Band 8c – Associate Director of Nursing, Medicine: Sponsorship Available

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

Do you want to play a key role in shaping and developing nursing services, improving patient outcomes and influencing the future of care across a large and diverse Medical Division?

We are seeking an ambitious, experienced and forward-thinking senior nursing leader to join our leadership team as Associate Director of Nursing for Medicine. This is an exciting opportunity to provide strategic and operational nursing leadership, influence organisational change and work collaboratively to deliver outstanding patient care across Planned and Unplanned Medicine.

This is a varied, demanding and often unpredictable role, requiring a visible and adaptable leader who can respond flexibly to changing operational pressures and emerging priorities. You will need to balance the day-to-day demands of the division with longer-term strategic objectives, providing leadership and direction during challenging circumstances while maintaining a clear focus on positive patient outcomes and the Trust’s wider ambitions.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a highly motivated, compassionate and dynamic senior nurse (or relevant healthcare professional) to join our team as Associate Director of Nursing for Medicine at Band 8c.

Working closely with the Divisional leadership team and service line triumvirates, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across nursing services within Medicine, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care.

You will lead and support Heads of Nursing, Matrons and wider clinical leadership teams, providing clear professional direction, developing our workforce and creating a culture where staff feel valued, empowered and accountable. You will play a pivotal role in driving quality improvement, patient safety, patient experience and operational performance, whilst ensuring services remain responsive to the changing needs of our patients.

The role requires the ability to work flexibly and adapt to an ever-changing operational landscape, often navigating competing priorities and challenging circumstances. Alongside providing day-to-day divisional leadership, you will deputise for the Director of Nursing when required, including taking a senior leadership role during emergencies and supporting the Trust’s wider operational response.

Person Specification

Your application will be score against the person specification

Essential

  • 2 – Meets all essential criteria 1 – Partially meets essential criteria 0 – Does not meet essential criteria

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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