Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality

Job overview

To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for Quality and professional standard across the operational directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high-quality care consistent with the CQC fundamental standards, Safeguarding principles, trust values, and the trust and operational directorate strategic objectives.

The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality with the Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the operational directorate and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across Lambeth 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 Operational Directorate,  and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls, and constraints.

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.

Find attached detailed job description and person specification