Deputy Director of Nursing Community Health Services

at  West London NHS Trust

The post holder will ensure that all aspects of nursing and multi-disciplinary care is delivered to agreed high standards which provide the best possible experience and outcome to service users across services in Community Health Services. Working with the Lead Nurses for Quality and Safety as well as matrons they will ensure that systems are in place for the local induction of nurses entering the services and overseeing the education, training and professional development of the nursing work force. They will work closely with the other Deputy Directors of Nursing to implement the Nursing Strategy to strengthen, standardise and make more consistent the nursing contribution to inter-professional working across the CSU. The Deputy Director of Nursing will work in partnership with the Chief Nursing Officer to ensure that where nursing practice standards fall short of required standards, appropriate plans and support are in place to secure improvement. They will lead on specified areas of Health Care Governance on behalf of the Senior Management Team, and represent the Trust at governance meetings. The post holder will work closely with Executive Director colleagues, particularly the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer in rolling out the trust’s Quality Improvement programme.

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