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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Chief Nursing Officer

The closing date is 12 November 2025

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Job summary

We are seeking to appoint our new Chief Nursing Officer to take forward the nursing and AHP leadership of our Trust at this pivotal time. We are seeking an experienced nurse leader who will play a key role, bringing vision and ambition to lead the delivery of outstanding clinical services that effectively respond to the challenges we face. The successful candidate will be able to inspire change and innovation on the ground and will understand and live our culture and values. They will also be effective in influencing and shaping collaborative and team-based working both inside and outside our Trust.

If you are passionate about the challenges this opportunity offers and believe that you have the experience and ambition to play a key leadership role in delivering our strategic objectives, then we would welcome an application from you.

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached candidate brief for a full list of duties and responsibilities. For further information, please view the attached Job Description.

About us

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is a vibrant and dynamic organisation. We provide acute and complex services at our hospital (East Surrey Hospital) in Redhill. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey and at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals in West Sussex. We are one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare and are part of the new Surrey and Sussex ICB cluster.

We are committed to better supporting our local community and the thousands of colleagues who make up our One Team. Every year, over 100,000 people attend our emergency department, we deliver nearly 5,000 babies and over 400,000 people have outpatient appointments with us. We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,000 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

£100,000 to £200,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-7573641-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information, please view the attached job description or please call Donna Fendick 020 7529 6314 to arrange a further discussion in confidence about this opportunity.

Please note: Applications should not be submitted via TRAC. Any applications received through TRAC will be forwarded to Odgers Berndtson for screening.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information, please view the attached job description or please call Donna Fendick 020 7529 6314 to arrange a further discussion in confidence about this opportunity.

Please note: Applications should not be submitted via TRAC. Any applications received through TRAC will be forwarded to Odgers Berndtson for screening.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

  • Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
  • A complete and accurate application
  • Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
  • Evidence of essential experience for role
  • Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
  • Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
  • Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
  • Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Odgers Berndtson

Donna Fendick

Donna.Fendick@odgersberndtson.com

02075296314

Details

Date posted

24 October 2025

Pay scheme

Very senior manager (VSM)

Salary

£100,000 to £200,000 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-7573641-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH


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