Director of Nursing- Clinical Quality | NHS England

NHS England; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Director of Nursing to play a pivotal role in supporting the nursing and midwifery agenda in the North East and Yorkshire region. This critical position is responsible for ensuring high-quality clinical services and improving patient care outcomes. Candidates must have a strong background in healthcare leadership and the ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders. The role is central to driving significant transformation within the NHS framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in system leadership and clinical advice.
• Ability to drive change in collaboration with leadership.
• Expertise in quality assurance of healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership to local networks.
• Ensure oversight of professional standards for organizations.
• Drive implementation of system-wide improvements.

Job description

Overview

The Director of Nursing, ESM 1 will play a pivotal role in supporting the nursing and midwifery agenda in the North East and Yorkshire region. The Director of Nursing is a key leadership role in the Regional health system, with responsibility, in conjunction with other leaders from across the professional spectrum, for delivery of high-quality clinical services for the Region’s population, in line with NHS and other governmental priorities. The prime aim is to secure ongoing improvement in clinical outcomes and the experience of care for the population.

The post holder will be a member of the senior leadership team, and will be accountable to the Regional Chief Nurse. There may be opportunities to undertake National work at the request of the National Chief Nurse. The post holder will provide professional and clinical leadership to regional and local networks of clinicians to support and drive change in collaboration with the Regional Chief Nurse.

• Providing system leadership and clinical advice and ensuring system resilience with a focus on positive outcomes and overall quality and safety of patient care.
• Regional surveillance and quality assurance of NHS healthcare providers.
• Be the key point for professional advice for Trusts in West Yorkshire ICB.
• Oversight of professional standards for provider organisations
• Providing clinical leadership to safeguarding, Send and patient experience to enhance patient care and outcomes.

This individual will drive and oversee implementation of system wide improvement bringing together multiple players in the NHS landscape to address both short term and longer-term issues surrounding patient care and safety. They will have the opportunity to effect significant transformation and improvement in health inequalities and outcomes for the people of the North East and Yorkshire

Our work supports the NHS to deliver high quality services for patients and best value for taxpayers.

Our staff bring expertise across hundreds of specialisms — including clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

We lead the NHS in England by:

• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money

Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, leading to full integration. The aim is to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and eliminates waste.

You can find further details about the role,includingkeyresponsibilities and accountabilities, alongside theorganisational structureand person specificationin the attached Job Descriptionand other supporting documents.

Secondment

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only; agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.

This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Nov 2025