Deputy Lead Nurse Staff Experience team in Bristol

Do you have a passion for staff safety, quality improvement and creating positive workplace cultures? We are seeking an experienced and motivated nurse to lead a new Division-wide Violence & Aggression (V&A) Reduction Programme within the Division of Medicine for a 12 month secondment post. Job shares will be considered. This dedicated role has been created as a spend-to-save investment, recognising the significant impact that violence and aggression has on staff wellbeing, sickness absence, retention, patient experience and operational performance. The successful candidate will lead a structured improvement programme designed to reduce workforce harm and deliver measurable improvements for staff and patients, showing impact at 12 months.

The Role

• Lead a Division-wide V&A reduction programme.
• Use Patient First A3 methodology to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions.
• Analyse incident, workforce and staff experience data to identify hotspots and priorities.
• Work collaboratively with clinical teams, matrons, Patient Safety, Security, Violence Reduction Officers, HR and Professional Nurse Advocates amongst others.
• Support delivery of the NHS Violence Prevention and Reduction Staff Standards and promote a culture of dignity, respect and psychological safety.

Main duties of the job

• A registered nurse with experience of leading change and improvement.
• A registered Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA).
• Passionate about staff wellbeing and workforce experience.
• Skilled in influencing, coaching and engaging teams.
• Experienced in quality improvement, project management or A3 methodology.
• Comfortable working across organisational boundaries to deliver lasting change.

Why Apply?

This is a unique opportunity to shape a safer working environment for nursing staff, improve patient experience and deliver a high-profile programme that will influence future workforce and safety initiatives across the organisation. Join us in creating safer workplaces, stronger teams and a culture where every member of staff feels valued, respected and supported.

About us

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston. With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.

Person Specification

• Essential: Registered 1st level Nurse (RGN) and/or registered Mental Health Nurse, Current NMC Registration, Post registration study in Health Promotion or related subject, PNA master module completion or willingness to undertake.
• Desirable: Masters level 7 education undertaken or willing to work towards, Qualification in Teaching and Assessing, Coaching qualification or willingness to work towards.

Knowledge

• Essential: Experience on leading a range of staff experience and engagement projects, Experience of managing information gathering, collation and dissemination process including contribution to meetings papers, Experience of presenting information creatively and ensuring it is engaging, Proven experience of leading projects with successful outcomes, Flexibility to move quickly from one topic to another in a fast-moving environment, Ability to lead a small team and be a collaborative team-player, Ability to maintain confidential information and to handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy.
• Desirable: Experience of running QI projects using QI methodology.

Skills

• Essential: Ability to work autonomously and to work unsupervised and use own initiative, Ability to manage conflict and cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others, Ability to effectively interact with and influence a diverse range of people, Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, Ability to contribute to a team approach and proven experience, Ability to engender trust among colleagues and operate with professional credibility, Ability to maintain confidential information and to handle sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy, Ability to communicate difficult and sometimes challenging information both verbally and written, Ability to lead a small team and be a collaborative team-player, Facilitation skills to support workforce engagement activity, Excellent presentation skills including the ability to create and present information creatively and succinctly including teaching sessions to the Multi Disciplinary Teams, Ability to lead, plan and organise work programmes, and to adjust programmes as required, ensuring effective delivery, Ability to prioritise competing demands across the team, and to balance project development requirements with day-to-day operational needs, Flexibility to move quickly from one topic to another in a fast-moving environment, Ability to work effectively under pressure.

Values

• Desirable: Awareness of current national changes in nursing.

Personal Qualities

• Essential: Acts as a role model, aligning behaviour to trust vision and values to demonstrate the highest professional standards, Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently towards agreed goals and with minimal management intervention, Personable and collaborative, Highly motivated, with the ability to influence and inspire others, Work, collaborate and influence closely with other staff within the Trust, Adaptable/flexible approach to work.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.