# Deputy Chief Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-nurse/4c43b3a1-a499-4486-8a53-c2bce0cb313b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-chief-nurse/4c43b3a1-a499-4486-8a53-c2bce0cb313b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Swindon - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Including on-call arrangements) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T16:00:55.276Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Swindon/Great_Western_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Leadership/Nursing_Leadership-v8050717 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8050717?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.gwh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Deputy Chief Nurse Are you an experienced senior nurse, midwife or AHP leader looking to take on the next challenge in your career? This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to take the next steps in their career working with the Chief Nurse and their portfolio. We are seeking to appoint an exceptional values based leader with a strong commitment to driving innovation and inspiring the best in people. ### Main duties of the job As Deputy Chief Nurse, you will showcase a track record of success and experience. You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver improvements in quality and safety and will ensure that patient experience is at the heart of the organisation. You will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust, and in the Hospital Group. You will be responsible and accountable for providing comprehensive and robust strategic and operational professional leadership, guidance, and support to the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals across the organisation to deliver the highest standards of care. The role will seek to improve and build stronger relationships with CQC, and support with the patient experience through better understanding and making meaningful improvements. We are looking for someone with drive and the ability to inspire, who has a real passion for patient care, developing our future workforce, and the ability to work effectively with key internal and external stakeholders. You will need to role model our values and be a credible senior leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to deputise for the Chief Nurse across the full portfolio of the Chief Nurse’s responsibilities as required. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The post holder/s are responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver the strategy for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs including Quality Governance and the development of leadership capacity to deliver high quality safe care.  The post holder/s will ensure that Patient Experience Is at the heart of the organisation so that all care is patient centered and compassionate and will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust and hospital group. Please see attached full job description ## Job Details Deputy Chief Nurse Are you an experienced senior nurse, midwife or AHP leader looking to take on the next challenge in your career? This is an exciting opportunity for the right person to take the next steps in their career working with the Chief Nurse and their portfolio. We are seeking to appoint an exceptional values based leader with a strong commitment to driving innovation and inspiring the best in people. ## Job Description As Deputy Chief Nurse, you will showcase a track record of success and experience. You will be responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver improvements in quality and safety and will ensure that patient experience is at the heart of the organisation. You will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust, and in the Hospital Group. You will be responsible and accountable for providing comprehensive and robust strategic and operational professional leadership, guidance, and support to the nursing, midwifery, and allied health professionals across the organisation to deliver the highest standards of care. The role will seek to improve and build stronger relationships with CQC, and support with the patient experience through better understanding and making meaningful improvements. We are looking for someone with drive and the ability to inspire, who has a real passion for patient care, developing our future workforce, and the ability to work effectively with key internal and external stakeholders. You will need to role model our values and be a credible senior leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to deputise for the Chief Nurse across the full portfolio of the Chief Nurse’s responsibilities as required. ## Responsibilities The post holder/s are responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse to deliver the strategy for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs including Quality Governance and the development of leadership capacity to deliver high quality safe care. The post holder/s will ensure that Patient Experience Is at the heart of the organisation so that all care is patient centered and compassionate and will promote excellence in clinical care and professional standards across the Trust and hospital group. Please see attached full job description ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive knowledge of Nursing & Midwifery acquired through significant experience in a Senior clinical role - Extensive understanding of current NHS structures, policies and direction of travel - Demonstrable experience of the ability to work autonomously, initiating and organising workloads, delegating appropriately, responding to changing priorities and meeting tight deadlines - Demonstrable experience of the ability to make difficult decisions autonomously - Experience of achievement of significant change through leadership and influencing - Extensive understanding of the NHS Operating Framework, Governance, service provision and resource management - Detailed understanding of priorities for Nursing, Midwifery and AHPs to enhance patient outcomes and staff well-being - Previous success in the promotion of evidence based practice ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse or Midwife on the NMC register - Educated to Masters level and specialist training to an advanced level - Leadership qualification - Evidence of personal development ## Documents - [recruitment jobs pack (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2726) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10340094) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.