Quality Safety Improvement Lead | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust


Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Salary:	£88,250 - £100,355 per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAs
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Tooting, SW17 7DJ
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	5 Aug 2026
Closing date:	11 Sept 2026

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Summary

Are you an experienced quality, safety and improvement leader ready to make a lasting impact across community mental health services?

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking an exceptional Quality & Safety Improvement Lead to provide strategic leadership for quality, patient safety, clinical governance and continuous improvement across our Community Mental Health Services. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of care, lead transformational programmes and influence quality improvement at Trust and system level.

Working as a senior member of the Community Leadership Team, you will lead the development and delivery of our Community Quality and Safety Strategy, ensuring robust governance, assurance and improvement systems are embedded across services. You will champion a culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement that improves patient outcomes, experience and safety.

If you are a strategic, values-driven leader with a passion for quality improvement, patient safety and delivering outstanding care, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date: Wednesday 12th August 2026

Interview Date: Wednesday 19thAugust at Springfield Hospital

Questions about the role: please contact Veda Kakad on veda.kakad@swlstg.nhs.uk

Join us and help shape the future of community mental health services across South West London.

In this highly visible leadership position, you will:

• Lead strategic quality improvement and patient safety programmes across Community Services.

• Oversee clinical governance, quality assurance and regulatory compliance.

• Drive learning from incidents, complaints, patient feedback and performance data to deliver meaningful improvements.

• Provide expert advice and assurance to senior leaders, Executive Teams and Trust committees.

• Champion co-production, anti-racist practice and action to reduce health inequalities.

• Work collaboratively with Integrated Care System partners, local authorities and external stakeholders to improve quality and outcomes across the wider health and care system.

We are looking for an inspirational and credible senior leader who can influence at executive level and thrive in complex environments.

You will bring:

• Professional registration as a Mental Health Nurse or other relevant clinical profession.

• Master's level qualification or equivalent senior leadership experience.

• Significant experience leading quality, governance, patient safety and improvement programmes within the NHS.

• A successful track record of delivering large-scale transformation and service improvement.

• Expert knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety and regulatory frameworks.

• Excellent leadership, stakeholder engagement and system partnership skills.

• A strong commitment to equality, inclusion, co-production and reducing health inequalities.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

The Quality & Safety Improvement Lead will provide strategic leadership for quality improvement, patient safety, clinical effectiveness and governance across Adult Community Mental Health Services.

The post holder will lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the Community Quality and Safety Improvement Programme, ensuring services continuously improve patient outcomes, experience and safety.

Working as a senior member of the Community Leadership Team, the post holder will drive service-wide quality improvement initiatives, oversee governance and assurance systems and ensure learning from incidents, complaints, audits and service-user feedback results in measurable and sustainable change.

The role will work closely with clinical, operational and professional leaders to embed a culture of continuous improvement, co-production, innovation and organisational learning across all community services.

The post holder will ensure that reducing health inequalities, promoting anti-racist practice and improving equitable outcomes are central to all quality and safety programmes.

This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Aug 2026

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