Job overview

Due to retirement, we are now seeking a nursing and midwifery leader with board level or equivalent experience, to join us as our new Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery. A key member of our Board, you will bring professional credibility, visible, values‑led leadership, and an unwavering focus on patient safety and quality. You will play a central role in strengthening clinical governance, championing compassionate care, elevating patient experience, improving productivity and building a confident, empowered nursing and midwifery workforce. Working collaboratively with colleagues across our diverse organisation and our wider health and care system, you will bring the vision to drive transformation at scale.

This is a career‑defining opportunity to help shape the future of our health and care system, build confidence and pride in our services, and play a meaningful role in improving population health and reducing inequalities across the communities of North Wales.

If you share our vision and values and would like to explore this opportunity further, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Candidates are encouraged to view the advertisement and supporting documentation via the GatenbySanderson website: Job - GatenbySanderson.

Please contact our recruitment partners at GatenbySanderson for an informal conversation about your interest: Joanna Riley, Niamh Blair or Emma Pickup via [email protected].

Closing date: 9am Monday 27^th April 2026

Stakeholder Session(s): Friday 15^th May 2026

Final Panel: Monday 18^th May 2026

Main duties of the job

This is a key post for the Health Board providing clinical direction, advice and leadership.

Particular key responsibilities will be:

•  As an Executive Director of the Board, ensure that the Board can deliver the agreed strategic ambitions and objectives and to work as a member of the unitary board.
• To provide strong and visible professional leadership and ensure the statutory regulation and supervision for all Nurses, Midwives and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses and to those staff groups to whom aspects of nursing care are delegated, such as Healthcare Support Workers, ensuring the highest quality of care for our patients and the highest professional standards from the professions.
• Provide executive leadership for an integrated system of clinical governance and quality, ensuring robust policies, processes, reporting and assurance mechanisms are in place to meet statutory, professional and organisational requirements. Promote a culture where quality, safety and continuous learning are embedded across services.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest integrated health provider in Wales, delivering a full range of acute, community, mental health and primary care services to a population of more than 700,000 people across North Wales. With a £2.1bn budget, a workforce of over 21,000 dedicated colleagues and services spanning three acute hospitals, multiple community sites and extensive community‑based teams, we play a pivotal role in improving health and wellbeing across a geographically and culturally diverse region.

We are making significant progress in our improvement journey, using the escalated status of Special Measures as an opportunity to deliver great things for our people. Our leaders and partners have embraced partnership working to advance change, and we are now focused on stabilising our organisation further, rebuilding trust, and developing a culture rooted in learning, openness, and continuous improvement. Our development has been recognised, but we know there is more to do. We are committed, ambitious and determined to build the foundations for a future Health Board that consistently delivers high‑quality, compassionate care.