Deputy Head of Nursing - Division D

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 3 September 2025

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 15 September 2025

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Qualifications

Essential

• Current and relevant registration on NMC Register
• First degree.
• Masters degree (or working towards)
• Evidence of relevant continuous professional development
• Leadership development course

Desirable

• Training in systems approach to investigation of patient safety incidents
• Training in quality improvement methodology
• Trained as After Action Review Conductor/Facilitator

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of substantial experience as a Matron/Senior Clinical Nurse, Lead Nurse overseeing a number of clinical areas/services and demonstrating a depth and breadth of nursing knowledge.
• Strive to support contributions of others and to share leadership, nurturing capability and continuing development on oneself and other in areas of practice.
• Able to demonstrate collaborative working across professions and services
• Broad clinical experience in an acute hospital, OPD, Nurse Specialist, Nurse Led setting
• Experience of effectively leading or supporting service transformational change
• Experience of leading/supporting clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Experience of delivering education and developing and implementing evidence based practice
• Experience of patient safety investigations using systems approach methodology.
• Experience of managing a clinical team including significant experience of staff management, including the setting of objectives, team and individual appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary issues
• Budget management experience, including reducing costs, monitoring and determining corrective action

Desirable

• After Action Review participation/ facilitation
• Lead Investigator for Serious Incident investigation
• Business case development writing
• Analysis of highly complex data and development of reports including usage statistics, adoption metrics, Nursing KPI audits and financial to support Divisional strategic plan and improvement of Nursing Practice

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of current developments in nursing & political awareness of current NHS issues
• In-depth knowledge of quality governance principles, systems, and processes
• In-depth knowledge of workforce planning principles, Trust workforce policies and recruitment and retention strategy
• Able to articulate the evolving vision for the future of nursing and to demonstrate opportunities this can bring to teams

Skills

Essential

• Well developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams across the trust.
• Highly developed communications skills, including liaison/negotiation skills and writing/presentation skills
• Able to demonstrate sound political judgement and astuteness in understanding and working with complex policy, diverse interest groups and common sense in knowing 'when to brief up the line'
• Able to advise and influence senior managers in relation to governance concerns
• Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
• Computer literacy including competent in Word and excel
• Ability to prioritise work and meet tight deadlines and work independently

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Willingness to work anywhere in the Trust and to travel, on occasions, within the region and nationally
• Ability to work flexible hours
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of together; safe, kind and excellent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).