# Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/director-of-nursing-midwifery-and-allied-health-professionals/8d8e4448-1c78-4178-b5f5-23906702acc1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/director-of-nursing-midwifery-and-allied-health-professionals/8d8e4448-1c78-4178-b5f5-23906702acc1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Truro - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 9 - **Salary:** £112,782 - £129,783 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 6 months - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T14:12:50.788Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Truro/Royal_Cornwall_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Director_Nursing_Midwifery_Allied_Health_Professionals/Director_Nursing_Midwifery_Allied_Health_Professionals-v8066804 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8066804?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalcornwall.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Director of Nursing, Midwifery & AHPs, working to the Chief Nursing Officer, is responsible for the professional leadership of the nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (AHP) in RCHT. They will have delegated responsibility for the delivery of the Trust’s safety, quality improvement and patient experience priorities. They will also be expected to lead on some across Trust/s and or system (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board ‐ CIOS) priorities as agreed. ### Main duties of the job The role will require close working with our associate directors, heads of nursing and clinical matrons, to ensure that professional standards are met and maintained, and that the delivery of care is recovery focussed, patient centred and to the highest quality. As a senior leader you will attend the executive leaders team meetings and by invitation of the chief nursing officer, relevant Board meetings, and act as a strong role model for all colleagues by demonstrating credibility, visibility, strong commitment to improving practice, celebrating success, and encouraging creativity, innovation, and excellence. We are a values‐driven organisation and expect the post holder to role model, provide curious and compassionate leadership at all times, to ensure we optimise patient safety, deliver great patient experience and the best possible patient outcomes. The postholder will assist the chief nursing officer in leading a just culture, focussed on learning and improvement, embracing new roles and workforce transformation. As a pivotal member of the senior leadership team, the director of nursing will take a lead role in the direction and leadership of acute adult, paediatric, maternity and allied health services. You will also work closely with system and regional partners to ensure that services are implemented in line with the core offer specifications and within the investment and efficiency parameters agreed. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. ## Job Details The Director of Nursing, Midwifery & AHPs, working to the Chief Nursing Officer, is responsible for the professional leadership of the nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (AHP) in RCHT. They will have delegated responsibility for the delivery of the Trust’s safety, quality improvement and patient experience priorities. They will also be expected to lead on some across Trust/s and or system (Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board ‐ CIOS) priorities as agreed. ## Job Description The role will require close working with our associate directors, heads of nursing and clinical matrons, to ensure that professional standards are met and maintained, and that the delivery of care is recovery focussed, patient centred and to the highest quality. As a senior leader you will attend the executive leaders team meetings and by invitation of the chief nursing officer, relevant Board meetings, and act as a strong role model for all colleagues by demonstrating credibility, visibility, strong commitment to improving practice, celebrating success, and encouraging creativity, innovation, and excellence. We are a values‐driven organisation and expect the post holder to role model, provide curious and compassionate leadership at all times, to ensure we optimise patient safety, deliver great patient experience and the best possible patient outcomes. The postholder will assist the chief nursing officer in leading a just culture, focussed on learning and improvement, embracing new roles and workforce transformation. As a pivotal member of the senior leadership team, the director of nursing will take a lead role in the direction and leadership of acute adult, paediatric, maternity and allied health services. You will also work closely with system and regional partners to ensure that services are implemented in line with the core offer specifications and within the investment and efficiency parameters agreed. ## Responsibilities PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK For further information please visit: https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. ## Person Specification ### Skills and Aptitude **Essential** - Skilled in strategic thinking and able to translate strategy into action. - Highly developed leadership, negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to motivate, challenge and engage individuals and teams. - Ability to build personal and professional credibility with board, senior management teams and staff. **Desirable** - Highly skilled in collaboration and bringing together teams and organisations with strong relationships to deliver on the services for patients. ### Education, Qualifications and Relevant Experience **Essential** - Registered Nurse with evidence of extensive complex health organisation knowledge and an academic qualification of at least a Masters level. - Breadth of experience of working at a sub board level in an NHS organisation. - Proven track record of transformational leadership of services and enabling culture change in teams. **Desirable** - Doctorate in relevant subject area. ## Documents - [director of nursing (pdf, 520.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10357735) ## 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.