Director of Nursing & Quality

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cambridge; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Development opportunities

Flexible working options

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidised transport options

Staff parking subsidies

Catering facilities for staff

Staff break space and café

Descripción de la vacante

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Director of Nursing and Quality on the senior leadership team. The role leads nursing practice, quality, patient safety, safeguarding and infection prevention across the Accountable Care Group and involves complex clinical services with delegated budget and workforce responsibility.

Current NMC registration and extensive senior nursing leadership experience in a large NHS organisation are essential for this demanding post.

Formación

• Master's degree in a relevant subject or equivalent senior applied knowledge and experience.
• Recent, relevant continuing professional development in nursing, quality, safety, leadership and management.

Responsabilidades

• Provide professional nursing leadership across the Accountable Care Group.
• Lead nursing, quality and patient safety across the Accountable Care Group.
• Oversee patient experience, safeguarding, and infection prevention and control.
• Lead regulatory assurance and clinical governance.
• Drive continuous quality improvement and innovation.
• Lead safe staffing, workforce planning and professional development.
• Champion a culture where patients, families and staff are central.
• Work with the Managing Director and senior clinical, operational and corporate leaders to deliver strategic objectives.

Conocimientos

Nursing leadership

Quality governance

Patient safety

Workforce planning

Regulatory compliance

Budget management

Educación

Master's degree in nursing

CPD in quality and leadership

Descripción del empleo

Director of Nursing and Quality post on the senior leadership team of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, within one of its three Accountable Care Groups. The role leads nursing practice, quality, patient safety, safeguarding and infection prevention across the group, working with the Managing Director and wider leaders. It covers complex clinical services, including specialist tertiary care, and carries delegated budget and workforce responsibility. Current NMC registration and extensive senior nursing leadership in a large NHS organisation are essential.

What the job involves

• Provide professional nursing leadership across the Accountable Care Group
• Lead nursing, quality and patient safety across the Accountable Care Group
• Oversee patient experience, safeguarding, and infection prevention and control
• Lead regulatory assurance and clinical governance
• Drive continuous quality improvement and innovation
• Lead safe staffing, workforce planning and professional development
• Champion a culture where patients, families and staff are central
• Work with the Managing Director and senior clinical, operational and corporate leaders to deliver strategic objectives

What’s required

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent senior applied knowledge and experience
• Recent, relevant continuing professional development in nursing, quality, safety, leadership and management

Registration & licences

• First level registered nurse with current NMC registration

Experience

• Extensive senior nursing leadership in a large, complex NHS or comparable healthcare organisation
• Leading quality, safety, patient experience and clinical governance across complex clinical services
• Membership of a senior leadership team with collective responsibility for quality, performance, workforce and finance
• Senior responsibility for delegated budgets and workforce spend, with quality and safety impact considered
• Leading nursing workforce planning, safe staffing, skill mix, recruitment and retention
• Leading improvement following incidents, complaints, audits, inspections or regulatory reviews

Skills & knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of NHS quality governance, patient safety, PSIRF and risk management
• Understanding of CQC requirements, inspection preparation and NMC professional standards
• Knowledge of integrated care systems, provider collaboration, national policy and financial constraints
• Ability to influence at executive level and build consensus across organisational boundaries
• Ability to direct complex transformation programmes and lead teams through change

Other

• Ability to chair senior meetings and give assurance to governance forums
• Ability to work flexibly, travel between sites and join senior on‑call arrangements

Nice to have

• Leadership, management, quality improvement or patient safety qualification, or equivalent applied experience
• Post‑graduate study or advanced professional development in nursing, quality, safety or leadership
• Experience in a large acute teaching hospital or specialist tertiary provider
• Experience in a clinical group, care group or divisional operating model
• Experience in research, innovation, academic partnerships or education leadership
• Knowledge of CUH services, specialist tertiary care or academic health science settings
• Ability to apply quality improvement, transformation or programme management methodsActive participation in regional or national professional networks

What’s offered

• Development opportunities
• Flexible working, including part‑time, job share, term‑time and flexible start and finish times
• On‑site leisure facilities and day nurseries
• Reduced‑cost Stagecoach bus travel to the site
• Free Park and Ride and train station routes
• Subsidised on‑site parking for eligible staff
• Subsidised hot food available 24/7
• Staff break space and colleague‑only café