NHS England
Director of Nursing - Professional & System Development
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Regional Director of Nursing Leadership and Systems
Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Nursing and Quality Directorate in the North East and Yorkshire region as Regional Director of Nursing Leadership and Systems.
Role Summary
Reporting to the Regional Chief Nurse, the postholder will provide senior professional leadership across the region, lead key regional and national portfolios, and support quality improvement, assurance, transformation, and system partnership working. The role will also oversee the regional quality framework and support Integrated Care Systems to maintain a clear and consistent focus on quality, safety, and patient experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior professional leadership across the region
- Lead key regional and national portfolios
- Support quality improvement, surveillance, and assurance, including safety, safeguarding, and patient experience, with providers and commissioners
- Support clinical sustainability, e.g., transformation
- Provide professional leadership across providers and commissioners
- Develop system relationships and partnerships
- Drive improvements
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The post holder will deputise for the Regional Chief Nurse as required.
Required Skills and Experience
- Experienced and influential nursing leader
- Significant senior or Board-level NHS experience
- Current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
- Strong understanding of quality, professional regulation, and the wider health and care system
Benefits
- Oversee the quality framework across the region
- Ensure that Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) have a clear and consistent focus on quality and patient experience
About NHS England
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities, and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high-quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
Important Notes
- In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
- If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
- Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
- Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
- We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
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Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: David Purdue
- Job Title: Regional Chief Nurse NHSE NEY
- Email Address: david.purdue@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07775410432
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