Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel within geographical area.
- Other
Able to work hours flexibly.
- Experience
Significant experience in a relevant senior leadership role within an NHS organisation or equivalent, of strategic planning and development
- Experience
Experience of implementation and/or leading a quality management system i.e., the functions of quality control, quality assurance, quality planning and quality improvement.
- Experience
Experience of working with a diverse range of stakeholders, including external partners and successful track record of influence and engagement.
- Aptitude and abilities
Can strategically lead organisation-wide nursing and midwifery initiatives aligned to national and local priorities, driving transformational change and workforce development. Creating inclusive, psychologically safe environments, prioritising staff wellbeing and fostering a culture of support.
- Aptitude and abilities
Ability to exercises sound clinical and operational decision-making in complex scenarios, with clear evidence of risk management and ethical practice. Can implement robust quality and safety frameworks, achieving measurable improvements in compliance and patient safety.
- Aptitude and abilities
Ability to deliver initiatives that demonstrably enhance patient experience, clinical outcomes, and safety standards. Develops senior nursing leaders and advanced practitioners through structured coaching and career progression support.
- Aptitude and abilities
Ability to engage effectively at board level, influencing policy and presenting complex information with clarity to diverse stakeholders. Builds multi-professional partnerships across organisational boundaries, improving patient and staff outcomes.
- Aptitude and abilities
Can interpret data to inform service redesign and quality improvement, achieving measurable outcomes. Successfully navigates high-pressure situations and organisational change with composure and flexibility.
- Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with appropriate field specific registration. Masters qualification (or evidence of in-depth professional knowledge and equivalent experience). Plus, extensive knowledge over a range of disciplines e.g., professional nursing/midwifery agenda, quality governance, risk management, clinical research and audit, HR, finance, service planning and underpinned by specialist courses or equivalent experience. This level of knowledge would have been obtained over a significant period of senior management posts held within an NHS organisation.
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Aptitude and abilities
Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
- Essential Qualifications & Knowledge
Postgraduate qualification in healthcare leadership, quality improvement, or clinical governance. Coaching qualification. Fellowship or membership of a recognised professional body (e.g., FNF, RCN, QNI).
Job overview
Care Group Nurse Director (Band 9)
Post 1: Medicine Care Group
Post 2: Women, Children, Young People and Families Care Group
Post 3: Integrated Community Services
Swansea Bay University Health Board is undertaking a significant transformation to become a clinically led organisation, with Care Groups designed around patient need, pathways and outcomes.
As Care Group Nurse Director you will provide senior clinical leadership and professional accountability across the Care Group. Working as part of the triumvirate leadership team, you will hold joint accountability for quality, safety and patient experience, ensuring services deliver consistently high standards of care.
You will lead clinical governance, promote learning and improvement, and ensure patient, family and carer voices help shape service design and delivery. The role requires an inspirational leader who can foster professional excellence, psychological safety and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Applications are welcomed from suitably qualified registered professionals, recognising that some Care Groups may benefit from leadership from a range of clinical backgrounds. Applicants should indicate their top three Care Group preferences within their application and refer to the accompanying Care Group structure document for further information.
Full time (37.5 hours per week). Interview date: 20 November.
Main duties of the job
- Lead service transformation and sustainability initiatives, contributing to the development and delivery of annual and medium term strategic and operational plans. Ensure services are designed to be responsive, efficient, and aligned with population health needs and quality standards, while actively monitoring performance to drive continuous improvement and system-wide impact.
- Champions a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and compassionate leadership. The role plays a pivotal part in shaping and sustaining a positive, inclusive, and values-driven culture, fostering psychological safety, staff wellbeing, and a strong sense of purpose across multidisciplinary teams.
- Provides expert strategic, operational, and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery services across the Care Group and is clinically accountable for the development and delivery of high-quality, safe, and compassionate care, ensuring that the needs of patients and their families are prioritised.
- Responsible for the professional regulation of all NMC registrants, overseeing workforce development to ensure safe, person centred care. Accountable for maintaining safe staffing levels in line with relevant legislation and service standards, providing assurance to the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery and the Chief of Care Group, and proposing solutions to address any identified risks or deficits.
- Participates in the Gold On-Call rota, and deputising for Executive lead
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
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This advert is for Care Group Nurse Director with Swansea Bay University Health Board in Port Talbot, Wales. It is listed as a Band 9 Director of nursing role. The advertised salary is £114,475 - £131,732 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Oct 2026.
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