Are you a senior leader passionate about delivering safe, high‑quality care? Do you thrive on driving learning, leading cultural change and raising standards in patient safety, experience, clinical effectiveness, safeguarding and risk? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT), the largest provider of community healthcare in Sussex, is seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Quality and Safety to offer strategic leadership, expert advice and oversight across our Quality and Safety portfolio.
About You
We’re looking for a values‑driven, collaborative leader with:
* Senior leadership experience in healthcare
* Expert knowledge of quality governance, patient safety, clinical effectiveness and regulation
* A track record of leading improvement and cultural change
* Strong communication, influencing and relationship‑building skills
* The ability to analyse complex data and advise at Executive and Board level
* A master’s‑level qualification or equivalent experience
You’ll be committed to equity, inclusion, patient partnership and fostering a culture where staff feel safe, valued and able to speak up.
Ready to make a difference?
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of quality and safety across community services supporting over 9,000 staff and the people of Sussex. If you’re driven by improvement, excellence and making care safer, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now and help us deliver excellent care at the heart of the community.
Reporting Directly To The Chief Nurse, you will be the Trust’s Senior Lead For Quality And Safety, with responsibility for:
* Patient safety, incident response and learning
* Safeguarding adults and children
* Quality governance and assurance systems
* Patient experience, participation, and engagement
* Clinical effectiveness and audit
* Risk management and health & safety
* CQC oversight, readiness and regulatory compliance
* Freedom to Speak Up
* Leading delivery of the Trust’s Quality Improvement Plan and response to national patient safety strategies
You will act as the named contact for the CQC and ICB Quality, building highly effective relationships and ensuring the Trust meets its regulatory obligations. You will also play a pivotal role in embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement and learning across our services.
This is a highly visible, influential role at the heart of our senior leadership team, contributing to Trust strategy, leading key programmes, and deputising for the Chief Nurse when required.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
* Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
* Cost‑effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lana Buckley Job title: EA to Chief Nurse Email address: lana.buckley@nhs.net Telephone number: 07435 732894
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