Chief Nurse Aylesbury

Meeveem Limited; Aylesbury; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS benefits

Flexible working

Full-time pattern

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust invites applications for the role of Chief Nurse, offering an outstanding leadership opportunity within a high-performing NHS organisation. The post focuses on improving quality, reducing inequalities and championing professional excellence while keeping patients’ voices at the heart of care.

The successful candidate will lead quality and safety improvements, drive large-scale cultural change, and develop high-performing teams across hospital, community and

Qualifications

• Holds current NMC registration
• UK Registration requires current UK professional registration

Responsibilities

• Lead improvements in quality and safety
• Drive large-scale cultural change
• Develop high-performing teams
• Work across organisational boundaries to improve patient care

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is inviting applications for the role of Chief Nurse, offering an outstanding opportunity for a compassionate and inclusive leader to join a high-performing NHS organisation at a pivotal moment in its development.

As an integrated provider of acute and community services, the Trust serves a population of over half a million people and employs more than 7,000 colleagues, delivering care across hospital sites, community settings and patients' homes.

This is an organisation with a strong sense of purpose and momentum. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has achieved significant improvements in performance in recent years, including reducing long waiting times and being recognised nationally for emergency care and frailty services. At the same time, it has maintained a deep commitment to staff wellbeing, ranking highly in national staff survey results and demonstrating a culture where people are supported to thrive.

The Trust leads the Buckinghamshire Neighbourhood Programme, as well a forward-thinking approach to embedding digital and AI in its services, whilst construction has begun on the new Wycombe Hospital building.

Main duties of the job

The Trust is looking for a Chief Nurse who shares their ambitions and who is passionate aboutimproving quality, reducing inequalities, championing professional excellence and ensuring patients' voices are at the heart of everything we do.

You will bring a strong track record of delivering improvements in quality and safety, leading large-scale cultural change, developing high-performing teams and working effectively across organisational boundaries. Just as importantly, you will be values-driven, politically astute and resilient, with the confidence to provide constructive challenge and make difficult decisions in the best interests of patients, colleagues, and communities.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of care across Buckinghamshire and make a lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of local communities.

About us

Why colleagues think we are"a great place to work!"?

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Details

Date posted: 11 September 2026

Pay scheme: Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary: Depending on experience per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 434-C8288684

Job locations: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Job description

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Holds current NMC registration

Skills & Experience

• Suitable previous experience

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 see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, HP21 8AL, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Resourcing Project Manager, Neil Edwards, [e-mail]

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