Group Chief Nurse

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust provide community, acute and specialist services to more than half a million people acrossropshire, Telford & Wrekin, as well as acute services in mid Wales and children and young people's community services in the Black Country. Together, we employ around 9,000 staff, are supported by over 300 volunteers, and have a combined income of £850m.

Following the appointment of Jo Williams as our Group Chief Executive, we are seeking to appoint our first Group Chief Nurse to lead Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional (AHP) services across both Trusts as we formalise our Group by April 2026. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of health and care across our system.

This is an exciting opportunity to build on the excellent and transformative work already happening across both organisations, to drive further integration and enhance the quality of care for all the communities we serve. This includes our £300m Hospitals Transformation Programme, the Neighbourhood Health Transformation Programme bringing care closer to home, and wide ranging cultural and organisational improvements underpinned by our CARE framework and Poppy's Promise.

Together, both organisations have already made significant progress. We are building seamless patient pathways, strengthening our workforce and restoring pride and confidence in our services.

We are seeking an open, compassionate and credible nursing leader with significant experience at, or near, Board level gained in complex, multi site provider environments. You will quickly build trusted relationships with staff, patients, partners, regulators and communities. As a visible and inclusive leader, you will empower our Nursing, Midwifery and AHP workforce, uphold professional standards and champion continuous improvement, informed by listening to, and learning from, our patients, families and communities.

Working as part of a cohesive Group Executive Leadership Team, you will help shape strategy, deliver transformation and drive innovation across acute and community services, making a lasting difference for our populations and reducing health inequalities.

To find out more, please contact our recruitment advisors at Gatenby Sanderson:
Joanna Riley, Emma Pickup or Emily Smith at joan, and visit our dedicated microsite and apply today.

For further information on the role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of recent management and leadership development.
• Evidence of continuous professional and personal development.

• Significant experience at Deputy or Director of Nursing/Chief Nurse level in an NHS acute/community trust or other large complex multiprofessional organisation.
• In-depth understanding of the complexity in providing secondary healthcare.
• In-depth understanding of providing community healthcare.
• Demonstrable track record of achievement in quality and patients safety arena and patient experience.
• Experience of leading major service and/or transformational change.
• Experience of leading across organisational and professional boundaries.
• Experience of effective partnerships and working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in the management of large budgets.
• Experience of working with patients and the public to enhance and develop patient pathways.

• Dynamic, passionate, open, participative and supportive leadership style.
• Able to make decisions and take charge of events through a performance management approach.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to shape development across the health and social care system.
• Experienced coach and mentor.
• Consistently model the values and leadership behaviours of the Trusts.

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.

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