Job summary
- Main area
- Executive Director
- Grade
- Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 381-CO-7860455
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Midland Metropolitan University Hosptail
- Town
- Smethwick
- Salary
- £117,249 - £139,582 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Chief Nursing Officer
Executives / VSM: Executives / VSM
Here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust we’re committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all parts of the community. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities whilst employing people to our organisation who meet our Trust values of ambition, respect and compassion. With the opening of our new hospital, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, it’s the coming together of expertise from every corner of our organisation and a show of our commitment to provide better healthcare and create more jobs and so much more. We at the Trust actively encourage Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) and disabled applicants, as well as members of the armed forces community and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce.
Job overview
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust and The Dudley Group Foundation Trust have moved to work together in a group model. As part of this collaboration a Group Chief Nursing Officer role has been created and individual Trust Chief Nurses for each organisation reporting to the Group Chief Nursing Officer.
The role of the Trust Chief Nursing Officer ensures that patients cared for within the Trust receive compassionate care and that quality meets their needs at all times. The role will work with the Group Chief Nurse to contribute to the strategic and corporate direction in the Trust and also lead a portfolio across the group whilst working closely with Trust and Group Executives and senior managerial and clinical colleagues.
Main duties of the job
To provide Trust leadership to the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional (AHP)workforce within the organisation.
To provide advice to Trust and Group Executive colleagues, managers and senior clinicians on any matters relating to the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional body.
Manage and lead on the Trust quality, safety and patient experience agenda
Lead across the Group on either Quality &Safety or Workforce and Education to endure consistency and alignment whilst also leading your Trust
Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Operating Officer to develop a culture which embeds quality & Safety and monitors its effectiveness.
Support the Group Chief Nursing Officer /Director of Infection Prevention and Control in developing strategies to ensure effective IPC is in place across the organisation.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Details of the job description and main responsibilities are included in the attached job description and person specification. For more information, please contact the Group Chief Nurse's Office.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Excellent academic record at 1st Degree level or above.
- Educated to masters degree level in health-related subject or equivalent.
- Relevant professional nursing qualification.
- NMC registration
Knowledge and Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Evidence of recent management and leadership development.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Successful track record of senior nursing leadership at Board level within a complex acute healthcare environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of patient safety systems and processes including clinical risk and safeguarding vulnerable people.
- Demonstrable track record of achievement in quality and patient experience.
- Experience in leading service and transformational change.
- Effective partnership and working with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstration of significant experience in situational leadership, human resource management and people development.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melanie Roberts
- Job title
- Group Chief Nursing Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07812 770930
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