Director of Nursing Backbone

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for senior and highly experienced Nurse to work within the RDaSH Nursing and Facilities Directorate providing responsible for providing clear, visible professional leadership and management to the nursing workforce, ensuring that appropriate national and local strategic developments are implemented.

This position offers a great opportunity for a leader whose core values are to place patients at the centre of all learning and ensure approaches to workforce development and wellbeing are compassionate and high quality., The post holder will lead for key elements of the Patient Safety Agenda across the organisation, ensuring that effective arrangements are in place for incident reporting, monitoring and learning lessons. This will include leading the development of an improved patient safety culture within the organisation placing emphasis on an open and transparent system with a focus on continuous improvement and clinical risk management.

Responsible for horizon scanning all national, international evidence relating to clinical governance and utilise where appropriate.Responsible for ensuring appropriate robust systems and processes are in place in relation to ongoing registration with the CQC and other relevant regulatory bodies.

Lead the ongoing review, development and implementation of the Trusts Quality Improvement Strategy. Support the development of a strategy that promotes a culture of ownership and accountability whilst encouraging innovation & staff empowerment.

Responsible for ensuring rigorous systems and processes are in place to deliver on the Clinical Governance Agenda playing a lead role in the development of clinical practice and ongoing assurance of high standards of clinical quality, safety and experience across the organisation.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more