Deputy Associate Director of Nursing

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization as a Deputy Associate Director of Nursing in Edinburgh. This pivotal role involves providing strategic leadership and ensuring high-quality patient care and governance in a dynamic healthcare environment. The position requires a registered nurse with management experience and a commitment to professional excellence. If you're passionate about leading teams and making a difference in service delivery, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Proven leadership and management experience required.
• Knowledge of NHS Scotland's Leadership Qualities framework preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership and influence service delivery.
• Ensure clinical practice standards and patient-centred care.
• Contribute to clinical, financial, and staff governance arrangements.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Clinical Guidelines Knowledge

Quality Improvement

Data Analysis

Resource Management

Education

Educated to Master's Level

Tools

Basic IT Skills

Job description

Deputy Associate Director of Nursing, Edinburgh

Client: NHS Scotland

Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

27.05.2025

Expiry Date:

11.07.2025

Job Description:

Location: Coathill Hospital

The Role: NHS Lanarkshire is looking to recruit a Deputy Associate Director of Nursing based within Coathill Hospital. The role is strategic and operational, providing professional leadership, and influencing future service delivery in NHS Lanarkshire for identified sites. The post holder will have a professional lead for nursing within their sites/localities, ensuring standards of clinical practice, patient-centred care, and workforce development are in place to maximise the impact of nursing on service change and quality improvement. They will act as a deputy to the Associate Director of Nursing and will work closely with the Locality Manager/General Manager and the Associate Medical Director and their deputies in providing visible leadership at both a site and NHS Lanarkshire level.

The post holder will contribute to clinical, financial, and staff governance arrangements ensuring safe, efficient, and effective care, compatible with professional and national clinical standards. They will also contribute to the corporate management of the Directorate and assist the Divisional Director in achieving the Executive Directorate's objectives.

About NHS Lanarkshire: Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire! We put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague plays a key role in delivering healthcare services. We serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire comprises Acute Services, Corporate & Property & Support Services, and integrated primary healthcare and social care services through North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships.

Requirements:

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level.
• Knowledge of NHS Scotland's Leadership Qualities framework or equivalent.
• Management experience and continuous professional development.
• Leadership and managerial experience within your specialty/area of practice.
• Knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.
• Experience with Quality Improvement methodologies.
• Resource management experience (financial, human, capital).
• Skills in needs assessment and data analysis.
• Proven leadership skills, strategic thinking, and team collaboration.
• Experience in developing innovative solutions and motivating staff.
• Ability to develop teams/services and solve complex problems.
• Basic IT skills.
• Full, valid UK/EU/EEA driving licence.

Please note: a full UK/EU/EEA driving licence is required for this role.

Contract details: Permanent, Full-time (37 hours/week), based at Coathill Hospital. Working pattern: Monday to Friday.

Applicants may be considered for similar roles in alternative locations.

Interested in more details? We would love to hear from you!