Head of Professional and Practice Development Full Time

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is a new breed of NHS Foundation Trust and our ambition is to offer world class healthcare to our patients. Our commitment is built on the core principles of quality, safety and clinical excellence. It is our complete dedication to patients that really sets us apart.

We appreciate what good health means to patients. So we shape our services to deliver it. We believe our patients deserve the best.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is a leading edge NHS Foundation Trust embracing a £260m turnover healthcare business. We employ over 4,000 people and deliver best care through some of the best quality hospital facilities in the country.

From the passionate support for Newark Hospital to the leading edge design of the new King’s Mill Hospital, we take great pride in the quality of service we offer our patients.

Our commitment is built on the core principles of quality, safety and clinical excellence. It is our complete dedication to patients that really sets us apart. We appreciate what good health means to patients. So we shape our services to deliver it. We believe our patients deserve the best.

Our vision is ‘’dedicated people, delivering outstanding healthcare for our patients and communities’’ Our standard and shared values help shape the way we plan and make decisions, the way we recruit, induct, appraise and develop our staff as well as influence the way we behave with patients, family members and each other.

Your role will be to support the corporate nursing team in the delivery of professional and practice development. Using your recent experience at senior nurse level you will provide leadership to your team, successfully developing, delivering, monitoring and evaluating training programmes with clinical and non clinical staff.

As a qualified Nurse, Midwife or AHP, you will require additional project management skills coupled with strong negotiation and influencing skills. You will need a sound understanding of the professional nursing and midwifery agenda and experience of developing protocols to support best practice.

This is a great opportunity to be at the heart of an evolving organisation that has already made significant steps on its improvement journey. Make no mistake; these are exciting times at Sherwood Forest.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Phil Bolton on 01623 622515 ext 3874

If you would like this information in an alternative format or in a different language please contact us on 01623 622515 ext 3271. Please note that we no longer accept handwritten/paper applications and that the email address given on your application will be used for all correspondence regarding this post.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing NHS employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.

Only applications received via NHS Jobs on or before the vacancy’s closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.

In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your first month’s salary. The current price of a check is £47.69 plus VAT for an enhanced and £29.69 plus VAT for a standard check. Further details of the Disclosure & Barring Service check will be confirmed upon offer of employment.

For further information on the Trust, please visit our website.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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