Head of Nursing and Quality

About The Role UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE + MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE We have an exciting opportunity for a Directorate Head of Nursing &​ Quality to join the Health in Justice service at Practice Plus Group.

You will work across the London and East directorate, which covers our prisons across London and the East of England.

This role is home based, with travel to sites across the directorate as required.

This is a senior directorate leadership role responsible for providing professional, strategic, and operational leadership across nursing and allied health professional (AHP) services. You will ensure high-quality, safe, patient-centred care and lead on quality improvement, professional standards, workforce development, and governance.

Salary This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week.

You will receive an annual salary of £80,000 to £90,000

per annum.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks What you'll be doing

As the Directorate Head of Nursing &​ Quality your responsibilities will vary. You will:

• Act as the senior nursing leader across the directorate.
• Provide professional oversight of all nursing and allied health professionals.
• Promote professional standards, clinical excellence, and patient-centred care.
• Support and develop clinical leadership capability across teams.
• Lead the quality function across the directorate.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and legislative requirements
• Lead quality improvement programmes, audits, benchmarking, and learning from incidents.
• Support investigations into complaints, serious incidents, legal cases, and safeguarding concerns.
• Develop and support the nursing and AHP workforce strategy.
• Contribute to business planning and service development.
• Identify opportunities for service improvement and growth.
• Influence policy development and implementation across Health in Justice services.
• Represent Practice Plus Group at regional and national forums and conferences.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there … we also offer:

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 60 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Current Registered Nurse qualification (RGN or RMN).
• Evidence of leadership and management training.
• Safeguarding training to Level 4 for vulnerable adults/children.
• Experience leading quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience of clinical audit, benchmarking, and standards of care programmes.
• Experience managing complaints, incidents, investigations, and organisational learning.
• Experience handling safeguarding concerns.
• Experience leading clinical change and service development.
• Experience improving patient experience and outcomes.
• Experience implementing evidence-based practice and nursing research.
• Experience dealing with professional conduct and performance issues.