Deputy Head of Nursing
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustSt Albans, East of England
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust based in St Albans. The advertised salary is £68,852 to £79,638. Applications close on 12 November 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated senior mental health nurse to join the Adult Community Services Division as...
The Deputy Head of Nursing will work alongside the Head of Nursing to provide senior professional nursing leadership across the Adult Community Services Division and support delivery of the Trust's nursing, quality and patient-safety priorities.
The postholder will provide visible professional leadership and support to Community Matrons and senior nurses, promoting high standards of nursing practice, professional accountability and continuous improvement. They will strengthen clinical governance and assurance, using audit, evidence, benchmarking and quality-improvement approaches to improve the safety, effectiveness and quality of care.
The role will lead and support quality improvement, innovation and service development, ensuring learning from incidents, audits, complaints and service-user experience is translated into practice. The postholder will support nursing workforce development and work collaboratively with service users, carers, multidisciplinary teams and system partners.
They will deputise for the Head of Nursing as required and represent the Division at Trust and wider system forums.
The Deputy Head of Nursing will work closely with the Head of Nursing to provide visible, effective professional nursing leadership across the Adult Community Services Division.
- Provide professional leadership, support and challenge to Community Matrons and senior nursing teams, promoting high standards of practice and accountability.
- Strengthen nursing governance and assurance, with a focus on patient safety, quality, clinical effectiveness and service-user experience.
- Lead quality improvement, innovation and service development, using evidence, audit and benchmarking to improve care and reduce variation.
- Support nursing workforce development, professional supervision, leadership and succession planning.
- Work collaboratively with the Consultant Nurse, Community Matrons, Divisional Leadership, multidisciplinary teams, service users and carers to embed evidence-based practice.
- Contribute to divisional and Trust-wide nursing, quality and patient-safety priorities.
- Deputise for the Head of Nursing and represent the Division as required.
The role requires a credible and inclusive senior nurse who can inspire others, lead change and translate innovation into safe, effective and high-quality care.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Essential: - First level Registered Nurse (MH) in relevant field to the post.; - teaching and assessing course Management or leadership development; - Degree in Nursing or other health related study Master's degree or Equivalent Experience
Desirable: - Evidence of education/training in specialist area (i.e., therapies, interventions, service-specialism); - Postgraduate certificate in Education or equivalent
Essential: - Experience of working in a senior nursing post in complex mental health & learning disability settings; - Demonstrable knowledge of service issues & priorities facing mental health & learning disability services; - Demonstrable developed leadership skills; - Experience of leading & facilitating change; - Experience of senior nursing leadership to achieve results across a broad range of outcomes, whilst providing senior nursing leadership, service user focus & personal integrity
Desirable: - Experience of writing for publication and/or presenting to professionals and the public; - Experience of leading research/quality improvement initiatives, developingand evaluating new ways of working
How this role compares
We hold 828 NHS vacancies in East of England that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £39,008. This role pays more than about 89% of them.
There are 12,242 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 1,171 of them in East of England.
You have 6 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 31 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
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