Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning

Job overview

Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning

Band8c- 8d (Subject to Job Evaluation + Experience)

Are you an experienced senior nurse leader with a passion for patient safety, high‑quality care and organisational learning? We are seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning to provide strategic leadership, expert guidance and professional oversight across our Trust’s patient safety, quality governance and learning systems.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of our ambition to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care. Working closely with the Chief Nurse, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, you will shape and strengthen the Trust’s approach to quality, safety and regulatory compliance. You will lead the development of a culture where learning is embedded, staff feel psychologically safe to speak up, and improvement is driven by insight, evidence and compassion.

Main duties of the job

As Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning, you will:

• Provide senior clinical and professional leadership to ensure the Trust meets its statutory, regulatory and patient safety obligations.
• Lead the strategic and operational delivery of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), embedding systems‑based learning and proportionate, high‑quality responses to patient safety events.
• Strengthen the Trust’s quality governance arrangements, ensuring they are robust, data‑informed and aligned to national standards.
• Oversee the development of the Annual Quality Account, support compliance with the ICB Quality Contract, and ensure the organisation is well‑prepared for regulatory inspection.
• Provide expert advice to Divisional Directors, clinical leaders, patient safety specialists and external partners on patient safety, clinical governance and continuous improvement.
• Ensure strong assurance mechanisms are in place to support Divisions in delivering consistently safe and effective care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning provides senior clinical and professional leadership to support the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer in delivering safe, high‑quality care and ensuring full regulatory compliance across the Trust. Working closely with the Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the post holder strengthens the organisation’s quality governance, patient safety and learning systems so that they are robust, data‑informed and aligned to national standards.

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