Associate Director of Nursing (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities)

Associate Director of Nursing (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities) Band 8d

Main area Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Grade Band 8d Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 201-26-906

Site Carew house Town Bodmin Salary £94,356 - £108,814 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/:59 Interview date 04/11/2026

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and highly credible senior nursing leader to join our Nursing and Allied Health Professional leadership team as Associate Director of Nursing for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities.

This is a key professional leadership role within Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT), providing strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership for Mental Health and Learning Disability services, alongside strategic safeguarding leadership, assurance and oversight across both CFT and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT).

Working closely with the Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals, the postholder will provide visible and influential leadership across quality, patient safety, professional practice, workforce development, safeguarding, improvement and research. They will champion high standards of safe, effective and person-centred care, ensuring that the voices of people who use our services, their families and carers are central to how services develop.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence professional practice and service development across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, working collaboratively with clinical and operational leaders, system partners, education providers and the voluntary sector to improve outcomes for our communities.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strategic and professional nursing leadership for MentalHealth and Learning Disability services, ensuring high standards of clinical practice, quality, safety and patient experience.
• Hold professional responsibility for Mental Health and Learning Disability services and specialtyConsultant Practitioners across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
• Provide strategicsafeguarding leadership, assurance and oversight across CFT and RCHT, ensuring both organisations meet their statutory safeguarding responsibilities for children and adults.Provide line management and professional leadership to the Head of Safeguarding, supporting robust safeguarding governance, escalation and partnership working.
• Provide expert professional advice and assurance to senior leaders and governance forums on nursing practice, safeguarding, quality, safety and professional standards.Lead and influence the development of a skilled, compassionate, inclusive and sustainable nursing and clinical workforce, supporting professional development, recruitment, retention and succession planning.
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