Associate Director of Nursing, Quality & Safety

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service organization in the UK seeks an Associate Director of Nursing, Quality & Safety. This pivotal role involves leading initiatives in quality assurance and patient safety, particularly for end-of-life care. The successful candidate will need a Level 1 NMC Registered Nurse status and relevant master's degree. Key responsibilities include improving governance standards, implementing clinical safety strategies, and ensuring compassionate care for patients and families. The position is permanent and home-based, requiring occasional travel.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance of 25 days plus 8 public holidays

Competitive policy for parental/sick leave

Industry-leading training programmes

Loan schemes for bikes, computers, and more

Life assurance for all employees

Discounts through Benefit-Hub

Qualifications

• Experience at senior nurse level working within a healthcare environment.
• Up-to-date understanding of end-of-life care and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven track record in assurance and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support quality assurance, patient safety, and learning initiatives.
• Set standards for clinical governance and infection control.
• Drive improvements for patients and staff.

Skills

Relationship-based leadership

Strategic influencing skills

Patient safety management

Education

NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1)

Relevant Master's degree (or equivalent experience)

Job description

Associate Director of Nursing, Quality & Safety

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. Right now, one in four people in the UK with a terminal illness, do not get the care or support they deserve at the end of their lives.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior nurse to join us as we are recruit for the position of Associate Director of Nursing, Quality and Safety. The successful candidate will join a well-established and supportive team, providing leadership in quality assurance, patient safety and learning for continuous improvement across all services to ensure care is delivered safely, effectively, compassionately, and with strong leadership. You'll set standards and lead the workstreams for patient safety, clinical governance, infection prevention & control (IPC), and Health & Safety (H&S), driving measurable improvements for patients, carers, and staff.

About us

Marie Curie is the UK's leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement.

Job responsibilities

Contract: Permanent, Full Time 35 hoursper week

Based: Home Based, occasional travel required throughout the UK

Benefits Youll Love

• Annual leave allowance 25 daysplus 8 public holidays (pro rata)
• Competitive Policy forparental/sick Leave
• Industry leading trainingprogrammes
• Season ticket loan for travellingto and from work
• Defined contribution schemes forPension
• Loan schemes for bikes; computersand satellite navigation systems
• Introduce a friendscheme
• Help with eyecare cost
• Entitled to Marie Curie Blue LightCard
• Entitled to Benefit-Hub DiscountScheme
• Life assurance for all employees

What were lookingfor:

• Experience at senior nurse levelworking within a healthcare environment and expert knowledge ofrelationship-based leadership and strategic influencing skills.
• Up-to-date understanding ofend-of-life care and regulatory frameworks across the UK.
• NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1) andrelevant Masters degree (or equivalent experience).
• Proven track record in assurance,governance, and Patient safety (particularly the patient safety incident responseframework (PSIRF) and using learning to drive continuous improvements.
• Experience of clinical governanceat a senior level.

ApplicationProcess

Close date forapplications18thJanuary 2026

InterviewDatesWeek commencing 26thJanuary 2026

As part of your online application, you will be asked for a CV. Please review both the advert and jobdescription and outline your most relevant skills, experience and knowledge forthe role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1) and relevant Master's degree (or equivalent experience).

Experience

• Experience at senior nurse level working within a healthcare environment and expert knowledge of relationship-based leadership and strategic influencing skills.
• Proven track record in assurance, governance, and Patient safety (particularly the patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF) and using learning to drive continuous improvements.

Additional criteria

• Up-to-date understanding of end-of-life care and regulatory frameworks across the UK.
• Experience of clinical governance at a senior level.

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.