Job summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic/experienced senior nurse to be our Associate Director of Nursing & Quality (ADNQ) for the Adults and Specialist Mental Health (ASMH) Directorate. You will lead the nursing workforce and on quality across our Directorate to ensure we provide a high-quality service, deliver great service user and carer experience and meet all quality assurance and regulatory requirements.
If you have a passion for improving patient care and experience, and have the ability inspire your colleagues to innovate the way they work, develop professionally, and grow the Directorate we want to hear from you.
As the Associate Director of Nursing & Quality you will work alongside the Operations Director, Clinical Director and senior leadership team to ensure compliance activities meet the needs of the regulators. In this role you will provide high quality strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership to ensure that we always deliver excellent care to our service users. You will inspire your colleagues to innovate the way they work to improve staff morale, retention and development and lead on the creation and delivery of a quality improvement programme and strategy.
Key responsibilities
* To provide professional leadership to all nursing and other non‑medical staff, promoting high standards of care and a responsive workforce.
* To have oversight on the provision of assurance on risk management systems and processes within the Directorate.
* To lead on CQC compliance for the Directorate.
* To work with the Operations Director on the development and implementation of clinical quality strategic objectives, in line with the Trust wide quality objectives.
* To work with the Trust complaints team and lead on the management of complaints within the Directorate, ensuring action plans address areas for improvement and that assurance is provided before action plans are signed off.
* Maintain excellent relationships with clinical staff, leaders and external stakeholders and to communicate sensitively and effectively.
* To be responsible for monitoring nursing staffing issues across the Directorate.
* To direct the contribution to the periodic establishment review.
* To lead on the implementation of national quality drivers arising from national enquiries.
* To contribute to local and national strategies for Nursing, Clinical Governance and Patient Safety by participating in external events and forums ensuring a visible CPFT profile.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Job details
Date posted: 27 October 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: 8d
Salary: £91,342 to £105,337 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full‑time
Location: Elizabeth House, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (RMN/RN)
* Post Graduate qualification
* Master's Degree in relevant subject, or equivalent substantive experience and willingness to undertake Master's Degree plus experience to Doctorate level.
* Evidence of CPD
Desirable
* Management Qualification
Experience
* Demonstrated breadth and depth of understanding of current NHS policy and ability to interpret and implement into practice
* Significant experience across the range of patient safety management and implementation of patient safety projects
* Significant experience in managing both clinical and non‑clinical risk
* Significant experience of management of complaints and Patient Experience
* Significant experience across the whole clinical governance agenda
Knowledge & Understanding
* Passionate about patients and delivering high quality patient care with compassion
* Passionate about leading the profession
* Ability to work under pressure
Skills & Abilities
* Influencing and negotiating skills, successful change management, management of projects, management conflict and deploying successful resolution strategies, development of new initiatives with demonstrable impact on patient safety and experience of services, excellence in verbal and written communication, ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education and social care settings
Other Essential
* Ability to travel across the county sometimes at short notice
* Flexibility to work over seven days per week, to support the delivery of a 24hr service (e.g. 'On Call')
Travel and Vehicle
You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have personal use of a vehicle. Use of public transport is not acceptable for this role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and therefore a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Name: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Elizabeth House, Fulbourn, Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Website: https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/
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