Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate Nursing
- Grade
- Band 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible across three sites)
- Job ref
- 156-7506355
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £91,342 - £105,337 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Director of Acute Nursing & Allied Health Care Professionals
Band 8d
Job overview
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
Cornwall Foundation Trust
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
We are looking for an outstanding Associate Director to lead the Acute Nursing team at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, overseeing the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective care across three hospital sites. As a senior leader, this individual will provide expert nursing guidance to the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals and play a key role in shaping policies and strategies that align with national and best practice standards.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities Include:
Provide visible, professional, and purposeful leadership to the Acute Nursing workforce, promoting a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
Provide nursing professional advice to the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals, supporting the development and implementation of policies and strategies that reflect national and best practice standards.
Work closely with Heads of Nursing to implement and monitor measures to ensure high-quality, safe, and effective care delivery, including robust 'ward to board' governance processes.
Develop and implement policies and strategies that ensure national and best practice standards are interpreted and included within these.
Represent the Trust at internal and external forums and committees, ensuring effective communication and collaboration with stakeholders.
Lead on specific Trust-wide initiatives and support the implementation of key projects and programmes of work, including formulation of detailed strategic plans relating to nursing impacting across the organisation.
Work in partnership with managers and clinicians to lead the acute nursing agenda, supporting the Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals on all matters relating to patient experience and improved outcomes.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
Identity Checks
Professional registration and qualification checks
Employment history and reference checks
Occupational Health clearance
Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Master's Degree
- Management qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- QI methodology qualification or equivalent clinical quality improvement methodology
- Registered practitioner
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development
- Extensive experience in a senior management role within an NHS setting including regulated health and social care activities
- Management experience within an operational environment, including e.g. service provision, finance, management and service improvements
- Management of change/quality improvement within a large complex organisation
- Experience of multi- disciplinary and multi-agency working
- Experience of developing strategy documents and board level reports
- Extensive experience in developing & delivering quality standards and other key performance measures e.g. CQUINs with commissioners
- Experience in leading and managing complex teams
- Evidence of Leadership development
- Extensive experience in QI methodology and implementing rapid but sustainable change in clinical practice
PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS (INCLUDING ANY SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE)
Essential criteria
- Ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Able to identify learning opportunities
- Able to organise own learning and development
- Ability to manage change
- Able to develop others within the team
- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings
- Able to present information to professional groups
DISPOSITION / ADJUSTMENT/ ATTITUDE
Essential criteria
- Able to respond to problem situations and to ensure effective interventions are put in place
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicky Levick
- Job title
- Executive Assistant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 252000
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