Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer to join our Trust on a one-year fixed-term maternity cover. This senior leadership role offers the chance to provide visible, compassionate, and strategic nursing leadership across clinical, operational, and corporate teams.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career towards a future Chief Nursing Officer role, with dedicated CPD funding to support your growth.

You’ll work closely with colleagues to drive meaningful improvements that positively impact patients and their families. 

We’re looking for someone ambitious and tenacious, with a proven track record of leading change, inspiring teams, and championing patient voices at every level.

This is a unique opportunity to:

• Influence strategic direction
• Champion patient-centred care
• Develop as a future Chief Nursing Officer with CPD support
  
  

Secondment arrangements can be considered for the right candidate.

Main duties of the job

Delivering high-quality, safe patient care and creating a positive experience for patients—while enabling staff to thrive—is central to our organisational vision.

In this key leadership role, you will work closely with the Chief Nurse to shape and implement the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy. A core focus will be developing leadership capacity across nursing, midwifery, and care staff to drive continuous improvements in quality and safety. You will help ensure our services are recognised as compassionate, patient-centred, and responsive to feedback.

You will also collaborate with the Chief Nurse, Chief Medical Officer, and other executive leaders to provide strategic direction for the Trust’s Quality Improvement Strategy. This includes fostering a culture of excellence in patient care, safety, and experience.

Working across organisational boundaries with health and social care partners, you will help deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.