Deputy Director of Nursing Leadership and Quality | NHS England
| Posting date: | 17 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,891 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2024 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB21 5XA |
| Company: | Health Education England |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6323838/990-S3-EOE1060-A |
Summary
Deputy Director of Nursing Leadership and Quality; We are looking for an ambitious and inspirational leader to support the Director of Nursing, Leadership and Quality to lead the overarching quality framework within the East of England region, along with providing professional, clinicalandstrategic leadership within the following programmes:Palliative Care and End of Life, Continuing Health Care, Discharge and Experience of Care.
The post holder will have extensive experience of working at a very senior level across complex health and care settings and will be a credible clinical leader with an in-depth knowledge and experience of working to implement quality and improvement programmes at scale. The post holder will be expected to deputise for the Director of Nursing across the full portfolio including working alongside the in progressing the professional leadership agenda.
The post holder will work in close partnership with Professional Leads, Directorate Leadership and Corporate colleagues to facilitate the robust planning and supportofthe delivery of the organisation’s objectives and be a visible champion for quality and safety working in collaboration with stakeholders to reduce clinical risk and drive improvements.
The role requires the post to be system facing, working and supporting ICB’s whilstmaintaining a nursing and quality portfolio that reaches across the regional footprint.
The post holderwill
• Provide credible and visible professional leadership and expert advice and guidance to the wider regional team and health care system in relation to quality and safety.
• Hold responsibility and accountability for surveillance of the standard of quality and safety within the East region, in line with the organisation’s operating frameworks.
• Work as part of the Quality team within the nursing directorate and wider regional team.
• Take oversight of improvement strategies across the East of England to ensure improvements in quality are actioned and effective.
• Takeoperational responsibility for a range of quality directorate functions including Experience of Care, Palliative and End of Life Care, Continuing Health Care, DischargeLead andResearch.
The post holder will lead on a number of quality improvement initiatives related to safety, quality and nursing practice.
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
You can find further details about the job, in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
This advert closes on Sunday 2 Jun 2024