South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust • London SW9 9NU
About this role
To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for Quality and professional standard across the operational directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high-quality care consistent with the CQC fundamental standards, Safeguarding principles, trust values, and the trust and operational directorate strategic objectives.
The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality with the Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the operational directorate and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and
Quality in the duties below
- Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
- Service Transformation.
- Quality Assurance.
- Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
- Nursing Workforce Development.
The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:
- Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
- Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
- We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity
SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe’
To support the Head of Nursing and Quality to drive the programme for quality and professional standards across Lambeth Directorate ensuring that the delivery of consistently high-quality care consistent with CQC fundamental standards, safeguarding principles, Trust values, and Trust and Operational Directorate Strategic Ambitions.
The Deputy Head of Nursing and Quality will have delegated responsibility for the quality of nursing across the Operational Directorate, and will work within agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls, and constraints.
The main duties of the job are to support the Head of Nursing and
Quality in the duties below
- Strategic professional leadership and practice standards.
- Service Transformation.
- Quality Assurance.
- Professional Advice and Senior Leadership Responsibilities.
- Nursing Workforce Development.
Find attached detailed job description and person specification
This advert closes on Monday 4 May 2026