Band 8c - Associate Director of Nursing, Medicine

We are seeking an ambitious, experienced and forward-thinking senior nursing leader to join our leadership team as Associate Director of Nursing for Medicine.

This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational nursing leadership, influence organisational change and work collaboratively to deliver outstanding patient care across Planned and Unplanned Medicine.

The role requires the ability to work flexibly and adapt to an ever-changing operational landscape, often navigating competing priorities and challenging circumstances.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide professional leadership, direction and support to Heads of Nursing, Matrons and wider nursing teams
• Work alongside the divisional triumvirate to drive operational performance, service development and delivery of divisional and Trust priorities
• Provide visible senior leadership across the division, responding flexibly to changing operational pressures, emerging challenges and competing priorities
• Deputise for the Director of Nursing as required, including providing senior leadership and taking the lead during emergencies and significant operational incidents
• Balance immediate operational demands with longer-term strategic objectives, ensuring continuity of leadership and maintaining a focus on safe, effective patient care
• Lead the quality, safety and governance agenda, using data, audit, patient feedback and learning from incidents and complaints to drive continuous improvement and reduce avoidable harm
• Ensure safe staffing, workforce development and effective skill mix, supporting recruitment, retention and sustainable workforce models
• Provide oversight of financial and resource management, ensuring services deliver high-quality care within agreed budgets and financial expectations
• Champion patient experience, ensuring patients, relatives and carers are listened to and actively involved in shaping and improving services
• Lead and influence service transformation, working collaboratively across professional groups, clinical divisions and external partners to improve pathways and patient outcomes
• Promote a positive and inclusive culture aligned with our Trust values, where staff feel supported, empowered and able to deliver their best

Person Specification:

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration
• Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications