Wigan and Bolton Head of Nursing and Quality | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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 beresponsible 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. Main duties of the job The postholders will contribute to the strategic direction for high quality services, setting and upholding professional standards for nursing and other professional practice withinBolton 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 postholderwill have direct responsibility for the supervision of the Quality roles withinthe Care Groupofferingand deputise in the absence of theAssociate 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 IPCLeadNurses, thePhysicalHealthcareLead for the Trust as well as theMedicinesManagementLead and theProfessionalStandardsLeadNurse. The post-holder will provide nursing leadership and professional standards support across the integrated healthcare agenda, ensuringProfessionalPracticeStandards are upheld across theCare Group and wider Organisation.

Wigan and Bolton Head of Nursing and Quality | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, 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.

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)