Director of Nursing and Quality (Band 9)

This is a chance for an outstanding candidate to make a significant and lasting difference to the lives of thousands of children and families. Could you be our Director of Nursing & Quality?

The Children’s Trust (‘TCT’) exists to support children and their families with acquired brain injuries and neurodisabilities. We are a complex organisation that constantly thrives to deliver the best outcomes for the children we serve.

As the Director of Nursing and Quality, you will report to the Chief Executive. Your role is a member of the senior leadership team, to help shape and implement the strategic direction of TCT, and to positively lead your workforce to deliver outstanding standards of care for children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability.

The Director of Nursing and Quality will ensure that the children, young people, and their families thrive and that their participation and contributions are sought effectively. The voice of families and children and young people (patient experience) sit within the portfolio of the Director of Nursing and ensuring this is integral to organisational governance and decision making is a critical part of this role.

If you are an experienced clinical leader who ensures that a learning culture and continuous quality improvement underpins all our clinical services, this role might be just right for you, and we’d welcome your application.

Staff benefits include, shuttle bus, and more… Read more below

Key Responsibilities

• Act as an ambassador for TCT, the children, young people, and
• Work collaboratively with all Directors, and especially with the Medical Director, Director of Therapies and Education, to develop a culture which embeds and integrates all aspects of clinical, quality, educational, governance and risk management.
• Establish and maintain effective stakeholder relationships with regulators, commissioners, safeguarding bodies and the wider health and care system.
• Establish and maintain relationships with the CNO team led by the NHS England CNO, providing vital insight into the professional bodies, national strategic direction and innovation and growth within nursing and care as well as across allied health professions.
• Assume executive responsibility for safeguarding infection prevention and control, controlled drugs management, freedom to speak up, whistleblowing and medical records management within the organisation and will develop strong executive partnerships locally.

Interview Date: To be confirmed.

If you would like to discuss the role, please contact the Recruitment & Compliance Team, on 01737 365 880 or email: recruitment@thechildrenstrust.org.uk

For more information, a copy of the candidate briefing pack and application form please click here

Terms and Conditions

PLEASE NOTE: The Children's Trust Application Form MUST be completed and submitted, for your application to be considered. As part of the shortlisting process, gaps in employment will be examined and further explored during the interview process. 

Strictly no agencies, please.

About Us

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.

Staff Benefits

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.

Other benefits include free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected. The exceptions to this are our retail roles within The Children’s Trust shops, which are subject to Basic DBS checks which will disclose unspent convictions or adult cautions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.

Online Searches

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.