Divisional Director of Nursing & Quality

Divisional Director of Nursing & Quality - Brighton & Hove

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join us as Divisional Director of Nursing & Quality.

Working within our Brighton & Hove division as part of the Triumvirate leadership alongside the Managing Director and Clinical Director, you will be accountable for Quality (Safety, Effectiveness and Experience), driving a programme of improvement for Quality and Professional Standards.

You will ensure that high quality care is consistent with NMC and CQC fundamental standards, and safeguarding principles, in line with the organisations vision and values, and strategic objectives.

You will work with others to ensuring that ongoing transformation of services results in highly effective and efficient care pathways, using digital enablers that are fit for the future.

If you have a patient centred and just culture leadership approach, and want to make a difference this will be the role for you.

You will be supported on your continuing professional development journey via appraisal supervision and training opportunities. Sussex Partnership NHS is an equally opportunities employer and we also welcome applications from nurses with lived experience.

The Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality (DDoNQ) will drive the programme of improvement for Quality and Professional Standards across the Division ensuring that the delivery of high-quality care is consistent with NMC and CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust Values and the Trust and Division Strategic Objectives

The DDoNQ will have accountability for the quality of care across the Division and will work within agreed objectives, quality standards and resource, in line with local & national plans.

The DDoNQ will have accountability for nursing practice across the Division, ensuring that the nursing voice has authority and that the nursing strategy is delivered live in practice.

This is an excellent time to be joining Sussex Partnership Trust. These roles enable us to place a renewed focus on ensuring that the new nursing strategy is delivered live in practice, that we find new ways to address the recruitment and retention challenge, and that we do this alongside the professional strategies of our psychology, social work and AHP colleagues.

We are in the process of transitioning to the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), are reviewing our response to patient and carer feedback. Your high clinical standards will influence how we operate in the best interest of our staff, patients and carers; enabling learning and ongoing service development on a continual cycle.

A clear programme of development support will be offered to enable further career progression.

Relocation expenses may be offered with this post. For further details please contact Sophie Lofts on -

Key result areas for the Divisional Director of Nursing and Quality role include:

• Strategic Professional Leadership and Practice standards
  • Lead a team of nurses and other health professionals to ensure quality planning, control and improvement are delivered across the Division and communicated appropriately through the organisation's governance meeting structure.
• Service Transformation
  • Working closely with the Managing Director and Clinical Director to drive the necessary service transformations.
• Quality Assurance
  • Working closely with the clinical services on all matters pertaining to quality governance, using data to support effective practice changes maximising digital solutions
• Professional and Senior Leadership Responsibilities
  • Development of clear plans on career pathways for nursing, ensure nurses are happy in their work and through this, stabilise recruitment and retention
• Nursing Workforce Development
  • Lead workforce planning for the Nursing Directorate based on the identification of the nursing contribution within care pathways. This includes identification of skills gaps, creation of new posts and extension of roles.

• Educated to master's level or equivalent in a health-related field
• Evidence of significant relevant professional development
• Proven ability to perform at strategic and senior management level

• Significant experience at a senior nursing level leading mental health and learning disability nursing practice and quality
• Professional regulatory experience - NMC
• Quality regulatory experience - CQC
• Nursing workforce, inc. recruitment and retention
• Safer staffing
• Clinical Governance
• Leading and managing change through co-production
• Analysing highly complex information and developing practical and workable solutions to address them at pace.
• Experience of thinking and planning long term strategy
• Being able to prioritise programmes of work in the face of competing demands.
• Experience of managing and delivering to deadlines and within resources.
• Experience of achievement in negotiating and influencing others.
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