Director of Nursing, AHP's, Quality & Patient Experience

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Director of Nursing, Allied Health Professionals, Quality & Patient Experience to join our newly formed Executive Leadership Team.

As a Director of the Board you will contribute fully to the development of strategy and policy and to the delivery of statutory and corporate responsibilities across all organisational matters.

We are looking for someone with extensive senior nurse management experience in a senior role within the NHS or similar complex and highly regulated healthcare environment. Experience of working within a Mental Health organisation and in-depth knowledge of the challenges facing Mental Health Trusts is essential.

Main duties of the job

As executive lead for regulatory matters, clinical governance, safeguarding and legal issues, patient safety and experience, the post holder will provide strategic leadership to establish effective systems and assurance processes within service lines and corporate services, to ensure compliance and continuous improvement across the organisation. You will be a key member of the Trust's Executive Team and Board of Directors, working closely with partner colleagues across our integrated care system, Joined Up Care Derbyshire and the East Midlands region.The post holder must provide credible and passionate professional leadership and promote excellence and best practice to all nursing, AHP and wider staff employed by the Trust. You must therefore have a clear vision for Nursing, AHP, Quality and Patient Experience and the ability to secure the active commitment of multi-disciplinary staff in working towards achieving this.

Excellent communication skills are an essential requirement, as you will make a leading contribution to the continuing development and improvement of all health services, requiring you to liaise with staff at all levels and with external partner organisations. You will have strong leadership skills to secure the support and commitment of others, and a professional approach that demonstrates ourTrust vision and values.

About us

Our Trust provides mental health, learning disability and autism services across Derby and Derbyshire, alongside services for children and young people in Derby and southern Derbyshire. We also offer a range of specialist services including substance misuse, gambling harms and eating disorders services. We have a strong organisational identity and are very proud of our values-led approach to healthcare.

We have a diverse range of colleagues, including over 1,550 nursing and AHP colleagues, and our latest staff survey results tell us that people find Derbyshire Healthcare a good place to work and receive care. This role will play an important part in ensuring we create an inclusive and supportive environment which reinforces our Team Derbyshire Healthcare approach.

We fully embrace principles of equality, diversity and inclusion for our colleagues, patients, and communities. We are committed to making improvements that will ensure our services are more inclusive and meet the needs of our vibrant and diverse populations. This role will play an important part in continuing these improvements, and will lead on improving the experience of our patients, including addressing health inequalities, social inclusion and diversity.

Therefore you must have knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion issues and evidence of success in addressing discrimination and inequalities in employment and service delivery.