Head of Nursing Quality

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work across both, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, in the role of Head of Nursing - Quality.Reporting to a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, you will work collaboratively across both organisations to ensure that quality and safety are central in our pursuit of providing high quality patient care and experience.

In conjunction with a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, the post holder will be required to define, scope, plan, manage and deliver the activities of nursing and midwifery quality improvements with clear project management structures and outcome measures to ensure that systems and processes are in place to consistently deliver the fundamentals of care across nursing and midwifery in all care settings within both Trusts. Furthermore, the post holder will lead the implementation and delivery of any agreed quality and safety monitoring approaches and accreditation programmes for the clinical areas and provide advice, guidance and support to Ward/Department teams on quality and safety issues., The post holder will be an excellent nursing or midwifery leader, and a role model, highly visible in the clinical areas to implement and monitor the quality of care and to ensure that the fundamentals of care are consistently delivered. The post holder will have a proven track record of delivering quality improvements in nursing and midwifery care to ensure that the highest quality and evidence-based care is provided to all patients.

This is an attractive role that will suit to a highly experienced senior nurse or midwife, with demonstrable experience in quality and safety improvements and wider quality agendas. A strong track record of achieving outcomes for the benefit of patients, and a strong focus on patient and staff experience and quality of care is essential. You will be supported to utilise your skills and experience and further grow as an expert and leader to meet your future aspirations.

The post is based at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust.The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof.