Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant post-registration experience at Band 6 level or equivalent/above within a clinical setting.
• Experience of providing visible clinical leadership and supporting teams to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care.
• Experience of leading or supporting quality improvement activity, including audit, data analysis, action planning and evaluation of outcomes.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary, divisional, community, corporate or specialist teams.
• Experience of influencing practice, supporting behaviour change and embedding evidence-based standards across clinical areas.
• Experience of contributing to governance, assurance, risk escalation, incident learning, reports or committee updates.
• Experience of delivering education, coaching, practice-based support or informal teaching to staff groups.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Trust-wide or cross-divisional improvement work.
• Experience of supporting harm-free care priorities such as skin integrity, falls prevention, sepsis, nutrition and hydration, continence care, infection prevention and control, patient experience or documentation standards.
• Experience of working with digital, clinical informatics, business intelligence or reporting systems to support improvement and assurance.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage, influence and support staff at all levels.
• Ability to provide compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership across clinical environments.
• Ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands and respond flexibly to service needs.
• Ability to analyse audit findings, incident themes, patient feedback, key performance indicators and performance metrics to inform improvement.
• Ability to develop, support and evaluate improvement plans using quality improvement methods.
• Ability to design, deliver and evaluate education, coaching and practice-based support.
• Ability to prepare clear reports, presentations and assurance updates for governance meetings.
• Ability to build effective relationships with nursing, midwifery, allied health professional, medical, operational, specialist and corporate colleagues.
• Ability to promote accountability, challenge poor practice appropriately and escalate risks or concerns in line with Trust policies.

Desirable criteria

• Change management skills.
• Advanced report writing and presentation skills.
• Confident use of digital platforms, dashboards, clinical systems or business intelligence tools.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of digital innovation, clinical informatics, dashboards or reporting tools linked to care improvement and assurance.
• Awareness of specialist harm-free care subjects including tissue viability, falls prevention, sepsis, nutrition and hydration, continence care and infection prevention and control.

Desirable criteria

• Change management skills.

Additional

Essential criteria

• Flexible, adaptable and able to work across multiple clinical environments and Trust sites.
• Able to travel independently across Trust sites as required by the role.
• Committed to continuing personal and professional development.
• Demonstrates resilience, professionalism and compassion when working in sensitive, challenging or emotionally demanding situations.
• Able to speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to the role, with confidence and accuracy.

Desirable criteria

• Flexibility to support occasional early, late or weekend working where required to meet service needs and support staff engagement.