Senior Director, Nursing & AHP Quality – Secure Services

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Director Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Quality to provide senior professional, operational and strategic leadership across secured services. You will collaborate with clinical, corporate and regulatory partners to ensure safety, learning and continuous improvement, reporting to the Group Chief Nurse.

You will lead a skilled nursing and AHP workforce, drive quality assurance, patient safety systems and regulatory

Qualifications

• Provide senior leadership for nursing and AHP workforce across secured services.
• Drive safety governance, patient safety systems and learning culture.
• Lead quality and regulatory readiness.
• Build and sustain a skilled, diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Provide inclusive leadership across secure services, ensuring safe, high-quality care through strong governance, an open learning culture and an effective nursing and Allied Health Professionals workforce.
• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of safe, high-quality, patient-centred care, ensuring effective patient safety, risk management and quality governance.
• Deliver nursing, Allied Health Professionals, quality and patient safety priorities in line with Trust strategy, national policy, regulation and secure care requirements.
• Promote an open learning culture, using insight from incidents, complaints, safeguarding, audits, inspections and feedback to improve practice.
• Provide assurance through quality metrics, risk review, regulatory and CQC readiness, clear escalation and reporting to senior and Board-level forums.
• Develop a safe, skilled and sustainable nursing and Allied Health Professionals workforce through effective recruitment, retention, development, establishments, rosters and skill mix.
• Champion patient and carer involvement, complaints and PALS learning, ensuring experience and co-production shape service improvement.
• Work with clinical, corporate, commissioner, regulatory and system partners; use data to identify priorities; manage budgets and resources effectively; and deputise for senior leaders as required.
• The post holder may undertake other duties appropriate to the grade, hours and scope of the role.

Skills

Inclusive leadership

Governance

Patient safety

NHS policy

Job description

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is seeking an Assistant Director Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Quality to provide senior professional, operational and strategic leadership across secured services. You will collaborate with clinical, corporate and regulatory partners to ensure safety, learning and continuous improvement, reporting to the Group Chief Nurse.

You will lead a skilled nursing and AHP workforce, drive quality assurance, patient safety systems and regulatory