Lead Nurse for Quality Improvement

Provide strategic leadership for quality improvement, patient safety, patient experience and continuous improvement across the Trust, ensuring that the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital maintains the highest standards of specialist care. Lead the development and implementation of programmes that improve clinical outcomes, patient experience, operational effectiveness and quality governance. Promote a culture of continuous learning, innovation and improvement, ensuring that quality and safety are embedded within all aspects of service delivery and aligned to the Trust's strategic objectives.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:

At RNOH, we're committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.

Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including:

At RNOH, we are more than a workplace--we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential: - Highly developed communication, influencing and presentation skills.

Desirable: - Leadership qualification.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential: - Registered Nurse (NMC), Masters degree or equivalent, extensive senior leadership and QI experience.

Desirable: - QI qualification

Analytical & Judgment Skills

Essential: - Interpret complex quality and safety data

Desirable: - Advanced analytics experience

Planning & Organisational Skills

Essential: - Manage multiple Trust-wide programmes

Desirable: - Programme management qualification

IT skills

Essential: - Advanced MS Office and reporting systems

Desirable: - BI tools experience

Responsibility for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential: - Demonstrable commitment to anti-discriminatory and inclusive behaviours and practices

Desirable: - Experience leading EDI initiatives

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

Essential: - Develop Trust-wide policies and strategies

Desirable: - Lead quality strategy experience

Responsibility for financial & physical resources

Essential: - Resource and budget management experience

Desirable: - Direct budget holder

Responsibility for Research & Development

Essential: - Direct budget holder

Desirable: - Publication/research experience

Freedom to Act, Mental and Emotional Effort

Essential: - Operate autonomously and advise executives; - Frequent concentration on complex issues; - Exposure to incidents and complaints

Desirable: - Acting on behalf of directors