Quality and Safety lead | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable health service organization in Manchester is seeking a leader for their Early Interventions services. The role involves working with nursing and quality leads, supporting teams in providing best-practice care, and influencing service improvement. The position requires experience in senior leadership, with a focus on quality care and compliance standards. Flexible working arrangements are negotiable. Applications close on December 26, 2025.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior leadership roles within mental health services.
• Strong understanding of quality care and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

• Work within the senior leadership team across various services.
• Act as a role model to support teams in providing quality care.
• Monitor quality outcomes and influence positive change.
• Facilitate learning culture with various management teams.

Job description

Job Overview

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full description of role.

This is an exciting new full‑time position within the 7 Early Interventions services across Greater Manchester, the EDIT Teams and the Greater Manchester University Student Mental Health Team. Flexible working arrangements can be discussed.

Responsibilities

• Work within the senior leadership team across CAMHS, Early Intervention and GM University teams, partnering with nursing and quality leads.
• Be a visible, accessible and authoritative presence in practice settings where staff, service users and their families can seek assistance, advice and support.
• Act as a role model to support teams in providing excellent, best‑practice quality of care to service users and carers.
• Support the HoNQ and HR staff in developing strategies that ensure the workforce is competent, confident and safe, delivering recovery‑focused services to maximise outcomes.
• Review and monitor quality outcomes for teams in conjunction with the HoNQ.
• Ensure appropriate mechanisms are in place to monitor quality and performance against service, network and Trust objectives, influencing positive change when required.
• Manage the process of change, challenge resistance and negativity, and articulate a clear vision for meeting service needs.
• Formulate and implement clinical practices and procedures as required.
• Work with others to develop local strategies supporting national agenda goals.
• Collaborate with senior clinical staff to ensure risk assessments and management plans are current.
• Promote the Mental Health Act Code of Practice and ensure compliance with Act requirements.
• Monitor incidents, themes and lessons learned, sharing learning across the service.
• Conduct serious incident review briefings, chair reviews of care and participate in investigations within identified timeframes.
• Facilitate a learning culture with Operational Managers, Service Manager and Care Group Leads, encouraging shared learning across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensure high standards of care delivery, monitoring clinical outcomes and service effectiveness.
• Maintain clinical practice and development in line with evidence‑based best practice.
• Oversee local CQUIN/CQC inspections and performance measures within the service.

About Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust

GMMH employs over 7,000 staff across more than 122 locations, providing inpatient and community‑based mental health care in Bolton, Manchester, Salford, Trafford, Wigan and beyond. Our aim is to improve care for service users through innovation, learning and a supportive environment.

This advert closes on Friday 26 Dec 2025.