshire@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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.