Assistant Director of Integrated Governance

Assistant Director of Integrated Governance Band 8C Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, The post holder will lead the integrated governance and patient safety agenda across the Trust driving accountability, improvement and innovation. The post holder will provide compassionate and collaborative senior leadership, visibility and expert support to integrated governance and the patient safety work within the organisation.

This role leads the development of a patient safety culture and safety systems and requires sufficient seniority to engage directly with the Executive team, Divisional Directors, Clinical Directors and other senior leaders across the organisation.

This role will have accountability for implementing the most effective approaches to improving patient safety understanding, involvement and improvement activity and ensuring that systems thinking, human factors understanding and just culture principles are embedded in allprocesses. This includes ensuring that the Trust has effective processes in place that link effectively to national safety systems. This role includes supporting the organisation to ensure that the patient is at the centre of all patient safety activity.

We are offering this exciting opportunity for this senior role which supports the delivery of the Trust's safety governance and role objectives.

You will have significant experience working in a senior position with a comprehensive understanding of Health Service Governance, Safety and Regulating requirements.

Working with the Deputy Chief Nurse, Division, and members of the Executive Team you will have the ability to develop corporate policy, strategy and to prepare board level reports.

We are looking for an inspirational leader who will lead with compassion, developing a skilled, knowledgeable and capable team who work together to support delivery of the Trust's aims.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.