Deputy Head of Nursing - Leeds Children's Hospital

Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to appoint a second Deputy Head of Nursing for the Leeds Children's Hospital and to join a forward thinking and dynamic deputy triumvirate leadership team. We are looking for a compassionate, innovative, and forward-thinking nurse leader with an ambition and drive to develop our workforce of over 1000 brilliant nurses and clinical support workers. You will have a proven track record of successfully managing and leading nursing teams across a diverse range of services and for delivering high standards of quality care. Your commitment to providing the best possible experience for children, young people and their families who access our services will be at the core of all that you do, contributing to our mission to improve the health and well-being of those that we serve. You will work in partnership with the Head of Nursing to lead the implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy across the Childrens Hospital with an ambition to deliver new and innovative ways of working. You will need to utilise your expert operational and clinical knowledge to ensure effective delivery of nursing services and champion patient centred care ensuring safety, quality and patient experience are embedded in everything that we do.

Main duties of the job

As a Deputy Head of Nursing you will managerially and professionally accountable to the Head of Nursing. You will be responsible for the leadership and management of the designated specialties within your Deputy Head of Nursing portfolio across the Children's Hospital. This includes line management responsibilities of registered and unregistered staff across the Children's Hospital and the management of specific clinical services/areas. You will work to support the Head of Nursing for all issues relating to nursing within the Children's Hospital and will be an integral part of the Senior Nursing leadership team. The Deputy Head of Nursing will establish and foster effective working relationships with the Children's Hospital Triumvirate team and lead improvements in nursing, service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities within the Children's Hospital. You will be required to hold a portfolio across either Nurse Education or Nursing Workforce for the Children's Hospital. The Deputy Head of Nursing will also deputise for the Head of Nursing and engage with partners outside of the organisation. As a Deputy Head of Nursing you will be responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically effective and compassionate nursing care and provide assurance evidence to the Head of Nursing, Nurse Director (Operations)/Deputy Chief Nurse and Chief Nurse. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

• Date posted: 07 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 8b
• Salary: £66,582 to £77,368 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 001487
• Job locations: Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Name: Laura Whelan Position: Head of Nursing Email: laura-clare.whelan@nhs.net Shortlisting Date: 27th July Interview Date: 14th August

Job Summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to appoint a second Deputy Head of Nursing for the Leeds Children's Hospital and to join a forward thinking and dynamic deputy triumvirate leadership team. We are looking for a compassionate, innovative, and forward-thinking nurse leader with an ambition and drive to develop our workforce of over 1000 brilliant nurses and clinical support workers. You will have a proven track record of successfully managing and leading nursing teams across a diverse range of services and for delivering high standards of quality care. Your commitment to providing the best possible experience for children, young people and their families who access our services will be at the core of all that you do, contributing to our mission to improve the health and well-being of those that we serve. You will work in partnership with the Head of Nursing to lead the implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy across the Children’s Hospital with an ambition to deliver new and innovative ways of working. You will need to utilise your expert operational and clinical knowledge to ensure effective delivery of nursing services and champion patient centred care ensuring safety, quality and patient experience are embedded in everything that we do.

Why you should join our Team

The Leeds Children's Hospital is one of the UK's largest specialist Children's Hospitals that provides acute tertiary services for Children and Young People across the Yorkshire and Humber region. We host 27 Medical and Surgical Specialties across our 16 inpatient wards in addition to our Paediatric Critical Care Service, Children's Medical and Surgical Day Case Unit, Children's Assessment Unit and Children's Outpatient Department. We are a Specialist Regional Centre for Liver and Renal Transplantation, Complex Children's Cancer Treatment, Neurosurgery and Congenital Cardiac Surgery.

What you will bring to the role

As a Deputy Head of Nursing you will managerially and professionally accountable to the Head of Nursing. You will be responsible for the leadership and management of the designated specialties within your Deputy Head of Nursing portfolio across the Children's Hospital. This includes line management responsibilities of registered and unregistered staff across the Children's Hospital and the management of specific clinical services/areas. You will work to support the Head of Nursing for all issues relating to nursing within the Children's Hospital and will be an integral part of the Senior Nursing leadership team.

The Deputy Head of Nursing will establish and foster effective working relationships with the Children's Hospital Triumvirate team and lead improvements in nursing, service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities within the Children's Hospital. You will be required to hold a portfolio across either Nurse Education or Nursing Workforce for the Children's Hospital.

The Deputy Head of Nursing will also deputise for the Head of Nursing and engage with partners outside of the organisation. As a Deputy Head of Nursing you will be responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically effective and compassionate nursing care and provide assurance evidence to the Head of Nursing, Nurse Director (Operations)/Deputy Chief Nurse and Chief Nurse.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.