Chief Nursing Officer
Closing date: 08 June 2026
The Chief Nursing Officer is a key member of the Executive Team and Board, responsible for providing strategic professional leadership across nursing, allied health professions, quality and regulatory standards.
The role works collaboratively with executive and operational colleagues to ensure services are safe, effective, responsive and continuously improving. The Chief Nursing Officer will also act as a visible professional leader across the organisation, championing inclusion, psychological safety, staff voice and compassionate care.
Main Duties of the Role
- Provide executive leadership for nursing, AHPs, quality and risk management
- Lead professional standards and quality governance across the Trust
- Promote compassionate, inclusive and values-led leadership
- Ensure delivery of safe, effective and high-quality services
- Lead safeguarding, patient experience and quality improvement
- Support workforce wellbeing, professional development and staff engagement
- Build strong partnerships across the Integrated Care System and the West Midlands region
- Provide assurance to the Board regarding professional standards, quality and regulatory compliance
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put people at our heart; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- Staff networks and support group
Job responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Contribute to the overall strategic leadership of the Trust
- Support development and delivery of organisational strategy
- Lead the nursing, AHP and quality agenda across the organisation
- Promote innovation, transformation and continuous improvement
Professional Leadership
- Act as the executive professional lead for nursing and allied health professions
- Promote professional standards, accountability and development
- Ensure professional practice frameworks are embedded and maintained
- Support workforce development, leadership and succession planning
Quality and Patient Safety
- Lead the Trust’s quality governance framework
- Ensure effective systems for patient safety and clinical assurance
- Provide Board assurance regarding quality and safety performance
- Lead learning from incidents, complaints and patient experience
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements
Safeguarding and Patient Experience
- Provide executive leadership for safeguarding across the organisation
- Champion patient and carer involvement and co-production
- Promote trauma-informed and person-centred approaches
- Ensure patient voice informs improvement and service delivery
Workforce and Culture
- Promote compassionate and inclusive leadership
- Support staff wellbeing, engagement and psychological safety
- Champion equality, diversity and inclusion
- Support delivery of the HEART cultural framework
Partnership Working
- Build effective relationships across the Integrated Care System
- Represent the Trust externally on nursing, quality and patient safety matters
- Work collaboratively with regulators, commissioners and partner organisations
Governance and Accountability
- Ensure robust governance arrangements are in place
- Contribute to Board assurance and risk management processes
- Support delivery of operational and financial objectives
- Ensure effective use of resources and value for money
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (MR or LD) qualification
- Current NMC registration
- Significant senior nursing leadership experience
- Board-level experience
- Masters Degree
- Leadership Qualification
Experience
- Significant experience within mental health/LD/autism/community services
- Experience leading quality governance
- Experience of organisational transformation
- Experience of partnership working across systems
- Experience leading cultural improvement
- Experience working with regulators
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.
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