Chief Nursing Officer, Victoria Dr E

Job summary

A defining leadership opportunity for an exceptional senior nurse.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is seeking an inspiring, visionary, and values-driven Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to join our Executive Team on an 18-month fixed term contract or secondment to help shape the future of nursing, midwifery and AHP care across our organisation and the wider BSW Hospitals Group.

Main duties of the job

As our most senior nurse, you will provide strategic, professional leadership to all nursing, midwifery and AHP colleagues, championing the delivery of safe, high-quality, compassionate care. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our services meet the highest standards of clinical excellence, patient experience, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance.

This is a role for a leader who wants to make a meaningful impact locally, regionally, and across our Integrated Care System. You will work alongside a talented executive team, influence strategic decision-making at board level, and represent SFT at national forums. You are a credible and compassionate senior nurse leader who brings substantial board-level experience and an exceptional track record in professional nursing leadership. If this sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated"Good"by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics&Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please visit our interactive candidate pack and job description for detailed information about living and working in Salisbury.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please visit our interactive candidate pack and job description for detailed information about living and working in Salisbury.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse or midwife with current registration, NMC and academic qualification to Masters degree (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

• Professional, leadership and managerial experience of a sufficient level to make an immediate contribution in this role, this will include previous senior nursing management experience in an Acute Care Organisation.
• Demonstrate experience in the redesign and development of services, together with practical experience in leading the necessary changes to implement.
• An inspiring leader who leads by example and empowers others with a personal passion for improving patient care and the overall patient experience
• Highly developed oral, written, presentation and leadership skills, with the ability to develop, communicate and gain ownership for a clear vision and direction for patient centered nursing care
• Ability to build effective teams that deliver high standards, collaborative working and integrated solutions to complex and challenging problems

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the application of Care Quality Commission standards
• Knowledge of the Hygiene Code and demonstrate leadership commitment to infection prevention and control to ensure that patient safety is central to the organisation's culture, systems and working practices.
• Good knowledge of healthcare modernisation and able to demonstrate a successful track record of leading and facilitating major change programmes

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse or midwife with current registration, NMC and academic qualification to Masters degree (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential

• Professional, leadership and managerial experience of a sufficient level to make an immediate contribution in this role, this will include previous senior nursing management experience in an Acute Care Organisation.
• Demonstrate experience in the redesign and development of services, together with practical experience in leading the necessary changes to implement.
• An inspiring leader who leads by example and empowers others with a personal passion for improving patient care and the overall patient experience
• Highly developed oral, written, presentation and leadership skills, with the ability to develop, communicate and gain ownership for a clear vision and direction for patient centered nursing care
• Ability to build effective teams that deliver high standards, collaborative working and integrated solutions to complex and challenging problems

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of the application of Care Quality Commission standards
• Knowledge of the Hygiene Code and demonstrate leadership commitment to infection prevention and control to ensure that patient safety is central to the organisation's culture, systems and working practices.
• Good knowledge of healthcare modernisation and able to demonstrate a successful track record of leading and facilitating major change programmes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock Road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ

United Kingdom

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