Chief Nurse

An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen for the role of Chief Nurse at West London NHS Trust
The Chief Nurse is an Executive Director role, instrumental in shaping the development of the clinical strategy that will underpin the continued transformation of the Trust; and for providing professional expert advice to the Chief Executive and Board of Directors.
This role exists to empower our clinical workforce to improve services, to equip them with the data, expertise and resources that they need and to hold them accountable for the quality of care they deliver. We want a Chief Nurse who will drive improvement and ensure that good practice is spread across the entirety of organisation and with our partners. The ability to work as an equal partner alongside the Chief Medical Officer as the two clinical advisors to the Board will be vital to the success of the organisation.
We are working as part of a collaboration with Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, which reflects a change in the improvement philosophy in the NHS from competition to cooperation., The Chief Nurse has responsibility for strategic planning, the delivery of quality governance and the continued improvement of quality across the organisation.
The portfolio is broad covering professional leadership for the nursing, AHP and psychology workforce. It includes responsibility for clinical governance (quality, patient safety and experience), health and safety, emergency planning, co-production and partnership with service users and carers. The Chief Nurse is the Trust-wide Director of Infection Prevention and Control and lead for the vaccination programmes.
Clinical leadership responsibility is shared with the Chief Medical Officer. The two roles are expected to work closely together to ensure there is a consistent approach to clinical leadership and engagement across the organisation. There is shared responsibility for implementation of the Trust clinical strategy, Patient Safety Incident Framework and relationship management with our regulator

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative