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Director of Patient Safety and Quality Governance

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Worthing, BN11 1HSView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£112,782 to £129,783

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

3 November 2026

13 days left

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, credible and compassionate senior leader to join the Chief Nursing Officer's portfolio as Director of Patient Safety an...

The Director of Patient Safety and Quality Governance will provide strategic leadership for the Trust's patient safety, quality governance and assurance arrangements. Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the postholder will lead a portfolio including patient safety and PSIRF, quality governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, mortality and learning from deaths, health and safety, reducing restrictive practice, and suicide prevention.

Working closely with the Chief Nursing Officer, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and Executive colleagues, you will ensure quality and safety intelligence is effectively analysed to identify risks, support organisational learning and drive improvements in the quality, safety and experience of care.

You will provide expert advice and assurance to the Board, Executive Team and senior governance forums, leading the Trust's approach to regulatory readiness and engagement with external partners and regulators. The role includes oversight of quality governance arrangements and ensuring learning from incidents, complaints, inquests, mortality reviews and external reviews is translated into meaningful improvement.

As a senior member of the Chief Nursing Officer's leadership team, you will build strong relationships across organisational and system boundaries, deputise for the Chief Nursing Officer in agreed areas, and participate in the Trust Director on-call rota.

Join Sussex Partnership and you'll be part of an NHS Trust that allows you to thrive and, in turn, thrives because of you. We believe in the vibrancy of our fantastic people. And how that leads to even better support for the people who use our services.

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to Master's degree or equivalent experience of leadership in a complex health care environment
In depth professional knowledge of Governance, Quality/risk assurance or related subjects gained over an extended period of time
Evidence of recent and continuing professional development
Registered healthcare professional with current registration with a relevant UK statutory professional regulator, for example NMC, GMC, HCPC, GPhC or equivalent

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Significant senior leadership and management experience in a provider organisation
Extensive experience in CQC regulation
Proven experience of developing, implementing and monitoring risk and patient safety systems and processes at a Trust wide level
Expertise in managing patient safety and complaints through effective governance and assurance arrangements at a Trust wide level
Experience of collaborative working across organisations and relationship management
Significant experience of working with strategic commissioning organisations, senior clinicians and managers in complex health, social and primary care environments
Significant experience of successful change management, performance management and project planning
Experience of working in a wide variety of clinical settings and operationally managing staff, services and budget
Comprehensive knowledge of quality and quality improvement and regulation in healthcare
Excellent communication, report writing and presentation skills including the ability to express complex and often contentious issues for a nonexpert audience
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to deal with sensitive information appropriately
High level communication skills and the ability to communicate with and develop positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including patients / carers, senior managers