Deputy Head of Nursing
| Posting date: | 17 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £76,965.00 to £88,682.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £76965.00 - £88682.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE1 5WW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9358-25-0600 |
Summary
Managerially accountable to the Head of Nursing and professionally accountable to the Deputy Chief Nurse (Operations).The post holder will have operational responsibility for ensuring the delivery of clinical quality standards, patient safety and the overall patient experience in the CMG, providing professional leadership, advice and support for the CMG to ensure that there is a consistency of practice high standards of care with a strong patient safety focus.Working with a vision of delivering the Trust Values the Deputy Head of nursing will support the Head of Nursing and the CMG Triumvirate to provide professional leadership management to the Nursing service for the CMG.The Deputy Head of Nursing will support decision making where practice or service delivery issues cross Matron speciality or when cross speciality leadership is required.The Deputy Head of Nursing will establish and foster an effective working relationship with the CMG Triumvirate to lead improvements in nursing care, service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities within the CMG.The Deputy Head of Nursing will deputise for the Head of Nursing on an as required basis.The Deputy Head of Nursing will support the delivery of safe, clinically and cost effective and compassionate nursing care within the CMG and provides assurance evidence to the Head of Nursing regarding compliance against all appropriate professional, organisational and national compliance standards. Support the Head of Nursing to deliver a safe sustainableaffordable Nursing workforce across the CMG. Working alongside the Head of Nursing the Deputy Head of Nursing will be responsible for the care and professional practice delivered within a significantly large CMG. This would equate to a nursing (registered and unregistered) workforce of more than 550 funded whole time equivalent staff and could cover more than one hospital site.However, the area of responsibility may be smaller in sizeand volume if there is a requirement for large scale change of service or that the complexities of the service are significant. Complexities of the service may come from the national profile that the speciality attracts or the consistent need to engage and work with stakeholders/agencies outside of the organisation.The post holder will provide leadership for the following professional groups:Registered Nurses and Nursing AssociatesHealthcare Support WorkersHousekeepersDeputy Chief NursesLead AHP & Associate Chief AHPChief Pharmacist / CMG pharmacy TeamsAdministration and Clerical TeamsSite and Duty Management TeamsDischarge TeamsChief Operating OfficerDeputy Director of Quality & GovernanceLead Nurse (Safe Staffing)