Care Group Nurse Director

Care Group Nurse Director post at Swansea Bay University Health Board, offered across three Care Groups:
Medicine, Women, Children, Young People and Families, and Integrated Community Services. The job carries senior clinical and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery, with joint accountability for quality, safety and patient experience within a triumvirate leadership team. Full-time at 37.5 hours a week, it includes gold on-call duty, and applicants name their top three Care Group preferences. Candidates need NMC registration and a Masters or equivalent in-depth professional knowledge.

• Lead service transformation and sustainability, contributing to annual and medium-term strategic and operational plans
• Design services to be responsive, efficient and aligned with population health needs and quality standards
• Monitor performance to drive continuous improvement and system-wide impact
• Share joint accountability with the triumvirate leadership team for quality, safety and patient experience
• Provide strategic, operational and professional leadership for nursing and midwifery across the Care Group
• Be clinically accountable for high-quality, safe and compassionate care that prioritises patients and families
• Lead clinical governance and promote learning and improvement
• Ensure patient, family and carer voices shape service design and delivery
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, learning and compassionate leadership, including staff wellbeing
• Regulate the professional practice of all NMC registrants and oversee workforce development
• Maintain safe staffing levels in line with legislation and service standards, giving assurance to the Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery and the Chief of Care Group
• Take part in the Gold On-Call rota and deputise for the Executive lead

• Masters qualification, or evidence of equivalent in-depth professional knowledge and experience

• NMC registration with appropriate field-specific registration

• Significant senior leadership experience in a relevant role within an NHS organisation or equivalent, including strategic planning and development
• Implementing or leading a quality management system covering quality control, assurance, planning and improvement
• Working with diverse stakeholders, including external partners, with a track record of influence and engagement

• Extensive knowledge across the nursing and midwifery agenda, quality governance, risk, research and audit, HR, finance and service planning, gained through senior NHS management posts
• Strategic leadership of organisation-wide nursing and midwifery initiatives aligned to national and local priorities, including workforce development
• Sound clinical and operational decision-making in complex scenarios, with risk management and ethical practice
• Interpreting data and implementing quality and safety frameworks that deliver measurable improvements
• Engaging at board level, influencing policy and building multi-professional partnerships across organisational boundaries
• Developing senior nursing leaders through coaching, and leading inclusive, psychologically safe teams through change

• Ability to travel within the geographical area
• Flexibility to work hours as required

• Welsh language skills at levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading and writing
• Postgraduate qualification in healthcare leadership, quality improvement or clinical governance
• Coaching qualification
• Fellowship or membership of a recognised professional body, such as FNF, RCN or QNI

• Professional training and development opportunities