Site Westmorland General Hospital Town Kendal Salary £122,832 - £178,664 To be paid in accordance with the National VSM Pay Framework Salary period Yearly Closing 16/03/2026 08:00
''Creating a great place to be cared for and a great place to work''
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
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 .
Your 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 that 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 ICs, 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.
Working for our organisation
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 illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, daycase and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person specification
* Essential requirements of person specification
PLEASE NOTE THAT SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.
The Trust promotes flexible working opportunities where ever possible to enable staff to balance their work and home life. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and aim to be EffortlesslyInclusive.
The trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our Person Specification will be shortlisted for Interview.
We reserve the right to close a job advert early where sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
If the post is subject to Disclosure & Barring Service checking, (formally CRB) a charge of £49.50 for Enhanced and £21.50 for Standard clearance and additional to this a £4.90 administration fee will be made to the successful candidate(s). This currently only applies to roles Band 6 and above and Medical & Dental posts.
Anyone newly appointed to the trust under the Agenda For Change contract, will be subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probationary period. This will give the new staff member an opportunity to become familiar with the role and working environment.
We have introduced a new system called Pre‑Onboarding, specifically to support you right the way through to your first few months in your new role with us at UHMB. This bespoke site has lots of useful information to help you settle into your new role including: what to expect from the recruitment clearances process, where to get a uniform, when you'll get paid etc. As well as information on a number of our services i.e. Infection Prevention, Anti‑fraud, Inclusion and Diversity, Care Certificates and much more. To access click on this link https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/uhmbt-pre-onboarding .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Name Finn McNulty Job title Associate Partner - Hunter Healthcare Email address FMcNulty@hunter-healthcare.com Telephone number 07966 006091 Additional information We have partnered with Hunter Healthcare for this role, please direct all initial inquiries via Finn McNulty at Hunter Healthcare.
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