Head of Patient Outcomes; Group

Head of Patient Outcomes (Group)

The closing date is 16 March 2026

This post is only open for applications from individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board.

Organisations within scope are as follows:

• Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust
• Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
• University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Hours :
Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Contract :
Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional leader to join our Single Corporate Services team as the Head of Patient Outcomes. This pivotal post supports both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, working collaboratively to ensure we continue to provide safe, effective, and high‑quality care across both organisations.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Quality Governance and accountable to the Chief Nurse. You will work collaboratively with the Chief Medical Officer and Associate Medical Directors of Patient Outcomes, to ensure both Trusts meet their legal and regulatory obligations associated with patient outcomes and to ensure that there are robust arrangements in place to continue to be well‑led organisations. This includes:

• National audits & benchmarking (e.g., NCEPOD)
• NICE compliance
• GIRFT
• Mortality & the Learning from Deaths programme
• Triangulation of quality, performance & safety data to drive meaningful improvement

You will also oversee the Patient Outcomes Team, providing expert leadership, governance oversight, and assurance to senior executives and committees across both Trusts.

Our vision for Single Corporate Services

Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWT) and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust (PHU) have a shared vision of a single corporate service across our two organisations, supported by a single set of identical systems and processes, under joint leadership, to drive significant efficiencies, improve employee experience, and return time to patient care.

This vacancy is part of the Single Corporate Services Division.

Why are we changing the way we deliver Corporate Services?

Working as a partnership, both IWT and PHU have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this. The creation of a single corporate service is essential for us to support our clinical and operational services, and our wider transformation programme.

The single corporate service is delivered across both organisation. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi‑site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in‑person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

Accountable for the oversight of maintain good data quality used for reporting and managing mortality data, patient outcomes data, NICE guidelines, national audits, and for ensuring that these systems are fit for purpose.

Provide senior leadership and expert oversight to triangulate patient outcomes data with information from wider Trust programmes including performance, strategy, patient experience, and patient safety to deliver a holistic assessment of care quality and identify opportunities for improvement.

Responsible for reporting patient outcomes issues internally to the Board of Directors and externally to relevant agencies. This includes providing expert advice and input into the identification and monitoring of the Trusts Patient Outcomes Quality Priorities, which inform the development of the Trusts Quality Accounts.

Support on the delivery of the Group governance structures in relation to patient outcomes. This includes ensuring that Trust‑wide outcomes committees operate within the Trusts governance framework and deliver against key standards.

Ensure data from each team is systematically brought together and cross‑checked with patient outcomes information so that Trust‑wide learning is identified and acted upon consistently and in a…