Chief Nursing Officer for Quality and Patient Safety

3 days ago


Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time
About the Role

As Chief Nursing Officer for Quality and Patient Safety, you will provide leadership to the Organisation for a designated part of the Chief Nursing Officer's portfolio, working with the Care Organisation leadership teams.

Main Responsibilities
  • Lead the development of Innovation and Continuous Clinical Improvement, supporting the delivery of the professional nursing agenda.
  • Implement and deliver the PSIRF agenda, ensuring service objectives are met and there is demonstrable continuous improvement in both patient safety and standards of care.
About Us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

We are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction.

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, estimated at £85,000 per annum, along with a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities.

Required Skills and Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you will require:

  • Postgraduate experience in quality improvement, change management, leadership, service redesign, or safety.
  • A doctorate in health or change management related subject (desirable).
Knowledge and Experience

You will need:

  • Substantial senior nursing and management experience.
  • Substantial experience of clinical governance, particularly patient safety, patient experience, and clinical quality.
  • Experience of working with local and national programmes and initiatives.
  • A proven record of building partnerships and alliances both internal and external to the organisation.
  • Ability to work with different disciplines across the health, education, and social care settings.
  • Extensive knowledge of compliance frameworks and understanding of the Care Quality Commission requirements.
  • Demonstrates high levels of personal and professional judgement in determining the acceptable level of risk.


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