Health and Community Services nursing staff roles (FOI)

Request

A

Please supply an organisation chart of the nursing staff in the hospital, including the role of each member:

a. the Chief Nurse

b. The Deputy Chief Nurse

c. The five Assistant Chief Nurses

d. The five Lead Nurses

B

Please make it clear to whom each nurse, in each layer of management, reports to under the overall control of the Chief Nurse and the Departments in the General Hospital they cover, including mental health.

C

Please attach the job descriptions and date of appointment of:

a. the Chief Nurse

b. The Deputy Chief Nurse

c. The five Assistant Chief Nurses

d. The five Lead Nurses

Response

A and B

Please see attached organisation chart.

Corporate Nursing October 2021

a)

Chief Nurse

The Chief Nurse is the executive nurse in Health and Community Services and as such, the post holder has corporate responsibility for the strong and visible professional leadership of all nursing and midwifery staff, together with the standard and quality of care delivered by those staff.

To be the lead for clinical and corporate governance; develop, implement and manage the governance framework, enabling Health and Community Services to measure and continually improve both clinical quality and controls assurance standards.

To be the Chief Nurse Advisor in Jersey and as such, be recognised as the principle nursing expert on Island. The post holder has the responsibility for advising the Health and Community Services Department and Jersey Government on all matters relating to nursing and midwifery.

b)

Deputy Chief Nurse

The Deputy Chief Nurse works across the full portfolio of the Chief Nurse in their absence and as required. This includes leading the development of senior nursing professional teams through supporting the Associate Chief Nurses and Lead Nurses to deliver their designated portfolios.

In conjunction with the Chief Nurse the Deputy Chief Nurse provides strategic, professional and operational leadership across HCS and supports the leadership integration across the wider island health and social care system. Responsible for articulating the vision they lead on the contribution of nurses to ensure HCS delivers its strategic objectives, meets its statutory requirements and provides excellence in care to the highest standards of professional practice and performance.

Working collaboratively with HCS senior leaders for the achievement of quality, clinical, financial and operational performance the Deputy Chief Nurse will ensure high quality, safe, person centred services within HCS and in partnership with other stakeholders across the health, academic and social care system.

The post involves working in partnership with organisations outside of Jersey to develop and maintain a network of mutually beneficial relationships. This includes the Royal Colleges of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Council, the HCPC and the Council of Deans for Health.

The post holder will champion the clinical and nursing research and audit agenda and engage with staff, patients and key stakeholders to improve the patient experience, ensure effective system wide patient flow working with operational leads, be responsible for efficient safe staffing and ensure workforce capacity is matched to demand.

The postholder will have some key line management responsibilities.

c)

Assistant Chief Nurses

No roles of this title exist. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies as this information is not held.

d)

Lead Nurses – Generic

Covers: Mental Health, Maternity, Medicine, Surgery and Children.

Job Role:

The Lead Nurse is responsible for the effective strategic and operational management of the nursing workforce in the Care Group, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient services within the resources available.

Lead and drive nursing services in the Group with responsibility for developing strategies in line with the overall nursing strategy and modernisation of care programme.

Lead Nurse – (Infection Prevention and Control)

Job Role:

The most senior nurse for infection prevention and control, responsible for the coordination and development of an island wide quality infection prevention and control strategy and service.

C

a)

The Chief Nurse

Date of appointment to this role – 1 July 2018. Please see attachment below:

Chief Nurse

b)

The Deputy Chief Nurse

Date of appointment to this role – 13 September 2021. Please see attachment below:

Deputy Chief Nurse

c)

No roles of this title exist. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies as this information is not held.

d)

The five Lead Nurses

​Lead Nurse title	​Date of Appointment	​Attachment
​Surgery	​1 July 2020	​   Lead Nurse Generic ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
​Medicine	​11 October 2019
​Medicine	​1 August 2019
​Mental Health (Community)	​1 September 2019
​Mental Health (in-patients)	​6 January 2021
​Children	​6 May 2019
​Infection Prevention and Control	​23 December 2019	​Lead Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control

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(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.