Chief Nursing Officer
The closing date is 16 March 2026.
Are you an experienced Nurse leader, who is vibrant, visible, inclusive, and collaborative? If the answer is 'yes' then this could be the executive leadership role for you…
We are looking for an authentic person, who will lead with compassion, curiosity and courage, providing influential executive leadership across our nursing, midwifery and allied health professional workforce.
You will have experience and innovative thinking around workforce models and different ways of delivering care, combined with experience of working successfully at 'Place' and across an integrated care system, will be essential as we work with partners across the Bay and Lancashire and South Cumbria to improve health equity, services and outcomes for our communities in line with the Government’s 10‑year health plan for England. In line with the outlined shift needed (from Hospital to Community) we welcome applications from senior nurses from a range of backgrounds including the community and the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector.
We believe the NHS workforce is a rich and diverse mix of talented people, and we welcome applications for this position from all nursing specialties and all sections of our community, particularly from under‑represented groups, including disabled people and nurse leaders of BAME backgrounds and those with lived experience that will help us to better understand and deliver for our communities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be the executive lead for quality and safety and will strategically collaborate with the Trust Board on issues relating to patient safety and experience, infection prevention and control, clinical governance, and safeguarding.
You will work proactively and collaboratively with local health and care system partners in the development and delivery of the delivery plans across Lancashire & South Cumbria IC, in order to deliver more integrated, sustainable, localised health and care services across the geographical area.
You will support the ongoing development of an organisational culture that effectively engages with colleagues, patients and the wider health and local community to improve clinical, quality and safety outcomes, including both patient and colleague experience.
You will actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion, taking a lead role in developing inclusive services for patients and service users (and carers/relatives), including the provision of executive leadership to a designated inclusion network.
You will provide leadership and support to the corporate and clinical governance teams, ensuring that all regulatory standards are met in line with best practice, ensuring efficient and effective systems and processes for clinical audit, patient experience, patient safety & effectiveness and quality & compliance within the Trust.
About us
We operate from three main hospitals—Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal— as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of general hospital services, with full emergency departments, critical/coronary care units and various consultant‑led services.
WGH provides a range of general hospital services, together with an urgent treatment centre, that can help with a range of non‑life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illness.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
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.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Salary
£122,832 to £178,664 a year. To be paid in accordance with the National VSM Pay Framework.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full‑time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
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