Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse Director
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8d
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed Term/Secondment (may become permanent in the future))
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with on call)
- Job ref
- 302-25-7339126CM
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Across Site
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £91,342 - £105,337 pa plus Executive on Call Rota allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Divisional Director of Nursing
NHS AfC: Band 8d
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
Hi, I'm Kev the very proud Chief Nursing Officer here at WWL. Due to one of my senior leadership team leaving for new ventures in September we have an exciting one year fixed term/secondment/Development opportunity as a Divisional Nurse Director for one of our Clinical Divisions in my Senior Leadership Team.
You will see the Clinical, Leadership and Academic requirements of the post within the Job Description and Personal Specification, which are generic and expected at both this band and role, but in addition to this we are looking for a special leader, we want somebody who wants to make a difference for our patients and teams here at WWL and across our Wigan Locality.
We are looking for a strong leader who has a transformational 'can do' approach to changing the way in which we work to have a direct impact in the way in which we care for patients. Ensuring our teams are engaged, enthused and encouraged to be the best is incredibly important.
Putting patients and staff at the heart of our decisions, and ensuring that we are delivering the fundamentals of care to every patient every time will be a core objective and sign of what good looks like for this post holder.
In return you will be part of leadership team that cares about each other, work as a united leadership team and have a shared vision. In addition to the Divisional portfolio there will be the opportunity to lead on both corporate and system wide work.
Main duties of the job
We are becoming trailblazers in the way in which we are developing our workforce, integrating health and social care initiatives to support better outcomes for patients and have in the last 2 weeks had nursing teams and schemes shortlisted for 8 National Awards.
You will have the autonomy to lead, drive change and work with system partners across our brilliant community and locality.
This post is a key post in our leadership team, and so the recruitment process is a 2 way process, we want you to want to be part of Team WWL and so please contact me or any of the senior leadership team, come and join us on site and get a 'feel' of WWL.
The post is a 12 month opportunity and would support candidates who are either well established Nurse Directors who want a change or aspiring Nurse Directors who want to join a fab team who will support and nurture you through transition of a Deputy (or similar) into this role.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Jointly accountable and responsible as a member of the triumvirate in the development of the Divisions strategic objectives.
- Lead the Nursing/Midwifery and AHP leadership and development within the Division and Trust.
- Responsible and accountable for the delivery of the Nursing/Midwifery AHP strategic objectives, Infection Prevention and Control, Harm Free Care, Governance and regulatory requirements and adherence to nursing/midwifery and AHP codes of conduct.
- Take the Lead and be responsible and accountable for the Division for patient experience and user involvement.
- Contribute to the delivery of key performance indicators within the Division and the Trust.
- Drive continuous quality improvement across the Division
- Act as a fundamental clinical reference internally and externally that will drive service and system developments and improvements to sustain quality.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Leadership
Desirable criteria
- Clinical and Academic credibility
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional Registration
- Masters Level Study in Leadership & Management (or equivalent experience)
- 8C or evidenced working at 8C level
Desirable criteria
- Deputy Director Nursing or Similar
- Acute provider experience
- Community Leadership Experience
- System Leadership Working
Experience
Essential criteria
- Delivered on Transformational Project
- Evidence of Transformational Leadership
- Extensive NMP Leadership
Desirable criteria
- Evidence on leading through others
- Evidence of resilience and managing at times of heightened pressures
- Proven to have delivered tangible Financial Efficiencies
- Deputy Director Nursing or similar
- Acute provider experience
- Community Leadership Experience
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Insight of National Nursing Agenda
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of System Leadership Working
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
- Kevin Parker-Evans
- Job title
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 707 3291
- Additional information
Kerrie Longden
Executive Assistant to the Chief nursing Officer and DIPC
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wigan
WN1 1XX
- Telephone
- 0300 7073815
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