Care Group Nurse Director

The Methodist Church in Britain; Briton Ferry; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional training & development

Job summary

Swansea Bay University Health Board is seeking a Care Group Nurse Director to provide senior clinical and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across Medicine, Women, Children, Young People and Families, and Integrated Community Services. The post requires Masters-level expertise, NMC registration and a track record in NHS leadership.

The role includes joint accountability for quality, safety and patient experience, with responsibility for staffing, governance and service design

Qualifications

• Masters qualification or equivalent in-depth professional knowledge.
• NMC registration with appropriate field-specific registration.
• Significant senior leadership experience in NHS or equivalent, including strategic planning and development.
• Experience implementing quality management systems covering quality control, assurance, planning and improvement.
• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders and partners with influence and engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead service transformation and sustainability, contributing to strategic and operational plans.
• Design services to be responsive, efficient and aligned with population health needs and quality standards.
• Monitor performance to drive continuous improvement and system-wide impact.
• Share joint accountability for quality, safety and patient experience within the leadership team.
• Provide strategic, operational and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across the Care Group.
• Be clinically accountable for high-quality, safe and compassionate care prioritising patients and families.
• Lead clinical governance and promote learning and improvement.
• Ensure patient, family and carer voices shape service design and delivery.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, learning and compassionate leadership, including staff wellbeing.
• Regulate professional practice of all NMC registrants and oversee workforce development.
• Maintain safe staffing levels in line with legislation and service standards.

Skills

NHS Leadership

Strategic Planning

Quality Governance

Stakeholder Engagement

Staff Development

Risk Management

Education

Masters Degree

NMC Registration

Job description

Care Group Nurse Director post at Swansea Bay University Health Board, offered across three Care Groups: Medicine, Women, Children, Young People and Families, and Integrated Community Services. The job carries senior clinical and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery, with joint accountability for quality, safety and patient experience within a triumvirate leadership team. Full-time at 37.5 hours a week, it includes gold on-call duty, and applicants name their top three Care Group preferences. Candidates need NMC registration and a Masters or equivalent in-depth professional knowledge.

What the job involves

• Lead service transformation and sustainability, contributing to annual and medium-term strategic and operational plans
• Design services to be responsive, efficient and aligned with population health needs and quality standards
• Monitor performance to drive continuous improvement and system-wide impact
• Share joint accountability with the triumvirate leadership team for quality, safety and patient experience
• Provide strategic, operational and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across the Care Group
• Be clinically accountable for high-quality, safe and compassionate care that prioritises patients and families
• Lead clinical governance and promote learning and improvement
• Ensure patient, family and carer voices shape service design and delivery
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, learning and compassionate leadership, including staff wellbeing
• Regulate the professional practice of all NMC registrants and oversee workforce development
• Maintain safe staffing levels in line with legislation and service standards, giving assurance to the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery and the Chief of Care Group
• Take part in the Gold On-Call rota and deputise for the Executive lead

What’s required

Qualifications

• Masters qualification, or evidence of equivalent in-depth professional knowledge and experience

Registration & licences

• NMC registration with appropriate field-specific registration

Experience

• Significant senior leadership experience in a relevant role within an NHS organisation or equivalent, including strategic planning and development
• Implementing or leading a quality management system covering quality control, assurance, planning and improvement
• Working with diverse stakeholders, including external partners, with a track record of influence and engagement

Skills & knowledge

• Extensive knowledge across the nursing and midwifery agenda, quality governance, risk, research and audit, HR, finance and service planning, gained through senior NHS management posts
• Strategic leadership of organisation-wide nursing and midwifery initiatives aligned to national and local priorities, including workforce development
• Sound clinical and operational decision-making in complex scenarios, with risk management and ethical practice
• Interpreting data and implementing quality and safety frameworks that deliver measurable improvements
• Engaging at board level, influencing policy and building multi-professional partnerships across organisational boundaries
• Developing senior nursing leaders through coaching, and leading inclusive, psychologically safe teams through change

Other

• Ability to travel within the geographical area
• Flexibility to work hours as required

Nice to have

• Welsh language skills at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing
• Postgraduate qualification in healthcare leadership, quality improvement or clinical governance
• Coaching qualification
• Fellowship or membership of a recognised professional body, such as FNF, RCN or QNI

What’s offered

• Professional training and development opportunities