Wigan and Bolton Head of Nursing and Quality

The postholder will be a collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leader with values and behaviours that inspire understanding and trust, build inclusion and reduce inequalities.
In conjunction with the Associate Director of Nursing and Quality will contribute to creating a positive safety culture, where the environment is collaboratively crafted, created, and nurtured so that everybody (individual staff, teams, patients, service users, families, and carers) can flourish to ensure brilliant, safe care by:
1. Continuous learning and improvement of safety risks
2. Supportive, psychologically safe teamwork
3. Enabling and empowering speaking up by all
The post holder, working in collaboration with the Clinical and Operational Lead and will be responsible for the delivery of a robust quality governance framework within a defined care group, as part of the collective leadership team supporting the delivery of effective, safe and high-quality care delivery to service users and their families. The post holder will be responsible for coordinating all quality governance activity including the development of quality improvement plan, policies, risk management strategies, training and audit activity., The postholders will contribute to the strategic direction for high quality services, setting and upholding professional standards for nursing and other professional practice within Bolton and Wigan Services. This will include the development and delivery of key actions within the Trust Nursing Strategy and other relevant clinical strategies.
Through highly visible leadership the post-holders will undertake a range of duties and responsibilities that supports professional staff to deliver safe and high-quality evidence-based practice across the Trust.
The post holder will have direct responsibility for the supervision of the Quality roles within the Care Group offering and deputise in the absence of the Associate Director of Nursing and Quality.
The post will provide day to day leadership for maintaining IPC standards and high standards of professional practice via liaison with the IPC Lead Nurses, the Physical Healthcare Lead for the Trust as well as the Medicines Management Lead and the Professional Standards Lead Nurse.
The post-holder will provide nursing leadership and professional standards support across the integrated healthcare agenda, ensuring Professional Practice Standards are upheld across the Care Group and wider Organisation., We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer., If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users., The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am
All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)
1
Time plus 47%
Time plus 94%
2
Time plus 41%
Time plus 83%
3
Time plus 35%
Time plus 69%
4 - 9
Time plus 30%
Time plus 60%
+ 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
+ Excellent pension
+ Cycle to work scheme
+ Salary sacrifice car scheme
+ Wellbeing programme
+ Blue Light Card Discounts
+ fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)