Job summary
Group Deputy Chief Nurse - VSM
Barts Health is seeking an exceptional, values led senior nursing and midwifery leader to join us as Group Deputy Chief Nurse at a pivotal point in our journey to excellence.
This is a rare opportunity to operate at the heart of one of the largest and most complex NHS Trusts in the country, supporting the Group Chief Nurse and shaping nursing, midwifery and AHP practice across four major hospital sites and a wide range of community services.
As Group Deputy Chief Nurse, you will provide visible, influential professional leadership, championing outstanding standards of care, safety, and patient experience. You will play a central role in delivering the Group Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, leading major programmes that strengthen quality, workforce sustainability, education, research, and innovation. You will also deputise for the Group Chief Nurse at Executive, Board, system, and national level, influencing across Integrated Care Systems, provider collaboratives, and NHS England.
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation with Rachael Corser (Group Chief Nurse), please contact Astha Bajoria (Executive Assistant) astha.bajoria2@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a registered nurse or midwife with significant senior leadership experience in a large, complex healthcare organisation. You will bring a strong track record of strategic delivery, inclusive leadership, and improvement at scale, alongside the credibility to lead across professional boundaries and system partners.
At Barts Health, our WeCare values underpin everything we do. We are proud of our diverse workforce and the communities we serve, and we are committed to creating compassionate, inclusive environments where our people can thrive and deliver outstanding care.
If you are an ambitious, compassionate, and highly credible leader who wants to shape the future of nursing and midwifery at scale, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Midwife with current and valid NMC registration
- Masters level qualification or similar experience
- Experience of Director level working
Desirable
- Experienced at Deputy Chief level or Deputy Director in a large multi- hospital Group
- Board level working
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a senior nursing/midwifery deputy or director role in a health organisation
- Evidence of success in leading, devising, implementing and delivering strategies into practice to improve outcomes
- Experience of leading multi- professional and cross- organisational service development with evidence of successful delivery of agreed outcomes
- Experience of leading at Trust level the implementation of quality assurance systems, patient safety and governance strategies (accreditation)
- Experience of managing budgets in a challenging financial environment with a track record of making savings through innovation and improvement
- Experience of developing a highly visible and effective team of senior nurses and midwives
- Evidence of sound decision making with appropriate analysis in a potentially sensitive and political environment where information is highly complex and multi-strand
- Experience of methods to enhance allyship
Desirable
- Publications Media experience
- Experience of working across complex and multi-site providers and NHSE teams
- Experience of managing nurses and midwives in difficulty and liaison with NMC
- Experience of visible clinical leadership
- Experience of developing strategic sustainability plans
- Experience of delivering digital transformation and scale
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to ensure that the nursing and midwifery voice is heard at all levels in the organisation
- Outstanding role model with insight
- Ward accreditation models and impact
- Delivery of Trust-wide outcomes
- Knowledge of data and information and use in analytics and insight into action
- Knowledge of methods of leading a diverse workforce and understanding of WRES
Skills
Essential
- Active sponsorship of others, removal of structural barriers, and uses leadership authority to advance inclusion, professional voice and equitable opportunity.
- Strong on delivery and execution
- Assertive and dynamic with exceptional influencing skills
- Political awareness
- Ability to influence key stakeholders and colleagues at all levels in the organisation
Other
Essential
- Compassionate leader
- Adaptable
- Committed to Barts Health and the diverse community of Northeast London
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Midwife with current and valid NMC registration
- Masters level qualification or similar experience
- Experience of Director level working
Desirable
- Experienced at Deputy Chief level or Deputy Director in a large multi- hospital Group
- Board level working
Experience
Essential
- Experience in a senior nursing/midwifery deputy or director role in a health organisation
- Evidence of success in leading, devising, implementing and delivering strategies into practice to improve outcomes
- Experience of leading multi- professional and cross- organisational service development with evidence of successful delivery of agreed outcomes
- Experience of leading at Trust level the implementation of quality assurance systems, patient safety and governance strategies (accreditation)
- Experience of managing budgets in a challenging financial environment with a track record of making savings through innovation and improvement
- Experience of developing a highly visible and effective team of senior nurses and midwives
- Evidence of sound decision making with appropriate analysis in a potentially sensitive and political environment where information is highly complex and multi-strand
- Experience of methods to enhance allyship
Desirable
- Publications Media experience
- Experience of working across complex and multi-site providers and NHSE teams
- Experience of managing nurses and midwives in difficulty and liaison with NMC
- Experience of visible clinical leadership
- Experience of developing strategic sustainability plans
- Experience of delivering digital transformation and scale
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to ensure that the nursing and midwifery voice is heard at all levels in the organisation
- Outstanding role model with insight
- Ward accreditation models and impact
- Delivery of Trust-wide outcomes
- Knowledge of data and information and use in analytics and insight into action
- Knowledge of methods of leading a diverse workforce and understanding of WRES
Skills
Essential
- Active sponsorship of others, removal of structural barriers, and uses leadership authority to advance inclusion, professional voice and equitable opportunity.
- Strong on delivery and execution
- Assertive and dynamic with exceptional influencing skills
- Political awareness
- Ability to influence key stakeholders and colleagues at all levels in the organisation
Other
Essential
- Compassionate leader
- Adaptable
- Committed to Barts Health and the diverse community of Northeast London
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
