Job summaryAssociate Director of Nursing - Community Clinical Care GroupBand 8c - North London NHS Foundation TrustLead Nursing Excellence. Shape Outstanding Care. Inspire Our Future.North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an exceptional Associate Director of Nursing to join our senior leadership team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nursing leader to influence the delivery of high-quality, compassionate and innovative mental health community services across a large and diverse Care Group.
Working in partnership with the Managing Director, Clinical Director and Director of Nursing, you will provide strategic nursing leadership, ensuring excellence in quality, patient safety, workforce development and clinical governance.
You will play a key role in delivering our ambitious strategic objectives, supporting continuous improvement and creating a culture where staff can thrive and patients receive outstanding care.
Main duties of the job- Provide professional leadership for nursing services across the Care Group.
- Lead the delivery of quality, safety and patient experience programmes.
- Support operational and workforce performance in conjunction with operational leads.
- Drive innovation, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
- Build strong partnerships across the Trust, Integrated Care Board and wider stakeholder community.
- Champion equity, inclusion and compassionate leadership.
- Contribute as a senior member of the Care Group Senior Leadership Team
About usNorth London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff networks
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Date posted: 17 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8c
Salary: £88,250 to £100,355 a year (Per annum including HCAS)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0805-A
Job locations: North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, NW1 0PE, United Kingdom
Job responsibilitiesWe are looking for someone who:- Is a registered nurse with substantial senior leadership experience of working within mental health services.
- Has a successful track record of leading large-scale service improvement.
- Demonstrates outstanding nursing leadership and professional credibility.
- Has experience working within complex healthcare systems.
- Can build high-performing teams and engage staff at all levels.
- Is passionate about improving outcomes, experiences and opportunities for service users and staff.
Why join us?At North London NHS Foundation Trust, we are transforming care through collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement. We are committed to developing our people, advancing nursing practice and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
Join us and help shape the future of mental health and community services across North London.
PLEASE NOTE INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY 4TH AUGUST.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
- Master's degree or equivalent experience
- Further professional qualification
Desirable- NHS Leadership Academy programme
- Quality Improvement Qualification
ExperienceEssential- Significant senior nurse experience in an NHS Trust, operating at Band 8a and above
- Previous experience responsible for nursing services
- Experience of increasing staff engagement and motivation to improve performance
- Experience of leading service or transformational change
KnowledgeEssential- Leading large multidisciplinary teams
- Understanding of current Regulatory requirement
- Delivering quality improvement at scale
- Workforce Transformation
- Patient safety programmes
- Managing organisational change
Skills and AbilitiesEssential- Experience of working in a clinical or management position in mental health service
- Analytical ability: capacity to process detailed information rapidly
- Cultural flexibility: ability to develop an in- depth understanding of a wide range of organisational and community cultures, developing plans and strategies with all stakeholders
- Experience of setting objective measurements and developing and monitoring systems for performance management and improvement
- Develops the potential of teams to do their best and to access opportunities for career development
- Experience of setting objective measurements and developing and monitoring systems for performance management and improvement
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details: North London NHS Foundation Trust, London, NW1 0PE, United Kingdom. Employer's website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/For questions about the job, contact: Sam Crow, Executive Assistant, sam.crow1@nhs.net 
