Head of Nursing and Quality Leader

2 months ago


Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled professional to lead our Nursing and Quality Team as the Head of Nursing and Quality. This is a key role within our organization, responsible for driving quality improvement and ensuring that our services meet the highest standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the Nursing and Quality Team to ensure improved quality of care, quality assurance, safeguarding, and direct care delivery across the Directorate.
  • Work closely with the Service Director, Clinical Director, and other members of the Senior Management Team to ensure consistency of standards, maximize learning from serious incidents, complaints, audits, research, practice experience, and national guidance.
  • Contribute to the performance of the directorate senior leadership team in meeting agreed goals and objectives, ensuring that quality information is accurate and that risk management systems are robust.
  • Drive service transformations and implement the nursing strategy by providing leadership at service level.
  • Work with others to implement and monitor outcomes of quality improvement initiatives within the service.
Requirements
  • NMC registered Mental Health Nurse.
  • Masters or working towards or able to demonstrate ability to work at Masters level.
  • Significant experience at a senior nursing level in a mental health Trust.
  • Evidenced experience of leading on a QI project that led to sustained change in outcomes for service users and carers.
  • Experience of managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
  • Experience of partnership working with service users and carers.
  • Knowledge of QI methodologies.
  • Able to think laterally, able to interpret data, and synthesize complex information.
  • Able to demonstrate a genuine commitment to ensuring that services meet the needs of service users and carers and are delivered with multi-cultural sensitivity.
About Us

Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is a leading provider of mental health, learning disability, and specialist services. We are committed to delivering high-quality care to our service users and their loved ones. We are a friendly, passionate, and diverse team, and we are looking for someone who shares our values and commitment to excellence.



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