Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Corporate Director of Nursing - Education, Workforce & Standards
The closing date is 20 March 2026
Emma Addie our current Director of Nursing has been supported with her nursing leadership development and aspirations and has been promoted. She leaves massive shoes to fill but it means I have an exciting opportunity in my CNO Senior Team.
The post leads our Practice Education Team, Medicines Management Team, Global Majority Practice Educator, Resuscitation team to name but a few, the role is also my senior point of contact for NMC and HCPC working relationships. It leads our CPD spending aligned to our workforce objectives. This role has the opportunity to influence our future workforce across the borough. I'm keen to support new and blended roles across our system and so this role has the autonomy and influence to develop those roles.
Whilst in post Emma has led the vice chair of the locality education strategy group and has influenced system wide change, she has been shortlisted as the NHS Clinical leader of the year and has won the Nursing Times workforce non clinical leader of the year, supporting her aspirations she has been supported to undertake the national Deputy Director of Nursing programme and the safe staffing fellow programme, development is supported and influences the way we work and the care our patients receive.
Main duties of the job
The Corporate Director of Nursing is responsible for development and implementation of Trust policies and strategy designed to achieve quality in healthcare NMAHP Education, Workforce & Regulation, Safe Staffing, Professional Practice, Advanced Practice, Non-Medical Prescribing and Professional Nurse/Midwife Advocate. Professional management of the Patient Flow Team.
Corporate Director of Nursing - Education, Workforce and Professional Standards is a strategic leadership post supporting workforce development and education of our NMAHP workforce. This post will have the opportunity to be an associate honorary lecturer at Edge Hill University forging relationships between partners.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
People at the Heart
Listen and Involve
Kind and Respectful
ONE Team
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job responsibilities
Please see individual job description as they contain additional details concerning the specifics of each of the job roles.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Clear understanding of complex issues prevailing around National drivers in the health / public sector
* Extensive knowledge of patient experience and public engagement including inclusive working with seldom heard groups
* Knowledge and understanding of quality accreditation process
* Extensive experience of developing audits programmes to support positive change
* Knowledge of Infection Prevention and Control agenda
* Evidence of knowledge of safeguarding agenda
* Knowledge of national, regional & local strategic drivers for change with respect to professional workforce and models of care
* Evidence of continuous professional development and/or personal development
* Extensive understanding of the legal framework of EDI and the Public Sector Equality Duty to ensure improvements in patient care
WWL Behaviours
* Demonstrable ability to lead with purpose grounded in the WWL's values
Experience
* Extensive senior management experience NHS and / or private sector healthcare organisations
* Experience of working with senior executives and non- executive teams, senior managers and clinicians
* Experience of working directly with patients and the public
* Experience of research methodologies and techniques to engage with all stakeholders
* Experience of public consultation
* Experience of leading organisations / local change based of the needs of the patient / service user and the workforce
* Experience of working across boundaries and working with multiple stakeholders
* Extensive experience in strategy development, budgetary control & clinical leadership
* Evidence of high-level professional credibility
* Significant experience of implementing governance structures & risk management
* Experience of partnership working
* Experience of multi-agency & system-wide working
* Experience of managing high level risk stratification
* Experience of working in primary and social care settings
* Knowledge of the North West and the Wigan Borough
* Evidence of an appreciation of the Trust values and workings of the public sector
Skills
* Excellent communication skills and able to influence strategic direction
* Extensive skills in co-production / co-design and working within senior leadership whilst maintaining integrity for area of responsibility
* Demonstrable skills in strategic leadership
* Ability to think creatively and develop a vision for the future
* Proven record of building and motivating teams that deliver high standards of collaborative working and integrated solutions
* Proven record of leading developing and leading high level strategy, which drives improved outcomes across populations and workforce
* High level of emotional intelligence
* Able to manage sensitive and contentious information
* Skilled in the interpretation and triangulation of complex data and information, statistics and the production of accurate reports
* Extensive skills in report writing narrative and data based Trust Board reports
* Ability to think and act strategically, yet develop workable, innovative and practical solutions to achieve startgic outcomes
* Critical thinking skills in data analysisExtensive experience of agile leadership skills across a range of services
* Compassionate and caring leadership skills, resulting in an empowered workforce
* Able to manage multiple complex transformational change projects and deliver within timescales
* Able to motivate others
* Ability to work well under pressure
* Able to participate in relevant on call rota
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse/AHP with relevant degree
* Master's Degree in relevant subject
* Evidence of continued personal and professional development
Additional
* Diplomatic
* Positive thinker
* Good listener
* Creative / innovator
* Can work on own initiative
* Work sensitively/ tactfully
* Able to prioritise and deliver timely, quality results
* High level of personal and professional credibility
* Motivated and enthusiastic
* Assertive and decisive
* Resilience
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.
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£91,342 to £105,337 a yearpro rata, per annum
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