Director of Nursing; XR

Weare pleased to be able to recruit to the role of Director of Nursing (DoN) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and warmly welcome applications from experienced nursing and midwifery leaders who are passionate about the profession, valuing high standards of patient care, workforce development and innovation.

Therole of the Director of Nursing is to provide support to the Trust Heads of Nursing and Midwifery within the Clinical Service Units (CSUs), developing capacity and capability within these teams whilst providing support for thedaily operational management of the hospital.

Together with the Chief Nurse (CN) and Deputy Chief Nurse (DCN) they will lead the development and implementation of quality initiatives to improve patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. In realising this ambition, the DoN will ensure that there are structures in place to support the engagement of clinical staff across the organisation to deliver effective and efficient services to our patients. They will develop a culture that encourages excellence in clinical practice, facilitates team working and multiprofessional care delivery.

Expected Shortlisting Date

24/03/2026

Planned Interview Date

02/04/2026

Provide expert leadership, knowledge, and advice to all areas of the portfolio.

Working closely with the DCN and Heads of Nursing, the post holder will be pivotal in ensuring the provision of an effective, high quality nursing service and will advise on nursing standards and practice within available resources, taking full regard of all professional views and facilitating the development of clinical strategies that ensure the Trusts continued success.

TheDoN will work with the DCN and wider Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Leadership team to lead the nursing, midwifery, and Allied Health Professional workforce to aspire towards excellence through developing and valuing our talented workforce.

TheDoN will support the delivery of our strategic Quality objectives, supported by our values which set the standards of behaviour for all staff, actively promoting a culture aligned to our values.

TheDCN will work with the Deputy Director of Operations and Deputy Medical Director of Operations to provide professional support and oversight of CSUsoverseen by the portfolio.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is a large and complex organisation, providing services from five sites, serving the large and diverse population of Leeds.

We employ approximately 22,000 staff, who are dedicated to the Leeds Improvement Method and our Leeds Way Values.

Weare committed to providing the best care possible, ensuring research,innovation and quality improvement methodology is engrained in everything wedo. Our facilities are some of the best in the country.

Thanksto the continued extraordinary efforts of our staff we remain one of the top performing health providers in the country. It has never been more evident that, to provide excellent care to our patients, we must also provide excellent support to the people who work within the Trust to deliver our aspirations for excellence.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

The Director of Nursing as a key member of the Chief Nurse team will:

provide professional leadership across the Trust to Heads of Nursing and Midwifery within the Clinical Service Units (CSUs) developing capacity and capability within these teams.

through their professional leadership be responsible for the implementation of relevant national and Trust nursing and midwifery policies and clinical practice standards in theCSUs to secure continuous improvement in the patient experience.

be responsible for ensuring thatwhere nursing and midwifery practice standards fall short of required standards…