Overview
A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Melanie Pickering, our Corporate Director of Nursing, has been promoted, creating an exciting senior leadership vacancy at WWL. This role sits on my senior team and offers the autonomy to lead change, transform services and be highly visible across the borough. It oversees Patient Experience; Charitable Funds; Volunteers; Living with Dementia; Smoking Cessation; Chaplaincy; PALS and Complaints; and ASPIRE accreditation.
I’m seeking an inspirational leader who meets the JD/PS essentials and goes further: someone who ensures patients, service users and communities are heard and whose listening and learning shape our NMAHP strategy and service improvements. The successful candidate will work system-wide, drive innovation, understand local demographics and health inequalities, and adopt a less hospital-centric approach to improve access. Professional curiosity, the ability to challenge the norm and the confidence to use the autonomy of a senior post are essential.
I’m committed to leader development; Melanie completed the national Aspiring Deputy DON programme and an immersive board programme while in post. Although corporate, this role is collaborative—part of my senior CNO team. Amanda (my Deputy), Melanie and other stakeholders are happy to meet applicants for informal discussions and due diligence.
Responsibilities
* The Corporate Director of Nursing is responsible for development and implementation of Trust policies and strategy designed to achieve quality in healthcare including Patient Experience and Engagement, Voluntary Services, Harm Free Care, Patient Relations & Complaints, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for patients and the wider system.
About WWL and Values
* WWL 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.
* 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.
Please see individual job description as they contain additional details concerning the specifics of each of the job roles.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Mar 2026
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