Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Community Associate Director of Nursing at University Hospital Tees (UHT)
The community associate director of nursing will be part of a triumvirate team and will be jointly accountable for developing the longer-term strategic direction of the community clinical service unit in partnership with the service director and associate director of operations, providing clinical expertise. The post holder will work within the community clinical service unit across UHT group ensuring safe, high-quality care and developing the workforce requirements in line with the expectations of the 10-year plan to support effective pathways to facilitate patient care closer to home.
As a key professional leader the associate director of nursing will:
1. provide strategic and operational direction to all nurses within the clinical service unit
2. be responsible for providing the fundamentals of care to a high standard
3. be accountable for safe staffing and ensure robust risk management and governance arrangements are in place
4. Develop and lead workforce transformation to enable effective pathways of care closer to home
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an integral part of the organisations senior nursing team working with other associate directors of nursing, heads of nursing, deputy directors of nursing, the director of nursing and the executive chief nursing officer.
For the associate director of nursing post, we are seeking a highly motivated, experienced, values driven nurse with excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills to drive integrated services, who is passionate about community care.
Further developing a safety first caring better together culture at University Hospitals Tees.
Interviews will take place Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November.
Working for our organisation
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
5. Registered Nurse
6. First Degree in Nursing / health related subject
7. Masters level qualification in health or leadership-related subject
8. Leadership qualification
Desirable criteria
9. PhD/Doctorate or working towards
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
10. Significant clinical leadership experience
11. Significant experience of working at a senior level in a complex environment
12. Ability for complex decision making
13. Experience of leading service evaluation, audit, or research
14. Development and delivery of strategies
15. Effective in organisational and planning skills to meet deadlines
16. Ability to prioritise a complex workload and work independently in a rapidly changing environment
17. Experience of working within an accreditation programme
18. Ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information
Desirable criteria
19. Presentations at regional, national, international level
20. Experience in leading own research / audit / publication
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
21. Advanced IT skills
22. Ability to interpret, analyse and communicate highly complex data and information in written reports, presentations, and verbal updates
23. People management / complex problem solving at a senior level
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Right to Work in the UK
The Trust welcomes applications from all candidates who meet the criteria for the role. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - (.
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a Skilled Worker visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - ( and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - (
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.