Associate Director of Nursing & Quality

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to has arisen to join Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust as an Associate Director of Nursing and Quality.  As Associate Director of Nursing and Quality (ADNQ)  you will work in partnership with the Associate Director of Operations (ADO) and Associate Medical Director (MDO) .

Together you will ensure the effective leadership to support the requirements of the Care Group. The care groups are re- aligning and it is likely this post will be the ADNQ for community services, as such you will need to be a strong leader with a mental health nursing background who understands the challenges and strengths of working in communities to deliver care.

You will have gravitas and demonstrate strong influencing and facilitation skills. As a senior leader for the profession you will advocate for nursing and ensure the inclusion of clinical professions in the work of the care group trio. Strong relationships and inclusion of psychology and allied health professionals is a core requirement.  You will need to be creative and flexible and you will participate in the future development of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

GMMH is improving, our communities are at the heart of how we work, we are seeking a passionate and driven nurse leader who can engage with service users, carers and with staff teams and into local system. You will hold responsibility to develop and implement quality standards, lead quality improvement and ensure the voice of our service users is present throughout developments in our service delivery.

Please see detailed Job Description for more information on the duties.

If you are interested in this role, please contact Paula Solomon via [email protected] for informal enquiries.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description for full details.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discount