Deputy Director of Nursing for Integrated Specialist Services CSUNHS

Job summary

Closing Date: 16.11.2026

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: commencing 17.11.2026

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 23.11.2026

The Deputy Director of Nursing (Operations) is a senior nursing leader within the Clinical Service Unit (CSU), providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate and inclusive care.

As a key member of the CSU Senior Leadership Team, the post holder is accountable for leading and providing assurance on nursing quality, professional standards, patient safety, patient experience, workforce performance and nursing workforce development across the CSU.

Working in partnership with the Director of Nursing (Operations), Clinical Director, General Manager and multidisciplinary colleagues, the post holder will contribute to the development and delivery of CSU and Trust strategic objectives, ensuring services are responsive, evidence based, sustainable and aligned to national priorities. The post holder will support the delivery of high quality clinical outcomes through effective governance, quality improvement, workforce transformation and the optimisation of resources.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be accountable for providing professional leadership and assurance regarding the effective utilisation of nursing resources, workforce expenditure and delivery of agreed financial objectives across the CSU.

The post holder will provide leadership and support to the CSU Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the strategic direction of the CSU and supporting delivery of the Trust's strategic objectives, Quality Strategy and People priorities.

The post holder is expected to function at a senior level within the CSU, exercising professional judgement and initiative to resolve highly complex clinical, operational and workforce issues in accordance with professional standards, agreed Trust objectives, targets, quality standards and resource constraints.

The post holder will be accountable for the delivery and assurance of quality governance within the CSU, ensuring robust systems and processes are in place to monitor, improve and provide assurance in relation to patient safety, patient experience, clinical effectiveness and regulatory standards.

The post holder will be accountable for regulatory compliance and external assurance processes across the CSU, ensuring services maintain compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and that actions arising from inspections, reviews and external assessments are implemented and sustained.

Job description

please see the attached job description and person specification for more information regarding the requirements of this post.

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.