Are you an inspirational nursing leader with a passion for quality, clinical excellence and improving outcomes for patients?
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG) is seeking an exceptional Deputy Director of Nursing for Quality & Clinical Excellence to join our Executive Nursing Leadership Team at an exciting time of transformation and integration.
This is a pivotal Group leadership role, providing strategic leadership across both our acute and community services. Reporting to the Group Chief Nursing Officer , you will work alongside the Group Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce & Professional Excellence to shape the future of nursing, midwifery and allied health professional practice and deliver outstanding care for the people of Lincolnshire.
As Deputy Director of Nursing for Quality & Clinical Excellence, you will provide strategic leadership for the Group's quality, clinical excellence and continuous improvement agenda across both acute and community services.
You will lead the strategic quality and clinical excellence agenda, ensuring continuous quality improvement is embedded across the Group and that quality remains at the heart of everything we do. Working collaboratively with Clinical Governance, Patient Safety, Infection Prevention and Control, operational leaders and multidisciplinary teams, you will influence improvement across organisational boundaries, ensuring learning, innovation and evidence-based practice translate into measurable improvements in patient care and experience.
This role offers the opportunity to influence care at scale, providing strategic leadership to one of the largest integrated provider groups in England while working with executive colleagues, clinical leaders and system partners to deliver our ambitious vision for integrated healthcare.
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group brings together community and acute hospital services to deliver integrated, high-quality care for the people of Lincolnshire.
We are ambitious about the future of healthcare and are committed to delivering outstanding patient care through compassionate leadership, innovation, continuous improvement and collaboration. Our Group provides a unique opportunity to influence healthcare across hospital, community and neighbourhood settings, creating seamless pathways that improve outcomes for our patients and communities.
As part of our Executive Nursing Leadership Team, you will work alongside experienced and supportive colleagues who are passionate about developing our professions, improving quality and creating an environment where people can thrive.
At LCHG, our values guide everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels respected, valued and empowered to achieve their potential. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from colleagues who bring diverse experiences and perspectives to our leadership teams.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of nursing, midwifery and allied health professions within an integrated healthcare system and make a lasting difference to the communities we serve.
You will:
Lead the development and implementation of the Group's strategic vision for quality and clinical excellence.
Champion a culture of continuous quality improvement, innovation, evidence-based practice and professional excellence across all services.
Work collaboratively with Clinical Governance, Patient Safety, Infection Prevention and Control and divisional leadership teams to identify organisational priorities, establish quality improvement objectives and drive measurable improvements in patient outcomes.
Lead the development of Group quality improvement priorities, quality indicators and assurance frameworks that support delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care.
Provide professional leadership to the Associate Director of Nursing for Quality, fostering compassionate leadership and high professional standards.
Support the Group Quality Impact Assessment process, ensuring quality is integral to service redesign, transformation and decision-making.
Present highly complex quality, safety and performance information to the organisation Sub Board Committees and system partners, providing expert advice and assurance.
Work in partnership with the Group Chief Nursing Officer, Group Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Director of Nursing for Workforce & Professional Excellence to develop, implement and evaluate the Group Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions (NMAHP) Strategy , ensuring it delivers measurable improvements in professional practice, research, innovation, education, quality improvement and patient outcomes.
Lead programmes that reduce unwarranted variation, improve clinical outcomes and embed a culture of learning and continuous improvement across acute and community services.
Hold delegated responsibility for designated budgets within the quality portfolio, ensuring effective stewardship of resources and value for money.
Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, commissioners, partner organisations and higher education institutions.
Deputise for the Group Chief Nursing Officer as required and participate in the Executive on-call rota.
