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We are looking to recruit an exceptional nurse leader who understands and celebrates the diversity of our local patient and staff populations. We are keen to hear from senior nurses who have a growth mindset – who choose to see that there’s always a solution to a defined problem – and have the skills to coach for improvement and motivate the individuals and teams around them to perform at a highest level and embrace our divisional philosophy of ‘Empowering people to thrive through exceptional care’.

The portfolio of the postholder will include the Emergency Department, Pre-Hospital Care, Acute Medicine and Older People Services as well as core nursing and governance functions across the entire division.

The successful candidate will benefit from being part of a dynamic directorate and divisional leadership teams and an organization that has firmly established itself as a value-based organization on a journey to receive a CQC rating of good and outstanding.

For the benefit of any prospective applicants, in my capacity of the Associate Director of Nursing for Emergency Care and Trauma I would like to add that I am incredibly proud of the improvements we have made in terms of safety, quality and team culture in our division and our ability to attract and retain staff.

Please note there will be a stakeholder panel held on the 22-Jan and the interview will be held on the 27-Jan.

The Deputy Associate Director of Nursing is a key member of the divisional and hospital senior nursing team with specific responsibility for ensuring the delivery of safe & compassionate care within the division and specifically within Emergency and Pre-Hospital Care, Acute Medicine and Older People Services. This will include risk management, ensuring professional standards, leadership, appropriate planning implementations, monitoring and review mechanisms are in place which develop high quality patient driven services within the available resources.

In addition, the post holder will take a lead nursing role within the hospital for a specific strategic work stream.

The Deputy Associate Director of Nursing will work with the divisional and directorate triumvirates to provide strategic leadership, ensure that there are appropriate systems and processes within the Division to enable staff to deliver good quality clinical care and drive forward the service improvement agenda to achieve quality, safety and efficiency gains.

• Formally deputise for the ADoN
• Support with the day‑to‑day responsibility and accountability for the nursing and governance services delivered by the division
• With the Divisional Director, Divisional Director of Operations and ADoN performance manage the Directorate Teams
• Lead the Division on Risk Management
• Develop and implement plans to deliver the relevant Trust objectives as required

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world‑class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high‑performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under‑represented within Barts Health at this band.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.