Deputy Head of Nursing Children's Hospital

Deputy Head of Nursing – Leeds Children's Hospital

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to appoint a second Deputy Head of Nursing for Leeds Children's Hospital and to join a forward‑thinking, dynamic deputy triumvirate leadership team. We are looking for a compassionate, innovative, and forward‑thinking nurse leader with ambition and drive to develop our workforce of over 1,000 nurses and clinical support workers. You will have a proven track record of successfully managing and leading nursing teams across a diverse range of services and for delivering high standards of quality care.

Your commitment to providing the best possible experience for children, young people and their families will be at the core of all that you do, contributing to our mission to improve the health and well‑being of those we serve.

You will be managerially and professionally accountable to the Head of Nursing and responsible for the leadership and management of the designated specialties within your Deputy Head portfolio across the Children’s Hospital. This includes line‑management responsibilities of registered and unregistered staff and the management of specific clinical services/areas. You will support the Head of Nursing for all issues relating to nursing within the hospital and be an integral part of the Senior Nursing leadership team.

You will establish and foster effective working relationships with the Children’s Hospital Triumvirate team and lead improvements in nursing, service delivery and the achievement of organisational priorities. You will hold a portfolio across either Nurse Education or Nursing Workforce and deputise for the Head of Nursing. You will engage with partners outside the organisation and be responsible for the delivery of safe, clinically effective and compassionate nursing care, providing assurance evidence to senior leaders.

The Leeds Children’s Hospital is one of the UK’s largest specialist children’s hospitals, providing acute tertiary services for children and young people across Yorkshire and Humber. We host 27 medical and surgical specialties across 16 inpatient wards, a paused surgical unit, an assessment unit, an out‑patient department and specialist centres for liver and renal transplantation, complex cancer treatment, neurosurgery and congenital cardiac surgery.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care, guided by our values – The Leeds Way – and our strategic priorities. Central to all our work is a shared commitment to excellence, safety and sustainability for every patient.

Name:
Laura Whelan
Position:
Head of Nursing
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To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

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.