Chief Nurse & Allied Health Professional Officer – NHS North and North East Cumbria ICB

We have an extremely exciting opportunity to join our system as Chief Nurse & Allied Health Professional Officer. Our Integrated Care System (ICS) is the largest in the country, serving a population of 3.2 million people, and we are regularly rated amongst the best in the country for the quality of our services. We have a strong track record of being at the forefront of innovation and our future Chief Nurse and AHP Officer will be crucial to helping us maintain our NENC Way and deliver best in class services to our communities.

As a health and care system we have much to be proud of, with some of the most accessible primary care services and best performing emergency care in the country, alongside world class facilities and national centres of excellence. We are proud to have some of the best research and development programmes of any health and care system, and work closely with our partners to develop programmes and procedures that look at ways of transforming and improving health outcomes.

The Chief Nurse & AHP Officer role is a key member of our Board, providing clinical and strategic leadership in the development of Nursing and AHP standards across our health and care system.  The Chief Nurse & AHP Officer is accountable for all matters, statutory and non-statutory, relating to our nursing, midwifery and ahp workforce, responsible for safeguarding, quality improvement, control and assurance of the ICB.

Working closely with our Chief Medical Officer, they will provide strong and effective clinical leadership as a key member of our Executive team, ensuring that patient safety and the delivery of high-quality care remain central to our strategic direction and decision making. Our future Chief Nurse & AHP Officer will celebrate the richness of our workforce and populations, supporting us to develop and implement our ‘better health and wellbeing for all’ strategy.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join our system as Chief Nurse & AHP Officer and we are looking to speak with collaborative, passionate and inclusive leaders who have significant experience leading and developing nursing, midwifery and ahp standards. You will be able to evidence and excellent track record of improving patient experience, developing workforces and leading initiatives that impact the quality and safety agenda.

This is an incredibly exciting time to join our system as Chief Nurse and AHP Officer and if you believe you have the required experience to succeed in this role and can support delivery of our strategic objectives, then we would welcome the chance to speak with you.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from underrepresented groups. In recruiting to our ICB, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We especially welcome applications from candidates from the global majority, LGBTQ+ communities, and from people with lived experience of disability.

To apply for this role, we are inviting candidates to please submit a CV and a cover letter directly to our recruitment partners at Hunter Healthcare via apply@hunter-healthcare.com

For further information on this role and how to apply, please contact our search partners at Hunter Healthcare via Finn McNulty, Head of Executive Search, on 07966 006091 or fmcnulty@hunter-healthcare.com

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