Divisional Director of Nursing Leadership Role

1 month ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking an exceptional nurse leader to join our team as Divisional Director of Nursing. This is a unique opportunity to shape local care delivery and directly impact upon the care patients receive across primary, secondary, and community settings.

About the Role

The Divisional Director of Nursing will be responsible for the effectiveness of professional leadership and development of nursing within the Division and other allocated areas. The post holder will have delegated responsibility for areas of practice from the Chief Nurse.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic influence in service planning, future workforce, and quality and safety initiatives.
  • Work in partnership to bring focus to population health and wellbeing, optimize digital innovation, and improve patient outcomes, experience, and access.
  • Lead and promote new roles from Advanced Clinical Practitioners to Nurse Associates across secondary and community care, developing patient-centred pathways that create capacity and promote health and wellbeing.
  • Build on the division's innovative profile, celebrating successes such as the Urgent Community Response, Hospital at Home, and End Of Life Care Teams.
  • Work closely with partners to build capacity within the Integrated Care System and be a member of the Trust senior nursing team, working alongside the Chief Nurse to drive and lead improvements in the standards of care Trust-wide.
Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Registered Midwife or Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma supplemented by specialist training, experience, and short courses to masters level or equivalent.
  • Demonstrates evidence of on-going continuous professional development.
  • Management qualification - NEBs, CMS, DMS etc.
  • Evidence of senior nursing and/or midwifery leadership and management experience.
  • Evidence of clinical management experience.
  • Experience of managing a range of departments, including managing workforce, operational delivery, finance management.
  • Experience in delivering quality improvement projects with defined outcomes.
  • Demonstrable experience of achieving changed clinical practice and improving services to increase quality and efficiency.
  • Experience of working at and influencing at a senior level.
  • Experience of developing collaborative working within teams.
  • Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff, and patients across the Trust.
  • Understanding of NMC Code of practice and requirements of it for the practice & behaviour and its application to the management of staff and self.
  • Proven experience of budgetary/financial management.
  • Proven track record in co-design and production.


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