Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Chief Nurse
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Chief Nurse - Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is seeking an exceptional Chief Nurse to join its Executive Team and provide visible, influential and compassionate professional leadership at one of the world’s leading centres for babies, children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.
The development of the new Children’s Cancer Centre, due to open in 2029, alongside opportunities in research, innovation, genomics and AI, creates a unique platform from which the next Chief Nurse can help shape the future of specialist paediatric care.
About the Role
As Chief Nurse, you will be a Board-level Executive Director, the professional leader of the Trust’s nursing and Allied Health Professional (AHP) workforce, responsible for ensuring that quality of clinical care, patient safety, nursing strategy and professional standards sit at the heart of GOSH’s excellence. Reporting to the Chief Executive, Karl Munslow Ong, and working closely with the Chief Medical Officer, Chief Operating Officer and wider Executive Team, you will play a central role in shaping and delivering the Trust’s strategic ambitions, championing outstanding care, strengthening clinical quality and governance, and ensuring the voice of children, young people and families remains central to decision-making.
Requirements
We are looking for an accomplished, credible and values-led nursing leader with substantial senior leadership experience in a large, complex healthcare organisation. You will bring deep knowledge of nursing practice, professional standards, quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance, assurance, risk management and regulatory frameworks, alongside a successful track record of leading transformation and change.
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- Registered nurse with current NMC registration
- Ability to operate with confidence at Board or Executive level
- Inspiring, influencing and uniting multidisciplinary teams around a shared commitment to exceptional care
- Collaborative, inclusive and resilient
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Sound judgement
- Ability to provide constructive challenge where appropriate
Experience in a specialist, tertiary, children’s healthcare, academic health science or research-intensive environment would be highly advantageous.
About You
This is a rare opportunity to make a distinctive leadership contribution to children’s health, nationally and internationally, helping GOSH continue to advance care for children and young people with rare and complex conditions so they can fulfil their potential.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
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We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: The MBS Group
- Job title: Recruitment Partner
- Email address: GOSH@thembsgroup.co.uk
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