The closing date is 10 August 2025
Salary: £76,965 to £88,682 a year per annum pro rata for part time staff
Job summary
“A key role that will help shape the continued success of a leading NHS Foundation Trust”
We are looking for an ambitious, highly motivated, innovative nurse leader, to join Sheffield Teaching Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust as an Associate Nurse Director.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be accountable to the Nurse Director for Haematology and Specialised Cancer Services (HaSC) and Specialised Medicine and Rehabilitation (SMR) Care Groups. On behalf of the Nurse Director, they will be required to provide strategic, clinical and operational leadership and management, representing nursing within the services of the Specialised Medicine and Rehabilitation Care Group.
Attributes should include proven leadership skills and the ability to demonstrate evidence of leading and managing change in a dynamic and challenging environment. Applicants will need to demonstrate experience of working effectively in a complex, multi professional environment within an acute hospital setting and an ability to contribute to performance management objectives, working within set financial controls and resources.
Candidates must demonstrate a passion for nursing, service development, and promote best possible evidence based clinical practice. Applicants must also have exceptional communication skills and the ability to lead, influence, negotiate to inspire a culture of positive change to deliver the best quality patient care and experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications (General education/ further and professional
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Midwife on the UK Nursing and Midwifery register.
- Proven leadership skills
- Educated to degree level or higher
- Recognised management qualification.
- Master’s level study or working towards
Experience (Previous/current work or any other relevant experience)
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience of working effectively in a relevant multi-professional environment.
- Must have been at middle management level and have significant experience in several disciplines, eg. Clinical governance, financial management, performance management, information systems and staff management, acquired through training and experience in an acute healthcare setting.
- Significant senior nursing and leadership experience, demonstrating ability to manage and lead services during time sof complexity and
- Knowledge of broader NHS agenda
Desirable
- Experience of leading project work.
Special Skills/Aptitudes (Verbal, numerical, mechanical)
Essential
- Highly skilled in the use of Microsoft Office, particularly EXCEL
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and prioritise workload to meet relevant deadlines with competing priorities.
- Proficient in use of various IT systems, such as E-roster tools, electronic whiteboards, electronic patient records.
- Excellent analytic and interpretation skills
- Evidence of relevant professional development.
- Significant experience of successful development and delivery of service improvement or successful management of significant organisational change in a complex environment.
- Experience of leading and managing conflicting priorities and demonstrating ability to provide stability to the team.
- Advanced negotiation, influencing and persuasive skills, including credibility with clinical staff.
- Demonstrable success in building, leading, motivating, managing and developing teams.
- Significant experience of working with staff, their representatives, trade unions and professional organisations.
- Evidence of a commitment to evidence based practice.
- Understanding the NHS of research agenda.
- Significant experience of professional regulation and NMC requirements.
Other Factors
Essential
- Must be able to participate in on call rota, including night duty when required.
- May be required to provide Bronze command business continuity support on an ad hoc basis.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).