# Deputy Director of Nursing

**Company**: Barts Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £121,528 to £138,529 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Royal London Hospital and Mile End Hospital as our Interim Deputy Director of Nursing and Governance for a fixed period of up to 9 months.

Reporting directly to the Hospital Director of Nursing, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of the professional nursing agenda across both hospitals during an important period of continued improvement and organisational ambition. The role has a particular focus on quality, governance, professional practice, research and innovation, patient experience, end of life care and mental health education.

We are seeking an exceptional senior nursing leader who combines strategic vision and operational credibility with a genuine commitment to compassionate, inclusive and values-led leadership.

The successful candidate will join a supportive Corporate Nursing Team and be a key member of the wider Barts Health Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals leadership community.

**Main duties of the job**

We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate and inclusive leader who will provide visible professional leadership across all care settings, encouraging innovation, creativity and strategic thinking about service provision, quality improvement and staff experience.

Above all, we are looking for a leader who leads with compassion, kindness and integrity. Someone who is visible and approachable, creates psychologically safe environments for staff, and is committed to developing an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

**Benefits**

- Agenda for Change pay scheme

- Band 9 salary: £121,528 to £138,529 per annum

**Requirements**

- Significant nursing leadership experience at senior level

- Evidence of senior managerial responsibilities and operational experience in an acute setting

- Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them

- Capable of critical thinking and problem solving

- Excellent communication skills and presentation skills (written and in person)

- First Level registered nurse (child, adult or midwife)

- Evidence of ongoing, relevant postgraduate education

- Masters level education or equivalent

- Management/Leadership qualification

## Skills

### Required
- strategic vision
- operational credibility
- compassionate leadership
- problem solving
- communication skills
- leadership skills
- nursing experience
- management experience

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