Core Responsibilities
* Clinical Assessment and Care Navigation
* Support to Primary Care including General Practice Out-of-Hours and Urgent Treatment Centres
* Outbreak Management
The Board of Directors comprises non‑executive Member directors and executive directors and is responsible for overall strategy and governance of the organisation. The Board of Directors is supported by two sub‑committees, the Quality and People Committee and the Finance and Performance Committee. An Operational Executive Team, comprising Executive Board Directors together with other senior leaders, is being established to oversee the smooth running of the day‑to‑day activities of NEMS. The Director of Nursing & Quality is a Director of NEMS and will attend the NEMS Board, ensuring that quality, safety and patient experience is central to all that the organisation delivers. He/she will need to be an experienced senior nurse, who has a broad understanding of healthcare and quality, especially within out‑of‑hospital and primary care settings.
The core purpose of this post is to ensure fit‑for‑purpose clinical standards at NEMS by providing leadership to all nurses, allied health professionals and care staff that work in the service, and to take the lead on quality governance. The Director of Nursing & Quality will lead initiatives to reduce avoidable harm and ensure the highest standards of clinical care, ensuring compliance with professional and regulatory standards, such as those set by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
In conjunction with the Medical Director, he/she will ensure that appropriate assurance is brought to the board in quality, patient safety, through regular audits, management and investigation of incidents, and appropriate insight into available data.
The Director of Nursing & Quality role bridges the gap between frontline clinical practice and the strategic direction of the organisation. By balancing managerial competencies with a deep understanding of patient and staff needs, the Director of Nursing & Quality will ensure that NEMS remains compliant with standards, is capable of providing safe, high‑quality care, which is financially sound.
NEMS Community Benefit Services (NEMS) is a not‑for‑profit social enterprise and a Company Limited by Guarantee. It has been operating in Nottinghamshire for over 25 years, now providing a population of more than 1.2 million with urgent primary health care services. It operates out of two registered locations and four bases and deploys a team of more than 370 healthcare professionals, including 150+ sessional GPs, 90+ substantive staff, 30+ agency workers, and 140+ non‑healthcare staff.
NEMS provides services to a population of circa 1.2 million under the following service portfolio headings.
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