An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional nursing leader to join Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust as our Deputy Chief Nursing Officer.
Working as a key member of the senior nursing leadership team, you will support the Chief Nursing Officer in providing strategic and professional leadership for nursing across the Trust. You will play a pivotal role in delivering our ambitions for outstanding patient care, clinical quality, patient safety, workforce development and continuous improvement.
This is a high-profile leadership role requiring an experienced, compassionate and visible leader who is committed to developing high-performing teams, fostering a positive organisational culture and ensuring patients consistently receive safe, effective and person-centred care.
You will provide professional leadership for nursing, working collaboratively with divisional teams, corporate colleagues and system partners to deliver our strategic objectives. As Deputy Chief Nursing Officer, you will deputise for the Chief Nursing Officer as required and represent the organisation internally, regionally and nationally.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an ambitious senior nurse to influence the future direction of nursing practice, professional standards and quality across Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
Interview's will be the week commencing 17th August 2026.
Main duties of the job
The Deputy Chief Nursing Officer will provide strategic leadership and expert professional advice across all aspects of nursing practice, quality and patient safety.
The post holder will:
Support the Chief Nursing Officer in delivering the Trust's nursing, quality and patient safety strategy.
Provide visible professional leadership for nursing, ensuring high standards of clinical practice and patient-centred care.
Lead Trust-wide programmes to improve quality, patient safety, patient experience and clinical outcomes.
Promote excellence in nursing through professional leadership, education, research, innovation and evidence-based practice.
Lead and support the development of the nursing workforce, ensuring succession planning, recruitment, retention and career development are embedded across the organisation.
Foster a culture of compassionate leadership, continuous learning, inclusion and psychological safety.
Provide executive leadership for safeguarding, professional standards, clinical governance or other delegated portfolios as agreed with the Chief Nursing Officer.
Contribute to the development and delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives and organisational priorities.
Deputise for the Chief Nursing Officer across the full portfolio of responsibilities, including attendance at Board and Board Committee meetings where appropriate.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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 see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
