Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust


Company:	South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust
Salary:	£121,528 - £138,529 per annum plus Inner London HCAs
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Tooting, SW17 7DJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

We are looking for an experienced and dynamic Deputy Director of Nursing & Quality to join us on a substantive basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with the energy and expertise to hit the ground running, working closely with our Chief Nursing Officer to ensure the delivery of high-quality care for our patients and robust clinical governance across the organisation.

Join our webinar on Friday 9th October at 3.00pm, to meet with Sharon Spain (Chief Nursing Officer) and Katherine Robinson (Chief People Officer) to talk about the role, SWLSTG and take the opportunity to ask any questions about the role. Please register your details with Elisha or Mia.

Please contact Elisha Bashir on Elisha.bashir@swlstg.nhs.uk or Mia Kruber on Mia.kruber@swlstg.nhs.uk if you need any support to access this meeting.

Interviews and assessments for this post will be held on Monday 2nd November and applicants should be prepared for an all day event.

As Deputy Director of Nursing, you will:

• Provide professional leadership and strategic input across the Trust.

• Support the Chief Nurse in driving improvements in patient care and experience.

• Lead on quality improvement initiatives and embed best practice.

• Lead on specific strategic Trust-wide programmes in relation to patient are or professional standards reporting to Board.

• Ensure oversight of robust clinical governance and assurance for patient care

• Champion our commitment to anti-racism, equality, and values-based leadership.

We pride ourselves on living our values every day – Respectful, Open, Collaborative, Compassionate, and Consistent – and we are looking for someone who shares this ethos.

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 post holder will deputise for the Chief Nurse as required and will lead on identified trust-wide projects as agreed with the Chief Nurse.

• Provide the professional leadership and development of registered nurses and nursing posts across the organisation.

• Will provide the clinical oversight, advice, leadership and to set the standards of patient care Across the Trust.

• To lead on projects through a Quality Improvement approach and ensure that the clinical services are improving quality of care and patient experience on a continuous basis, and reporting improvements through to board.

• To analyse data across all systems to inform the areas of practice improvement and develop programme/projects to lead on these areas.

• Will support the Trust in working towards a Total Quality System management.

• The DDoN will set a strategy for service transformation and improved standards of care across all services with the Chief Nurse.

• Work in close partnership and in the senior nurse leadership role with the other Heads of Nursing to ensure that all patient environments are fit for purpose in terms of meeting statutory requirements in relation to cleanliness, safety and staffing.

• The DDoN’s Trust wide portfolio will support with achieving consistent, effective governance arrangements throughout A&UC, aligning with the Governance department, ensuring regulatory compliance, Health & Safety team and ensuring compliance across the other Service lines.

• They will ensure that systems are in place for the recruitment and induction of nurses entering the service and take a leading role in the education, training and professional development of the nursing workforce.

• They will work closely with the other Heads of Nursing to review, refresh and implement the Nursing Framework to strengthen, standardise and make more consistent the nursing contribution to service user’s recovery through inter-professional working.

• Will ensure that anti racism and Health inequalities is embedded in all aspects of leadership and clinical care.

All public facing roles require a proportionate level of English language proficiency for written and verbal communication and the Trust is required to verify results of certain English language competency tests relied upon. When the fluency duty is met by the provision of a sign language interpreter, the interpreter should be registered with the National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD).

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This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Oct 2026

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