Job Description

Overview

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The Head of Nursing for Clinical Quality and Improvement is an integral member of the Quality and Safety team, working collaboratively to ensure the delivery of consistently high-quality care across the organisation. In this role, a key responsibility is to provide assurance from ward to board, establishing transparent and robust processes that demonstrate the organisation’s commitment to exceptional standards at every level.

A central focus is on fostering harm free care, actively supporting initiatives that reduce incidents and ensure patient safety is prioritised throughout all clinical areas. The Head of Nursing for Clinical Quality and Improvement also plays a pivotal part in driving accreditation efforts and supporting the organisation’s journey along the Pathway to Excellence, embedding recognised best practices and celebrating achievements as milestones of progress.

By championing a culture of continuous improvement, this position encourages innovation and ongoing learning, ensuring that the values of quality, safety, and excellence are deeply rooted and continually enhanced across all teams and services. The Head of Nursing for Clinical Quality and Improvement is tasked with leading the development and integration of quality initiatives, applying data and insights to drive consistent, incremental enhancements in clinical care. This approach establishes an organisational environment where exemplary patient outcomes and collective achievement are the standard.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain ward to board oversight and assurance, ensuring robust governance and visibility of clinical quality and safety at all organisational levels.
• Lead on the Pathway to Excellence fostering a culture that prioritises positive staff experience and continuous improvement, and empowering teams to deliver their very best for patients and each other.
• Champion and deliver consistently harm-free care every day, with a clear focus on the prevention of falls, hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) and other avoidable incidents embedding a culture where patient safety and the reduction of harm are at the heart of practice.
• Work collaboratively with the Quality and Safety team to establish a unified approach to monitoring and enhancing clinical standards.
• Actively contribute to the design and implementation of quality improvement projects, using evidence, feedback and digital resources to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation, encouraging team members at all levels to share experiences and insights that shape better outcomes and embed accreditation standards in daily practice.
• Promote open, constructive communication within multidisciplinary groups, ensuring collective expertise is leveraged to deliver safe and high-quality care.
• Collaborate with nursing teams, clinicians and other stakeholders to triangulate information from multiple sources for a comprehensive understanding of care quality.

About Cambridge University Hospitals

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Eligibility and Application Details

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 18 September 2025

Interviews are due to be held on 1 October 2025

Benefits

Benefits to you

• Development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries
• Reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site
• Park and Ride between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals
• Subsidised parking on site for eligible staff
• On CUH campus, hot food available 24/7 at reduced cost
• Staff pod break spaces and colleague-only café facilities to support good working days
• Flexible working options where possible to support work-life balance

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Sunday 21 Sep 2025