Director of Nursing(UK Visa Sponsorship)

Automotive Jobs, Health and Care
Uk
February 19, 2026
Full Time Permanent
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Job Description

The Opportunity

This is a senior executive nursing leadership role within one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals. The Director of Nursing will help shape the future of specialist paediatric services across the Brain, Heart & Lung and Sight & Sound directorates. At a time of strategic renewal and cultural transformation, this role offers the chance to influence how safe, compassionate, and innovative care is delivered to children and families.

You will be part of a high-performing clinical leadership triad, driving excellence while embedding a culture that values inclusion, professional growth, and continuous improvement.

Purpose of the Role

The Director of Nursing provides professional and operational leadership across complex specialist services. The focus is on strengthening quality, safety, workforce capability, and patient experience — ensuring that care delivery reflects both clinical excellence and organisational values.

The role balances strategic direction with hands-on leadership, supporting nursing teams to thrive in a fast-moving, high-acuity environment.

Key Leadership Responsibilities

  • Lead the nursing agenda across specialist paediatric services
  • Strengthen clinical quality, safety governance, and patient experience
  • Drive workforce modernisation and sustainable staffing models
  • Support delivery of trust-wide nursing strategy and culture initiatives
  • Collaborate with senior operational leaders to optimise service performance
  • Promote inclusive leadership and professional development
  • Oversee safeguarding standards and complex patient care pathways
  • Ensure effective financial stewardship within clinical services
  • Lead change programmes that improve care delivery and workforce wellbeing

Working Culture

You will join an organisation actively embedding equity, anti-racism, and inclusion into every layer of its workforce culture. Staff networks and leadership initiatives aim to ensure that every colleague feels valued, supported, and able to contribute meaningfully.

The hospital environment is dynamic, specialist, and mission-driven — suited to leaders who combine compassion with decisive action.

Essential Professional Background

  • Registered Nurse with current UK professional registration via the Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • Degree-level qualification plus Master’s-level leadership study
  • Senior NHS leadership experience across complex clinical services
  • Demonstrated success in workforce redesign and organisational change
  • Experience leading quality, safety, and patient experience initiatives
  • Strong safeguarding and operational governance knowledge
  • Budget and workforce management expertise
  • Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams
  • Desirable experience includes coaching or mentoring qualifications and advanced leadership development.

Core Leadership Capabilities

  • High-level communication and executive presence
  • Compassionate decision-making under pressure
  • Strategic thinking with operational focus
  • Emotional intelligence and reflective leadership
  • Ability to inspire confidence across diverse teams

Safeguarding & Compliance

  • This post requires enhanced background clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service due to work with vulnerable children.
  • Applicants requiring work sponsorship will be assessed according to national immigration guidance provided by UK Visas and Immigration.
  • Professional standards align with national NHS workforce expectations supported by NHS England.
  • Career frameworks and professional nursing guidance are aligned with national workforce resources from Health Education England.

Relevant UK Government Guidance (External Resources)

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