Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality

To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across the Psychological Medicine and Older Adults Directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high quality care consistent with CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust values and Trust and Operational Directorate Strategic Ambitions.

The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the Specialist and Older Adults pathways and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and constraints. The applicant needs to be a registered mental health nurse.

The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and Quality in the duties below:

• Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
• Service Transformation.
• Quality Assurance.
• Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
• Nursing Workforce Development.
  
  

The Trust Is Committed To Providing Services Which Embrace Diversity And That Promote Equality Of Opportunity. We Are a Disability Confident Employer, We Welcome Applicants From All Sections Of The Community And People Of All Protected Characteristics. We Provide Reasonable Adjustments For Candidates With a Disability And Are Committed To Treating People Fairly With Compassion, Respect And Dignity And In Promoting Equality And Human Rights. We Aim To Put This Commitment Into Practice By

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
  
  

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Farida Pirani Job title: Head of Nursing and Quality Email address: farida.pirani@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07734371266