Associate Director of Nursing and Quality

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join GMMH as an ADNQ. This post covers the portfolio for specialist services which comprises Children and Young People inpatient and community services, Perinatal Services, Early Intervention Teams, Homelessness and Addiction services as well as Talking Therapies, GM University, Deaf Mental Health, Specialist Psychology and Eating Disorder Services.

As Associate Director of Nursing and Quality (ADNQ) you will work in partnership with the Associate Director of Operations (ADO) and Associate Medical Director (MDO) . Together you will ensure the effective leadership to support the requirements of the Care Group. You will need to be a strong leader with a mental health or learning disability nursing background who understands the challenges and strengths of working in these very specialist services to deliver care. You will have gravitas and demonstrate strong influencing and facilitation skills. As a senior leader for the profession, you will advocate for nursing and ensure the inclusion of clinical professions in the work of the care group trio. Strong relationships and inclusion of psychology and allied health professionals is a core requirement. You will need to be creative and flexible and participate in the future development of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Please note that interviews will take place in person in Manchester.

As a member of the leadership team, the post holder is responsible for ensuring services within the Care Group comply with CQC registration requirements, national and local performance targets, annual business plan priorities and internal governance processes.Working with the Chief Nurse and the leadership teams within the other CareGroups, the post holder will ensure people with lived experience and their carers have a strong voice in decision making and service development and willembed continuous improvement throughout all services to ensure service users and carers experience the best possible care.The post holder is responsible for ensuring mechanisms are in place foremployee involvement and engagement across the Care Group in order to develop an open and inclusive culture with a focus on employee health and wellbeing, equality and diversity. The post holder is also jointly responsible for maximising the use of resourceswithin the Care Group by leading on transformation priorities,
service improvements, quality improvements and efficiency programmesEnsuring accountability and governance is in place within the Care Group and support delivery of the GMMH strategic objectives and statutory requirements. The post holder will be a member of the GMMH Gold on-call rota.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 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.