Job overview

This role will act to ensure high quality and effective care for people who use our services is delivered throughout our Trust in accordance with our vision and values.

High Quality Care is number one of our strategic priorities and is supported by our values which sets our culture. The role will actively promote our culture aligned to our values. This post will lead on the next steps in the development and delivery of a robust quality management system across the Trust to drive improvement and our continuous learning. Accountable and responsible to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), the post holder will work largely unsupervised and will be able to credibly influence across the organisation and health and care system at the highest level. They will motivate and develop clinicians who are able to drive forward service transformation and quality improvement across mental and physical health care, both within our organisation and across organisational boundaries.

This role would benefit from a postholder who has strengths and skills in data insights and reporting to drive improvements across the organisation. This role would be suitable for someone wishing to be supported to develop into a Chief Nursing Officer role and will provide opportunities to operate at this level.

Main duties of the job

Key duties are as follows (please see job description for the full list):

The post holder will be required to build and maintain good working relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders on a range of business sensitive issues and nurture key relationships with senior and high-profile individuals and responsible for the maintenance of productive networks both within and outside the organisation.

They will be responsible for managing several different teams/functions ensuring effective line management support – this will include but not limited to Deputy Caldicott Guardian, Mental Capacity Act, development of our Clinical Quality Priorities, Physical Health and Infection Prevention Control, Flu and Covid Vaccination Campaigns, Patient Carer Race Equality Framework implementation (PCREF), Nurse revalidation and continuing professional development, supporting university/placements/education.

They will also be responsible for leading regulatory standards compliance including CQC readiness across the organisation and ensure effective Trust wide quality governance and compliance systems of work are in place to support practice through the organisation and meet national CQC and other regulatory requirements.

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a virtual assessment centre (full day) which will inform which candidates will be invited to attend the interview.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!