Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

At PHU we are excited to be recruiting into this senior leadership role, which will work within a strong and innovative triumvirate, to continue to ensure patient safety, high quality compassionate care within an environment with is exciting and fast paced. Our Urgent Care care group consists of our emergency department (ED), Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). 

To add to the excitement for this role,  it will include our newly built ED which is due to open in November 2024, giving our community a purpose built emergency department to continue to deliver our quality and performance objectives. The successful candidate will be supporting the teams with the new clinical strategy and also for the transition into the new build. 

The successful candidate must have a passion for delivering quality care within emergency medicine and developing our most valued resource – our staff. 

This leadership role is unique and will offer a supportive environment, personal development and job satisfaction. 

For any informal discussion with Gina Stanley, Divisional Nurse Director,  please email [email protected] 

The full Job Description can be accessed here: Job Description

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• 1st Level Registered Nurse on relevant part of the NMC register
• First Degree or equivalent
• Masters degree or equivalent educational or experience to meet this requirement
• Recognised Management and/or Leadership qualification.
• Evidence of Continual Professional development
• Evidence of project management experience

Desirable

• Experience and/or teaching qualification
• Published work in a clinical or health care area
• Mentoring/Coaching Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience
• Extensive experience of working in an acute care setting
• Extensive knowledge of National and Local care, NHS and N&M agenda
• Extensive experience in the acute healthcare setting in clinical leadership/clinical management position
• Evidence of advanced leadership qualities
• Formal and informal teaching experience
• Staff and resource management experience
• Experience of introducing change to clinical environment
• Report writing skills and experience
• Budget management experience

Desirable

• Coaching / mentoring experience/ skills
• Understanding of specialist area

Aptitudes and Skills

Essential

• Excellent high level leadership skills
• Articulate with highly developed communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels, including interpersonal skills, liaison, and negotiation skills. Writing and presentation skills
• Advising and influencing
• IT skills and ability to develop these skills further.
• Ability to prioritise work and adapt to changing deadlines.
• Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Project management skills

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.   

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.