Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Chief Nurse

The closing date is 07 November 2025

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is looking for a strategic and compassionate leader to join our Board as Chief Nurse. Candidates will be a senior health leader with an excellent track record of delivering high quality of care to patients and will also be a champion of the workforce delivering that care.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Executive team, our Chief Nurse will play a significant role in our ambitious reconfiguration plans ensuring our services are designed to enhance patient experience, as well as provide a positive environment for colleagues.

Our Chief Nurse will work nationally, regionally and locally to further advance our work on Health Inequalities and will be a determined and focused champion for the quality of care we provide across all our services. You will join a Board that is fully committed to improving health outcomes in our communities and who sees the health and wellbeing of its workforce as vital to the delivery of compassionate care to our patients.

About us

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

We are proud to be an inclusive organisation that values diversity in all its forms. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We welcome candidates from underrepresented groups and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to thrive.

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

Depending on experience Competitive/attractive salary

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9372-Chief-Nurse

Job locations

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary

Acre Street

Huddersfield

HD33EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

As an Executive member of the Board, the Chief Nurse has collective responsibility with other Executives and Directors in leading CHFT collaboratively, compassionately, creatively and innovatively in line with One Culture of Care.

Inclusion is at the core of our values and behaviours, and the Chief Nurse will play a key role in further improving our workforce diversity and leadership at CHFT as well as providing a positive approach that includes colleagues in the decisions that impact them.

Championing the quality of care to our patients and the wellbeing of colleagues, the Chief Nurse is responsible for advising and guiding the Board on nursing and midwifery issues whilst also being the Board lead for professional matters relating to Pharmacy and Allied Health Professionals.

In conjunction with the Director of Corporate Affairs and the Medical Director, the Chief Nurse will ensure the provision of safe, compassionate care to patients, embedding the quality of care and patient safety at the core of CHFT services.

They will also be a key player in the improvement of public health education and health inequalities at a national, system and place level ensuring that CHFT is a centre of excellence for all issues related to patient care and the nursing, midwifery and AHP workforce.

Job description