Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning

Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning

Go back Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 March 2026

Band8c- 8d (Subject to Job Evaluation + Experience)

Are you an experienced senior nurse leader with a passion for patient safety, high-quality care and organisational learning? We are seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning to provide strategic leadership, expert guidance and professional oversight across our Trust's patient safety, quality governance and learning systems.

This is a pivotal role at the heart of our ambition to deliver safe, effective and compassionate care. Working closely with the Chief Nurse, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, you will shape and strengthen the Trust's approach to quality, safety and regulatory compliance. You will lead the development of a culture where learning is embedded, staff feel psychologically safe to speak up, and improvement is driven by insight, evidence and compassion.

Main duties of the job

As Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning, you will:

• Provide senior clinical and professional leadership to ensure the Trust meets its statutory, regulatory and patient safety obligations.
• Lead the strategic and operational delivery of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF), embedding systems-based learning and proportionate, high-quality responses to patient safety events.
• Strengthen the Trust's quality governance arrangements, ensuring they are robust, data-informed and aligned to national standards.
• Oversee the development of the Annual Quality Account, support compliance with the ICB Quality Contract, and ensure the organisation is well-prepared for regulatory inspection.
• Provide expert advice to Divisional Directors, clinical leaders, patient safety specialists and external partners on patient safety, clinical governance and continuous improvement.
• Ensure strong assurance mechanisms are in place to support Divisions in delivering consistently safe and effective care.

About us

This is a high-impact, high-visibility leadership role that shapes how our organisation learns, improves and protects patients from avoidable harm.

You will join a supportive executive team, lead talented specialist teams, and play a central role in strengthening the Trust's safety and quality culture. If you are driven by improving care, passionate about learning, and ready to lead at scale, we would love to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

The Associate Director of Nursing, Insights and Learning provides senior clinical and professional leadership to support the Chief Nurse and Chief Medical Officer in delivering safe, high-quality care and ensuring full regulatory compliance across the Trust. Working closely with the Deputy Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, the post holder strengthens the organisations quality governance, patient safety and learning systems so that they are robust, data-informed and aligned to national standards.

Please see attached full Job Description

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP
• Educated to Master's degree level or working towards
• Evidence of personal development

Experience

• Worked in a senior clinical role, working with internal and external stakeholders to improve standards
• Understanding of the clinical quality governance portfolio
• Experience of working within the NHS or similar healthcare setting
• Delivery of quality initiatives within and across Divisional structures
• Demonstrable experience of the ability to work autonomously, initiating and organising workloads, delegating appropriately, responding to changing priorities and meeting tight deadlines
• Demonstrable experience of the ability to make difficult decisions autonomously
• Managing budgets and budget setting
• Experience of working across health and social care boundaries
• Experience of delivering change through leadership and influencing
• Previous success in the promotion of evidence based practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£76,965 to £105,337 a yearper annum pro rata