Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing – Urgent and Emergency Care

Job summary

We are delighted to invite applications for the role ofDeputy Divisional Director of Nursing for Urgent and Emergency Care, a pivotal, a high-impact senior nursing leadership opportunity at the very heart of the Trust's front door services. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for an experienced, ambitious leader to shape the future of urgent and emergency services in one of the most dynamic and operationally critical areas of the organisation.

Working closely with the Divisional Director of Nursing, Divisional Medical Director and the wider divisional Quad, you will have strong executive and organisational support as you help lead transformation across UEC. You will play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, improving patient flow and safety, developing sustainable workforce models, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

We particularly welcome applicants with significant experience in urgent and emergency care, acute medicine, or front door services, who bring credibility, resilience and a passion for delivering consistently high-quality patient care in complex, fast-paced environments.

Main duties of the job

The Division of Medicine is large and diverse, encompassing Front Door Services, General Internal Medicine and Diagnostic Services. While a professional background within medicine is advantageous, it is not essential; however, the successful candidate will be expected to rapidly develop a strong understanding of the clinical services delivered across the Division.

As Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing for UEC, you will be empowered to:

• Shape the long-term strategic direction of Urgent and Emergency Care from a nursing and patient-centred perspective
• Work closely with senior nurses, matrons and service leads to address workforce challenges and embed sustainable staffing, skill-mix and rota models
• Lead and strengthen quality, safety and clinical governance across Emergency Medicine, Acute Medicine, SDEC and associated pathways
• Influence Trust-wide priorities, including patient flow, admission avoidance, escalation management and elective recovery
• Contribute to group-level collaboration and system-wide UEC transformation

You will be a compassionate, visible and credible registered nurse with a proven track record of leading clinical teams, managing change and delivering improvement at scale. You will champion safety, quality and patient experience, while creating the conditions for staff to thrive and services to evolve in line with the demands of modern urgent and emergency care.

About us

Our modern hospital is in Swindon, Wiltshire and we also provide services in primary care and community settings. On the edge of the Cotswolds, there is much to offer in the area with close links to London and Bristol anda huge variety of local villages and towns including Cirencester and Marlborough.

We offer a rewarding opportunity to join our ambitious Trust with a mandate to make a real impact on the outcomes for the people we serve. Whilst our senior leadership team does not yet fully reflect the people we serve, we are absolutely committed to ensuring it will. We will support any successful candidate to be the best version of them and we would therefore like to encourage applicants from any underrepresented groups.

If you feel that you have the drive,enthusiasm and resilience to fulfil this high-profile role we would like to hear from you.

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We look forward to hearing from you.

Details

Job description

The Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing is responsible for the effectiveness of professional leadership and development of nursing within the Division and other allocated areas in order to facilitate the delivery of excellent clinical practice. The post holder may hold delegated responsibility for areas of practice from the Chief Nurse

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Person Specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Divisional Director of Nursing

Sharon Smith

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