Job summary
- Main area
- Divisional Head of Nursing - Surgery
- Grade
- Band 8c
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 269-SFT9244
- Employer
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Salisbury
- Salary
- £76,965 - £88,682 per annum pro rata if part time
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Divisional Director of Nursing
Band 8c
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Senior Nurse to join the Surgery Division as the Divisional Director of Nursing. You will be an experienced, dynamic, and compassionate senior nurse who will work in the Divisional Management team, which is led by a Clinical Director, working with the Divisional Director of Operations as part of the triumvirate leadership to provide strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership across the Division and the wider organisation.
As the Divisional Director of Nursing you will be responsible for providing effective clinical leadership to ensure that the nursing and Allied Health Professional agenda is clearly part of the Divisional Management Team decision making, service developments, transformation programmes, and contributes to both the Division and Trust strategic objectives.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Master’s Degree or equivalent level of experience (2 years in a senior nursing post – Matron or above)
- Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development
- Extensive experience as a senior operational clinical nurse within the last 3 years
- Experience of financial management and of large pay and non-pay budgets
- Extensive specialist knowledge and expertise across several nursing relevant subject areas gained through significant experience
- In depth knowledge of the Clinical governance agenda including health and safety, clinical risk issues, and quality initiatives
- Expert knowledge of children and adult safeguarding
- Keyboard skills and IT skills to a level where accuracy and speed are guaranteed
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Collette Bylong
- Job title
- Divisional Head of Nursing - Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500062812
- Additional information
If you would like further information you can also contact :
Alison Vandyken - Divisional Director Of Operations - Surgery
01722 336262
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