Deputy Associate Director of Nursing/AHP Surgical Care Group

Company: National Health Service
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Location: Chertsey
Job Description:

Overview

In this influential leadership role, you will work with senior peers to drive quality improvement, workforce transformation, clinical governance and professional leadership across nursing, AHP and operational teams. You will provide credible professional leadership, promoting excellence, inclusion and continuous improvement to deliver safe, high-quality care. You will lead cross-group programmes and foster shared ownership of priorities that improve patient and workforce outcomes. This role offers scope to shape strategic development and transform services within a supportive, ambitious NHS trust.

Pay / Benefits

  • NHS benefits & discounts

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support specific quality, safety, governance and transformation programmes on behalf of the Associate Director and Chief Nursing Officer
  • Provide visible professional leadership and cultivate a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous improvement
  • Drive workforce development initiatives and advanced practice programmes
  • Support service development, operational decision-making and workforce planning through expert clinical advice
  • Build strong relationships with clinical and operational leaders to promote integrated working
  • Champion staff wellbeing, inclusion, innovation and a culture of continuous improvement
  • Support delivery of strategic objectives through service development and transformational change

Key requirements

  • registered with a relevant professional body (NMC, HCPC)
  • significant senior clinical leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment
  • current UK professional registration
  • influencing and relationship-building
  • collaboration and cross-functional leadership
  • strategic thinking and stakeholder management
  • quality improvement
  • clinical governance
  • workforce transformation

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Posted: October 24th, 2026