About this role
Job summary
Direct recruitment only, no agencies please
Following the retirement of our Chief Nurse, we are seeking an exceptional and accomplished leader. The successful candidate will be an existing Chief Nurse or an experienced Deputy Chief Nurse from a comparable organisation, ready to lead nursing and Allied Health Professionals across our organisation and its distinctive model of care.
As Chief Nurse and Executive Director at one of the UK's leading cancer centres, the post holder will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the Trust's nursing and AHP strategy, driving quality, efficiency, and sustainable improvement in clinical services and patient experience.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Executive Team, this is an opportunity to build on the excellent work that underpins our success. You will bring credibility, presence, and ambition, inspiring confidence and influencing colleagues at every level. You will quickly build trusted relationships with staff, patients, partners, regulators, and communities, champion our values, and foster behaviours that keep patients at the centre of everything we do. As a visible and inclusive leader, you will empower our nursing and AHP workforce, uphold professional standards, and drive continuous improvement.
You will bring a strong track record in workforce development and service improvement, with the ability to drive high performance, hold others to account, build cohesive teams, and inspire excellence.
A passion for excellent patient care, together with a strong commitment to population health, inclusion, and reducing health and race inequalities, will be essential.
Resilience and determination will be important in navigating challenges and making a positive, lasting difference.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's leading cancer centres providing highly specialist cancer care to a population of 2.4m people across Cheshire and Merseyside, and the surrounding areas, including North Wales and the Isle of Man.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
Kind Empowered Responsible Inclusive Vision, mission and values :: The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Job description Job responsibilities
Candidates interested in this critical post should download the Recruitment Pack for further details and how to apply.
Candidates should apply for this role by completing an application form and providing a CV as well as providing a covering letter to [email protected].
Confidential conversations with Joan Spencer, Chief Executive Officer are welcome. Please [email protected] to arrange.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration Essential
Registered nurse with current NMC registration Educated to degree level, ideally masters, or equivalent experience
Knowledge and experience Essential
Significant senior nursing leadership experience within a complex healthcare organisation ideally at Board-level or equivalent responsibility Proven record of improving patient safety, clinical quality, patient experience and outcomes at scale, including measurable quality improvement Experience of leading services through change, including service redesign and transformation, while maintaining safe care and staff engagement Demonstrated ability to provide operational grip and professional leadership, using data and insight to improve quality and workforce performance Experience of championing professional standards, patient involvement, and equality, diversity and inclusion in care and workforce Evidence of leading high-performing nursing and multidisciplinary teams and developing positive organisational cultures Successful partnership leadership across complex systems and diverse communities, influencing improvement beyond organisational boundaries Experience of delivering transformation, innovation and quality improvement, including embedding improvement methods and capability Experience of managing resources and contributing to financial stewardship through safe, effective workforce deployment and service improvement Experience of leading and assuring clinical governance, risk management and response to serious incidents, working closely with senior clinical leaders Deep understanding of national and local quality, patient safety and nursing policy and the context for specialised and cancer services within the NHS Strong appreciation of population health, inequalities and community needs, and how nursing leadership can help reduce unwarranted variation Significant knowledge of effective clinical governance and assurance frameworks, including CQC standards, safeguarding, IPC and quality reporting Understanding of education and academic partnerships, research participation and innovation in nursing and clinical care
Skills, abilities and personal qualities Essential
Strategic leadership capability with the ability to translate Trust strategy into deliverable operational plans and measurable outcomes Strong performance management and improvement skills, including the ability to use data, assurance reporting and predictive insight to drive quality improvement Visible, inclusive and compassionate leadership style that promotes an open culture, empowers teams and role models high professional standards with authenticity as a values-driven professional nurse leader High level influencing and stakeholder management skills with credibility to represent the Trust Ability to develop leadership capability and talent, including succession planning and performance development Highly credible communicator with political acumen and emotional intelligence, able to influence at Board and system level Courageous and decisive, with the ability to challenge appropriately and act on quality and safety concerns Commitment to equality, inclusion and to reducing health and workforce inequalities through population health approaches including compassionate leadership and anti-racist practice Collaborative, curious and open, with strong accountability and a commitment to learning and improvement Inspires confidence, ambition and pride in nursing and multidisciplinary teams, and builds trusting relationships with patients and partners Resilience and personal effectiveness to operate in a high profile, high-accountability role, managing competing priorities and delivering through others
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.
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Employer details Employer name The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHSFT
Address The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - The Spine
Paddington Village
Liverpool
L7 3FA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)