Divisional Director of Nursing for Medicine and Emergency Care

Job overview

Divisional Director of Nursing - Medicine & Emergency Care

Division: Corporate

Care Group: Operations Directorate

Band: 9

Salary: £109,179 - £125,637 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: Tuesday 17th March 2026

We are recruiting for a Divisional Director of Nursing - Medicine & Emergency Care who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The role is central to our ambition to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People ensuring that MEC services are safe, compassionate, responsive and well-led even during sustained operational pressure

The postholder will provide strong, visible, and credible professional leadership across acute medicine, emergency care & associated services with a focus on patient safety, quality improvement, workforce leadership & regulatory compliance

This is a hands on strategic leadership role, requiring presence, grip and the ability to lead complex improvement programmes while supporting and developing senior nursing leaders and multidisciplinary teams.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Provide professional and clinical leadership for nursing and allied health professional staff across the Medicine & Emergency Care Division.

Lead and assure delivery of high-quality, safe and person-centred care, ensuring that the fundamentals of care are consistently delivered.

Maintain and strengthen compliance with CQC regulations, including ongoing delivery of improvement actions relating to patient safety, dignity, medicines optimisation and flow.

Act as a key divisional leader for quality, patient safety and experience, embedding learning from incidents, complaints, audits and mortality reviews.

Work closely with the Divisional Director of Operations and Divisional Medical Director as part of the divisional triumvirate, providing balanced leadership across quality, performance and workforce.

Ensure clinical competence, professional standards and workforce capability are maintained and developed, including education, training and succession planning.

Lead and support a positive, inclusive and psychologically safe culture where staff feel able to raise concerns and contribute to improvement.

Contribute to Trust-wide nursing and quality strategy, including delivery of the Professional Nursing Agenda and stabilisation and improvement priorities

You will be:

A senior registered nurse with significant leadership experience at the divisional, director or equivalent level.

Credible, visible and confident in leading in high-pressure clinical environments including emergency and acute care.

Experienced in quality improvement, patient safety, regulatory compliance and governance.

Values-driven, compassionate and committed to developing people and improving patient experience.

Able to balance operational reality with professional standards, providing calm decisive leadership during periods of challenge and change.

Accountability

Professionally accountable to the Chief Nursing Officer for professional nursing standards, quality and the development of nursing services within the Division.

Operationally accountable to the Divisional Director of Operations.

Works closely with Trust executive colleagues and corporate teams to ensure alignment between divisional delivery and Trust priorities

Why Join Us?

Lead one of the Trust’s most complex and high-impact clinical divisions.

Make a tangible difference to patient safety, experience and staff wellbeing.

Work closely with an engaged executive team committed to improvement, transparency and learning.

Further develop your executive leadership capability in a visible, influential role.