Care Group Nurse Director

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Scunthorpe is seeking a Care Group Nurse Director to provide senior nurse leadership across all operational services. The role requires ensuring service quality, patient safety, and effective governance while leading the development of reliable healthcare services. Applicants should hold a RN qualification and have significant experience in nursing management. Commitment to continuous improvement and collaboration with stakeholders is essential, along with strong leadership capabilities and a proactive approach to patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing qualification and ongoing registration required.
• Postgraduate level qualification in management or equivalent knowledge.
• Evidence of credible continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide nurse leadership for all operational services.
• Deliver and develop high-quality clinical care and service delivery.
• Lead the development of reliable services across the Care Group.

Skills

Decision making

Negotiation skills

Collaborative working

Presentation skills

Problem-solving

Education

Registered Nursing qualification

Post graduate qualification in management

Health Professional Qualification

Job description

Go back Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Care Group Nurse Director

The closing date is 06 January 2026

This post is one of five Director roles within the Care Group's Senior Leadership Team (SLT).

• Care Group Director
• Deputy Care Group Director
• Nurse Director
• Medical Director (Lead Consultant for Adult and Older People)
• Director of Psychological Professionals

The SLT is responsible for the effective delivery of all Adult and Older People's services in North Lincolnshire and the Trust's Talking Therapies Service.

The Nurse Director is specifically responsible for service quality and improvement; patient safety; clinical effectiveness; patient experience; safe staffing levels; governance; and professional nursing leadership.

Main duties of the job

The Nurse Director is the Care Group's senior nurse and provides nurse leadership for all operational services; expert, clinical advice to others in the Care Group, as required; and professional nursing advice to the Care Group Director for issues relating to nursing practice and standards.

The Nurse Director is professionally accountable for the delivery and development of high-quality standards of clinical care and service delivery within the Care Group.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the postholder will lead the development and delivery of safe, excellent and reliable services across the Care Group; be accountable for maintaining standards of care; and be professionally accountable to the Trust's Executive Director of Nursing & Allied Health Professionals (AHPs).

About us

South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

The Trust has a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day event each month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our services and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care, whilst remaining committed to the Trust's Vision & Values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing qualification, evidence of on‑going registration and leadership experience
• Health Professional Qualification and registration
• Evidence of credible continuing professional development
• Post graduate level qualification in management / leadership or can demonstrate an equivalent level of knowledge

Experience

• Analyse, interpret and compare highly complex facts and situations and advise on options for action
• Production of complex reports for senior level audience providing accuracy and attention to detail
• Manage complex relationships, using advanced negotiation skills and managing conflict
• Collaborative working - committed to working and engaging constructively with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of working effectively with and gaining and retaining the confidence of clinicians, managers and other staff
• Demonstrates a proven track record in practice development and improvement.
• Senior level experience of managing in a complex organisation
• Experience in planning and delivering presentations, training and awareness raising
• Empowering others - striving to facilitate others' contributions sharing leadership, nurturing capability and long term development of others
• Leading change through people - ability to inspire and communicate the vision and rationale for change, engaging and facilitating others to work collaboratively.
• Significant experience of working in partnership with service users, carers and families
• Previous experience of leading senior staff
• Experience of large-scale improvement programmes

Knowledge

• Masters / Doctorate level knowledge or demonstrable consolidated experience that equates to Masters / Doctorate level knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of current NHS national and strategic policy
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation and policy relating to clinical practice and quality
• Understanding of clinical risk management and quality improvement agendas
• Risk management knowledge
• Excellent computer aptitude

Skills

• Prioritise own workload, balancing competing priorities to meet deadlines
• Ability to make decisions and problem solve
• Motivational skills to encourage collaborative working to improve services/performance where there may be resistance to change.
• Personal integrity - strongly held commitment to openness, honesty, inclusiveness, high standards and appropriate use of own initiative.
• Self-awareness of own strengths & development needs and impact on others
• Confidence to succeed and overcome obstacles to achieve the best outcome for service improvement.
• Ability to working to regular, tight deadlines
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Problem recognition and problem solving skills, including conflict resolution, negotiation and facilitation skills
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff from a variety of backgrounds
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise own workload
• Ability to work collaboratively and in teams
• Ability to understand, evaluate and present complex data
• Ability to challenge orthodoxies and established work patterns in a positive engaging way
• Keyboard skills - accuracy and speed

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.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT