Children's Care Group Director of Nursing
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT · Registered Nurse · viaNHS Jobs
£79,504–£91,609 a year
- Closing date
- 25 Nov 2026
- Posted
- 2d ago
- Specialism
- Registered Nurse
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Reference
- nhs-5722905
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Job summary
The opportunity
We are looking for an inspiring nursing leader to help shape the future of our Children's Care Group, with a strong commitment to quality, safety, improvement and transformation.
Through visible, compassionate leadership, you will create an inclusive culture where colleagues can flourish and provide brilliant care. You will champion listening and learning, ensuring the experiences of children, young people, families, carers and colleagues shape our services.
Why join us?
You will help develop services with our communities, ensuring they respond to what matters most to local families.
If you are a credible, compassionate and ambitious nursing leader passionate about partnership and improving outcomes for children and young people, we would love to hear from you.
Come and help us shape the future of care, nurturing the power in our communities.
Main duties of the job
What you will bring
As our Care Group Director of Nursing, you will:
- Provide visible, compassionate and inclusive professional leadership across the Children's Care Group.
- Lead and support the nursing workforce, strengthening professional standards and enabling staff to deliver safe, high-quality care.
- Provide senior leadership for quality, clinical governance and patient safety, ensuring learning from incidents, feedback and practice drives improvement.
- Champion quality improvement, research, innovation and evidence-based practice.
- Work in partnership with children, young people, families and communities to co-produce services that build on local strengths and expertise.
- Bring the Trust's ambition of nurturing the power in our communities to life, ensuring communities are genuine partners in improving health and wellbeing.
- Build strong partnerships across health, education, local authorities and the voluntary and community sector to improve pathways and reduce inequalities.
- Lead transformation across organisational boundaries, creating more joined-up and accessible services.
- Use quality intelligence, outcomes, feedback and lived experience to identify and target improvement.
- Promote an open, inclusive and psychologically safe culture where colleagues feel empowered to speak up, learn, innovate and improve.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/getting-involved/work-with-us/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Details
Date posted
11 November 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8c
Salary
£79,504 to £91,609 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
376-DCCG-0520
Job locations
Honeysuckle Lodge
Tickhill Road
Doncaster
DN4 8QN
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will provide collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leadership, promoting a positive safety culture based on continuous learning, psychological safety and empowering staff to speak up.
Working closely with the leadership team, the postholder will lead and manage the nursing workforce, ensuring the delivery ofsafe, effective and high-quality care.
They will be responsible for the Care Groups quality governance framework, including quality improvement, risk management, policies, training and audit activity. They will contribute to the strategic direction of services and delivery of the Trust Strategy, while maintaining high professional standards across nursing and wider clinical practice.
Through visible leadership, the postholder will support senior nursing leaders,escalating concerns and identifying solutions. They will also work collaboratively with corporate teams, including safeguarding, infection prevention and control, patient safety and clinical effectiveness, to uphold professional standards and continually improve patient care.
Main responsibilities (please see job description):
- Leadership & Management
- Patient Safety
- Clinical effectiveness
- Patient experience, involvement, and engagement
- Education and workforce
- Delivering Safe and Therapeutic Care Service improvement
Job responsibilities
The postholder will provide collaborative, inclusive and compassionate leadership, promoting a positive safety culture based on continuous learning, psychological safety and empowering staff to speak up.
Working closely with the leadership team, the postholder will lead and manage the nursing workforce, ensuring the delivery ofsafe, effective and high-quality care.
They will be responsible for the Care Groups quality governance framework, including quality improvement, risk management, policies, training and audit activity. They will contribute to the strategic direction of services and delivery of the Trust Strategy, while maintaining high professional standards across nursing and wider clinical practice.
Through visible leadership, the postholder will support senior nursing leaders,escalating concerns and identifying solutions. They will also work collaboratively with corporate teams, including safeguarding, infection prevention and control, patient safety and clinical effectiveness, to uphold professional standards and continually improve patient care.
Main responsibilities (please see job description):
- Leadership & Management
- Patient Safety
- Clinical effectiveness
- Patient experience, involvement, and engagement
- Education and workforce
- Delivering Safe and Therapeutic Care Service improvement
What you need to do now
Applications are handled by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT on their own site — BOQQS does not collect CVs or hold your application. This listing closes on 25 Nov 2026.
Apply now