Deputy Director Nursing for Quality and Patient Safety

This is a key leadership role within Coventry and Warwickshire ICB with a responsibility to drive improvements in quality, patient safety and effectiveness in the services that are commissioned for the population of Coventry and Warwickshire. The post holder will provide leadership to the Nursing and Quality team, reporting to the Associate Chief Nurse for Quality and Patient Safety. They will work as a named Patient Safety Specialist for the ICB, and therefore will develop related strategy, policies, and operational procedures along with developing and monitoring patient safety and quality standards within contracts.
This post requires hybrid working.
Please note that previous applicants need not apply., The post holder will have ongoing responsibility for leading the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) implementation embedding continuous quality improvement and assurance of patient safety systems and process. The post will also have a role in leading patient safety and quality across the ICB. Providing leadership advice in the development of nursing . The post requires collaborative working across the local health and social care sectors to:
1. Deliver ICB strategies and directorate objectives.
2. Drive Equality and Diversity within the ICB and in commissioned services.
3. Drive improvement in quality, patient safety, and effectiveness.
4. Ensure the ICB is at the forefront of best practice.
5. Lead patient experience and outcome measures.
6. Deputise for the Associate Chief Nurse for Quality and Patient Safety across all aspects of the directorate's responsibilities.

Working for our organisation
The purpose of Coventry and Warwickshire ICB is to;
+ improve outcomes in population and healthcare
+ Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
+ Enhance productivity and value for money
+ Help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
The Quality Team work collaboratively across the ICB and our system. The team have developed a set of team values that are weaved into every day working practices. The team strive to be welcoming open and compassionate. The team provides a supportive, expert and collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment, enabling the successful candidate to thrive in their new role., The post holder will be required to be able to be forward thinking and strategic along with the ability to manage day to day processes. Key responsibilities include:
· Provide leadership for clinical governance including Quality Impact Assessments within ICB processes.
· Lead the ICB Patient Safety Team responsible for the development and implementation of the ICB PSIRF Policy, plan, and Patient Safety Strategy
· Provide leadership for quality in collaboration with the commissioning teams.
· Provide leadership on provision of assurance and risk management, associated with the directorate objectives.
· Lead the development and delivery of best practice in relation to Equality and Diversity
· Ensure all staff within the nursing and quality team work together to deliver team objectives and work closely with the Deputy Director of Nursing and Clinical Transformation to ensure effective matrix working between both elements of the teams.
· Support nurse revalidation across the directorate
· Work with other directorates to ensure quality drives our way of working.
· Deputise for the Associate Chief Nurse across a range of duties.
· Accountability for developing Patient Safety and quality standards.
· Accountability for developing strategy, policy and procedures to deliver ICB and directorate objectives.
· Working with a wider range of quality indicators requiring analysis, interpretation, comparison and making decisions on appropriate actions in response to findings
· Lead on Quality and Equality Impact assessments.
· Work with other leaders and managers to embed quality in all processes.
· Work with Commissioning Team to ensure safe and appropriate health is commissioned together with robust quality monitoring and assurance.
· Work closely with the medicines management team to ensure safety systems are embedded across patient pathways.
· Work constructively and collaboratively with other members of the senior team to ensure statutory duties and objectives are met.
Coventry and Warwickshire ICB are committed to supporting all employees to work flexibly. Flexible working is an arrangement which supports an individual to have greater choice in when, where, and how they work. Employees can request flexible working from your first day with us. The option to request flexible working is offered regardless of role, banding, or reason for wanting to work flexibly. If you are interested in this vacancy and would want to consider a form of flexible working, we would encourage you to reach out to us to discuss further.
We aim to be a great place to work and have many initiatives in place to support staff. In line with the Equality Act 2010, our organisation has an Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group which meets on a monthly basis and has representation from a wide range of staff groups and supports a fairer and more diverse workplace for everyone.
The ICB has a Wellbeing Warriors group which has recently received Bronze level accreditation for Thrive at work and is working towards Silver accreditation. The Wellbeing warriors focus on physical, mental and emotional health of all staff providing tips, resources and webinars to support and educate staff from senior management to administrators about their wellbeing.