Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join us as the Divisional Director of Nursing & Quality. Based in the Brighton & Hove division and part of a Triumvirate leadership team with the Managing Director and Clinical Director, the successful candidate will be accountable for Quality (Safety, Effectiveness and Experience). This role will drive a programme of improvement for Quality and Professional Standards, ensuring that high‑quality care aligns with NMC and CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles and the organisation’s strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
The Divisional Director will oversee the delivery of high‑quality care across the Division, working within agreed objectives, quality standards and resources in line with local and national plans. They will hold accountability for nursing practice, ensuring the nursing voice has authority and that nursing strategy is implemented in practice. This role also supports the transformation of services, enabling highly effective and efficient care pathways through digital enablers and a focus on patient‑centred, just‑culture leadership.
Key Result Areas
* Strategic Professional Leadership and Practice Standards
o Lead a team of nurses and other health professionals to ensure quality planning, control and improvement are delivered across the Division and communicated through the organisation’s governance structure.
* Service Transformation
o Work closely with the Managing Director and Clinical Director to drive necessary service transformations.
* Quality Assurance
o Collaborate with clinical services on all matters of quality governance, using data to support practice changes and maximise digital solutions.
* Professional and Senior Leadership Responsibilities
o Develop clear plans for career pathways, ensuring nurses are happy in their work and stabilising recruitment and retention.
* Nursing Workforce Development
o Lead workforce planning for the Nursing Directorate, identifying skill gaps, creating new posts, and extending roles in care pathways.
Qualifications
* Educated to master’s level or equivalent in a health‑related field.
* Evidence of significant relevant professional development.
* Registered nurse (NMC).
* Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level, with significant experience leading mental health and learning disability nursing practice and quality.
* Professional regulatory experience – NMC.
* Quality regulatory experience – CQC.
* Experience in nursing workforce, including recruitment and retention.
* Experience in safer staffing.
* Experience in clinical governance.
* Experience leading and managing change through co‑production.
* Analysing highly complex information and developing practical, workable solutions to address them at pace.
* Experience of long‑term strategy thinking and planning.
* Ability to prioritise programmes of work amid competing demands.
* Experience managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
* Experience in negotiation and influencing other stakeholders.
* Writing papers for sub‑committees.
* Strong record of multiprofessional collaboration internally and externally; successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Additional Information
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020; a Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
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