Job Title: Assistant Director
Employer: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Peterborough, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 79,504 to 91,609 £ / Year
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Description

• Provide senior strategic, operational and professional leadership across secure healthcare services.

• Lead nursing, Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), quality governance, patient safety and service improvement.

• Ensure services deliver safe, effective, compassionate and patient-centred care.

• Work closely with the Group Chief Nurse and senior leaders to implement organisational strategy and meet regulatory standards.

• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous learning and high-quality care within secure services.

Responsibilities

• Provide inclusive leadership across nursing, AHPs and quality teams.

• Oversee patient safety, risk management, quality assurance and clinical governance.

• Use incidents, complaints, audits, inspections and patient feedback to drive service improvements.

• Ensure regulatory compliance and readiness for Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections.

• Develop and maintain a skilled workforce through recruitment, retention, staff development and effective workforce planning.

• Promote patient and carer involvement in service design and improvement.

• Monitor quality performance indicators and report risks and outcomes to senior management and Board-level committees.

• Manage budgets and resources effectively.

• Collaborate with clinical teams, commissioners, regulators and external partners.

• Deputise for senior leaders when required.

Requirements

• Appropriate UK professional registration.

• Demonstrable senior clinical, operational or professional leadership experience within a complex healthcare organisation.

• Evidence of leading significant service improvement, organisational change or transformation programmes.

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to demonstrate compassionate, inclusive and professional conduct.

• Ability to manage complex challenges and achieve measurable improvements in healthcare services.

• Desirable: Experience in secure, forensic, mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental or other specialist services.

• Desirable: Experience involving patients, carers and families in service improvement.

• Desirable: Experience developing quality dashboards, performance metrics or assurance reports.

Benefits

• Competitive annual salary of £79,504–£91,609.

• Permanent, full-time employment.

• 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays for new starters, increasing with length of service.

• Contributory pension scheme.

• Access to learning, training and professional development programmes.

• Family-friendly employment policies.

• Salary sacrifice schemes.

• Occupational health services and staff wellbeing activities.

• Flexible-working options, including compressed hours, part-time hours and potential home or agile working arrangements.

• Opportunity to contribute to an NHS Foundation Trust rated Outstanding overall by the Care Quality Commission.

How to Apply;

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