Corporate Director of Nursing and Quality in Manchester

Corporate Director of Nursing and Quality

Band 9 (Indicative – Subject to AfC job matching outcome)

Main area Mental Health Grade Band 9 (Indicative – Subject to AfC job matching outcome) Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 437-8179179

Site Knowsley Building Town Manchester Salary £112,782 - £129,783 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 14/08/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/08/2026

Job overview

We are delighted to open this exciting opportunity to join Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust as the Corporate Director of Nursing and Quality. Working to the Chief Nurse , the Corporate Director of Nursing & Quality is responsible for the highest possible standards of patient care and safety, championing an environment/culture that promotes and supports patients, staff and visitors.

As a senior nursing and quality leader within the Trust, the postholder provides strategic clinical leadership, direction and oversight for the responsibilities within their portfolio.

The portfolio will include Infection Prevention and Control, Physical Health, PSIRF, Customer Service as well as Inquests and coronial activity. In addition the postholder will be the senior clinical advisor for strategic and high profile mental health concerns, provide senior clinical expertise on matters pertaining to sexual safety and the built clinical environment. The role includes chairing and being a member of Groups and Committees and sub-committees of the Board.

The Corporate Director of Nursing will report to the Chief Nurse and have responsibilities to the Deputy Chief Nurse aligned to the Job Description.

Main duties of the job

Please review full JD/PS attached to this vacancy.

Please note that interviews for this post will be held in person in Manchester.

• A senior nursing and quality leader accountable for the clinically facing functions and associated activity within the organisation and those that interface externally e.g. with system partners, regulators and agencies.
• Ensure all portfolio functions are underpinned by robust frameworks that provide assurance, flag and escalate risks, meet legal and regulatory requirements. Oversee clinical governance performance ensuring criteria is met and standards achieved/maintained and that activity withstands the highest levels of scrutiny and challenge.
• Senior Trust lead for promoting a culture where staff feel psychologically safe reportingevents and concerns, that they are empowered to learn from mistakes and there is confidence in learning frameworks that will prevent potential future harm and improve
• practice.
• Act as Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control, deputising for the DIPC as required and providing robust leadership of the IPC and vaccination function for GMMH. Hold oversight for the Trust response to any major outbreak or pandemic scenarios ensuring strategic leadership alongside EPRR
• Deputise for the Chief Nurse as delegated ensuring all concerns are addressed, objectives achieved and associated risks managed.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached detailed job description and person specification:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Professional Nursing Registration: Mental Health.
• Masters degree qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience working at a senior level in clinical governance, risk and safety.
• Senior Leadership training including NHS programmes or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Patient Safety Specialist

Experience and Knowledge

• Significant experience of leadership, management and operating at or close to Director level.
• Experience of directing Infection Prevention Control agenda including vaccination campaigns/outbreak oversight
• Significant experience in managing high profile patient safety concerns/directing and agreeing actions in response to concerns/complaints and incidents
• Significant experience in the management of clinical environments and the assessment of clinical risk across a range of MH settings.
• Significant expertise in healthcare regulation and response, developed through substantial experience in managing complex regulatory environments.
• Expert knowledge and substantial experience of clinical safety compliance and, professional clinical standards
• Demonstrates experience in interpreting and applying legislation to clinical environments, providing subject matter expertise to such scenarios eg. Supreme Court Ruling
• Extensive experience of work, preparation of reports, presentations, briefings at regional and national level and recognition of this.
• Successful delivery of large-scale, system-wide projects with measurable improvements in safety and quality outcomes
• Proven credibility with regulators and external stakeholders.
• Effective relationship management demonstrated with experience of working successfully with senior clinical professionals with demonstrable outcome and impact.

Skills and Abilities

• High level persuasion, negotiation and influencing skills
• Communicate highly complex /contentious information influencing change to senior individuals within and outside the organisation
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills.
• Presentations at critical, large scale/high profile events e.g. scrutiny/challenge summits, consultations, conferences.
• Strong collaborative leadership qualities and networking skills.
• Strategic influencing skills at all levels of the organisation including Trust Board.
• Ability to work in a complex environment – politically aware.
• Ability to think clearly, facilitate and challenge appropriately to ensure risks to the Trust is managed.
• Credibility across professional and organisational boundaries and proven ability to gain support from Chief Executives, Directors and senior decision making staff in all agencies.
• Able to understand, interpret and implement knowledge generated from complex data.
• Demonstrable leadership skills to create and maintain effective teams.

Personal

• Empathy towards the needs of people using mental health and related services.
• Resilient and self motivated with drive and vision that is able to work on own initiative and manage a range of priorities across competing agendas.
• Commitment to the aims and values of the NHS combined with high personal integrity/credibility
• Provide/lead a reliable service that instils confidence and trust in the organisation.
• Confident with public speaking and being challenged/scrutinised on areas of expertise.

Mental Effort

• Reviewing national and local policies, scrutinising reports
• Reviewing incidents such of homicides, safety incidents CQC/ technical regulatory issues, breaches, inspections and activity, escalations of clinical risk, issues delegated by Executives.

Emotional Effort

• Dealing with details of patient safety events including death – statements, CCTV, escalated carer/family issues, complaints. Dealing with staff including senior staff in emotional circumstances.

Important Information about working for GMMH:
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22/07/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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