Main area Nursing Grade Band 8c Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-7249308
Site Knowsley Building Town Prestwich Salary £74,290 - £85,601 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/06/2025 23:59
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, organised, and efficient Corporate Head of Nursing based within Professions and Quality.
The post holder, in conjunction with the Deputy Chief Nurse, will contribute to the strategic direction for nursing and professional standards for nursing and other professional practice in GMMH. This will include the development and delivery of key actions within the Trust Nursing Strategy and other relevant clinical strategies.
Through highly visible leadership the post-holder will undertake a range of duties and responsibilities that support professional staff to deliver safe and high-quality evidence-based practice across the Trust.
The post will have direct responsibility for the supervision of the ‘Heads of’ roles within the overall Nursing and Quality offering deputy support to the effective overall management of the team to the Deputy Chief Nurse.
The post will provide day to day leadership for maintaining IPC standards and high standards of professional practice via direct management of the IPC lead nurses, the physical healthcare lead for the Trust as well as the medicines management lead and the professional standards lead nurse.
The post-holder will provide nursing leadership and professional standards support across the integrated healthcare agenda, ensuring professional practice standards are upheld across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
* In conjunction with the Deputy Chief Nurse will ensure the development of a high-quality nursing and professional standards service in key areas of practice and performance.
* Provide direct supervision to the ‘Heads of’ in each team within the overall Nursing and Quality team providing deputy support to the Deputy Chief Nurse
* To provide day to day operational management for the IPC team, professional lead nurses and physical healthcare team.
* Provide professional nursing advice and professional standards guidance to services as required.
* Demonstrate high levels of political astuteness and organisational awareness.
* Build and develop effective networks across the Trust and the wider health, and social care community within the Trust footprint.
* Contribute to the work of the Chief and Deputy Chief Nurse to ensure that a coherent vision for nursing and professional practice is developed taking into account public policy, legislation, and GMMH strategic objectives.
* Create and sustain professional environments where clinical staff view change as an essential element of health and social care
* Develop effective processes for planning, introducing and monitoring best practice and standards guidelines.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7,000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 120 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great Northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Band
Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
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4 – 9
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Person specification
Qualifications
* • Master’s degree in relevant subject
Experience
* • Substantial senior clinical nursing experience
* • Senior clinical experience within Mental health or Substance Misuse services.
* • Experience of leading on research projects and audit.
* • Practice experience in physical healthcare setting
Knowledge
* • Working knowledge of Requirements for Resuscitation policy and practice
* • Working knowledge of Infection prevention and control policy and practice
* • Knowledge and ability to advice on physical healthcare assessment and treatment
* • Working knowledge and ability to advise on range of medical devices and assessment tools for physical healthcare
Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org
The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.
Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.
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We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Sponsorship
We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .
If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.
**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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