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The corporate role of the nursing director
Author(s) -
HENNESSY D. A.,
ROWLAND H.,
BUCKTON K.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of nursing management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2834
pISSN - 0966-0429
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2834.1993.tb00205.x
Subject(s) - nursing , nursing management , service (business) , business , organizational structure , order (exchange) , public relations , medicine , management , political science , marketing , finance , economics
The National Health Service is facing a period of significant transformation extending from its organizational structure and funding to the way in which patients are cared for and where. These reforms are having a profound effect on nursing, its traditional practices and its management. The challenges facing nursing over the coming years are also expected to progressively influence the corporate role of the trust nursing director. This paper documents the findings of a study, initiated by the South West Thames Regional Health Authority during 1991, aimed at identifying the specific set of competences that incumbent and designate trust nursing directors, and/or their future successors, will need to develop in order to successfully fulfil their future roles. It proposes a three stage evolutionary role for the trust nursing director and highlights the processes that are being implemented within the Region to support the personal development of required competences.