A defining leadership opportunity for an exceptional senior nurse.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is seeking an inspiring, visionary, and values‑driven Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to join our Executive Team on an 18-month fixed term contract or secondment to help shape the future of nursing, midwifery and AHP care across our organisation and the wider BSW Hospitals Group.
As our most senior nurse, you will provide strategic, professional leadership to all nursing, midwifery and AHP colleagues, championing the delivery of safe, high‑quality, compassionate care. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring our services meet the highest standards of clinical excellence, patient experience, continuous improvement, and regulatory compliance.
This is a role for a leader who wants to make a meaningful impact locally, regionally, and across our Integrated Care System. You will work alongside a talented executive team, influence strategic decision‑making at board level, and represent SFT at national forums. You are a credible and compassionate senior nurse leader who brings substantial board‑level experience and an exceptional track record in professional nursing leadership. If this sounds like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Please visit our interactive candidate pack and job description for detailed information about living and working in Salisbury.
