Job summary
- Main area
- Administartive
- Grade
- 8d
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 388-7546376-PC&S
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £91,342 - £105,337 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Care Group Director of Nursing
8d
Job overview
Are you a transformational leader with the passion and vision to drive outstanding care?
We’re seeking an exceptional Care Group Director of Nursing to join our senior leadership team a visible, strategic and compassionate leader who will shape the future of nursing across our Care Group.
As a key member of the triumvirate, you’ll provide strong professional leadership and be accountable for the highest standards of clinical quality, patient safety and experience. Working with the Chief Nurse, Care Group Director and executive colleagues, you’ll deliver excellence across workforce, quality, finance and transformation, embedding a culture of inclusion, innovation and continuous improvement.
You’ll represent the Trust regionally and nationally, influencing strategy and driving digital transformation. A credible leader, you’ll inspire teams, strengthen collaboration and enhance patient outcomes and experience.
This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact leading change, nurturing talent and shaping the future of nursing for our patients, our people and our community.
If you’re a dynamic, values-led leader ready for a strategic challenge with real influence, we’d love to hear from you.
Care Group Specialties:
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Planned Care: Cancer, Clinical Support Services, and Surgery
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Medicine & Urgent and Emergency Care: Trust-wide operations, Emergency Care, and Medicine for Older People
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Families & Communities: Place-based Care, Therapies, Public Health, and Paediatrics
Main duties of the job
- Through strong leadership and effective change management, the post holder will develop the role within the triumvirate to design, implement and evaluate innovative care models that meet the needs of our patients, staff and community.
- The Care Group Director of Nursing will provide expert professional advice to the Care Group Director and be accountable for delivering clinical quality, patient safety and excellent patient experience across the Care Group. They will ensure consistent, high standards of practice and care, fostering a culture of safety, openness and continuous improvement.
- Working collaboratively with the executive team, the post holder will lead, manage and set professional standards for the nursing and allied health professional workforce, ensuring compassionate, safe and effective care across all services.
- As a key member of the Care Group leadership team, they will play a pivotal role in achieving performance, quality, workforce and financial objectives.
- The post holder will also work closely with the Chief Nurse and their deputies and Care Group Directors to deliver and embed the Trust’s nursing and AHP strategy, ensuring alignment with wider organisational priorities and system-level goals.
Working for our organisation
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- This role represents a highly senior leadership position responsible for shaping, influencing, and delivering high-quality patient care across a Care Group and the wider Trust. It requires exceptional communication, analytical, and leadership skills to build collaborative relationships at all levels internally across multidisciplinary teams and externally with regional and national partners. The post holder provides a visible and credible professional nursing voice, promoting a culture of openness, compassion, and continuous improvement. They lead on patient safety, quality, and governance initiatives while ensuring that staff are empowered to raise concerns and contribute to service excellence. The role also involves leading responses to critical incidents, managing sensitive or contentious issues, and navigating complex organisational dynamics with diplomacy and emotional intelligence.
- Strategically, the position demands advanced analytical and decision-making capabilities, balancing competing priorities across clinical quality, workforce wellbeing, financial efficiency, and regulatory compliance. The post holder develops governance frameworks, ensures adherence to national standards, and contributes to long-term strategic planning, policy development, and service redesign. They oversee nursing workforce planning, budgetary control, and digital transformation, ensuring data integrity and alignment with safety and quality frameworks. With a strong focus on leadership, they nurture professional development, succession planning, and staff engagement, ensuring nursing practice is evidence-based, inclusive, and fit for the future. Acting with significant autonomy, this leader drives innovation, research, and system-wide collaboration ultimately safeguarding patient care standards and advancing the Trust’s strategic and clinical objectives.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered healthcare professional
- First level degree or equivalent
- Management or leadership qualification or relevant experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching/educational qualification
- Qualification in project or programme management
- Completion of national leadership programme (e.g. Nye Bevan, Florence Nightengale Leadership Fellowship)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Significant experience at a senior level within a complex organisation
- • Experience of leading and delivering large programmes of change within complex environments
- • Experience of managing and leading patient safety incidents and investigations
- • Experience of managing and leading workforce investigations
- • Experience of working with service users
- • In depth knowledge of education, training, staff development requirements
- • Highly developed skills able to report and be accountable to board level committees
- • Ability to prepare reports, analyse highly complex data for boards, committees and management groups
- • Track record of delivering against set objectives and achieving key organisational targets, under tight timescales
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of developing and delivering strategies across an organisation
- • Experience working across integrated care systems (ICS) or cross-sector partnerships (e.g. social care, education).
- • Experience engaging with national organisations (e.g. NHSE, CQC, HEE, NHS Digital).
- • Involvement in or leadership of research, audit, or publication in areas relevant to nursing, safety, or transformation.
specific skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s behavioural standards.
- Ability to influence and motivate staff to deliver challenging services and operational and clinical targets
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
- Natalie Herring
- Job title
- Deputy Chief Nursing Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07393760919
- Additional information
Contact details:
Natalie Herring - Deputy Chief Nurse
mobile: 07393760919
or
Rhoda Allison - Deputy Chief Allied Health Professional
mobile: 07867462316
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