Senior Director - Secure Healthcare, Quality & Safety

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual salary

Permanent, full-time employment

27 days of annual leave plus bank hols

Contributory pension scheme

Learning and development programmes

Family-friendly employment policies

Salary sacrifice schemes

Occupational health services and staff

Flexible-working options

NHS Foundation Trust Outstanding by CQ

Access to wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust in Peterborough, United Kingdom, is seeking an Assistant Director on a full-time basis. The role provides senior strategic, operational and professional leadership across secure healthcare services, including nursing, AHPs, quality governance and patient safety.

You will work with the Group Chief Nurse and senior leaders to implement strategy, ensure safe, compassionate, patient-centred care, and drive service improvement within secure services.

Qualifications

• Senior clinical, operational or professional leadership experience in a complex healthcare organisation.
• Evidence of leading significant service improvement or transformation programmes.
• Strong, compassionate, inclusive and professional leadership.
• Ability to manage complex challenges and achieve measurable improvements.
• Desirable: experience in secure, forensic, mental health or specialist services.

Responsibilities

• Provide inclusive leadership across nursing, AHPs and quality teams.
• Oversee patient safety, risk management, quality assurance and clinical governance.
• Use incidents, complaints, audits, inspections and patient feedback to drive improvements.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and readiness for CQC inspections.
• Develop and maintain a skilled workforce through recruitment, retention and workforce planning.
• Promote patient and carer involvement in service design and improvement.
• Monitor quality performance indicators and report risks and outcomes to senior management and Board committees.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively.
• Collaborate with clinical teams, commissioners, regulators and external partners.
• Deputise for senior leaders when required.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic leadership

Patient safety focus

Quality governance

Job description

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust in Peterborough, United Kingdom, is seeking an Assistant Director on a full-time basis. The role provides senior strategic, operational and professional leadership across secure healthcare services, including nursing, AHPs, quality governance and patient safety.

You will work with the Group Chief Nurse and senior leaders to implement strategy, ensure safe, compassionate, patient-centred care, and drive service improvement within secure services.