Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance / Deputy Chief Quality Officer

This exciting role provides an exceptional opportunity for ideally a very senior clinical leader (Nurse, Midwife or AHP) and/or highly experienced governance expert to join our innovative Trust at the forefront of Women's, Children's and Young people's care.

The Deputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance (or Deputy Chief Quality Officer) provides strong and visible leadership to the Trust across the whole quality, risk and patient safety, patient experience and clinical effectiveness agenda. This is a multi-professional role for which extensive management experience is required to lead a comprehensive portfolio, which includes quality governance, quality assurance, clinical outcomes, quality improvement, incident investigation and learning, complaints, legal services and health & safety.

The postholder will report to the Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer (CNMO), supporting the CNMO and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in delivering their portfolio and providing oversight/assurance that the care and services being provided to our Women, Children & Young People (CYP) are safe, sustainable and of the highest quality. The postholder will also work closely with and provide advice and support to other Executive Directors and board members as required.

We are looking for an established collaborative leader, with a strong ability to influence as you will be required to engage with staff at all levels of the organisation and with external stakeholders., Responsible for supporting clinical services to consistently deliver high quality safe, person centred and effective care, with optimal outcomes for every patient in every area of the Trust. You will have oversight on a Trust wide basis, advising how the Trust can ensure that it provides a high-quality safe service for patients and can ensure that its governance arrangements are robust and meet legislative and regulatory requirements.

On behalf of the CNMO and CMO, the postholder will provide leadership and line management support to the teams within their portfolio and support the divisional governance leads and in doing so will ensure that quality assurance is closely aligned with quality improvements.

TheDeputy Chief Nurse - Quality Governance (or Deputy Chief Quality Officer) is responsible for ensuring the implementation of a strong quality governance framework that is multi-disciplinary, locally owned and provides assurance that patient care is safe and effective, with a system that provides point of care to Board reporting.

The postholder will need a high degree of credibility as they are responsible for leading the Trust's relationships and communication with external organisations and partners across the system on all aspects of quality and risk including ICS, CQC, Healthwatch, Scrutiny Committee for Health, NHS England/Improvement, HSE, NICE, HSIBB, NHS-Resolution and the Coroner.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.