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Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB
About
Contact
- Address
- Omega House
- 112 Southampton Road
- Eastleigh
- Hampshire
- SO50 5PB
- Contact Number
- 0300 561 0200
Chief of Nursing
Accepting applications until: 30-Mar-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 30-Mar-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Omega House
- Tref
- Southampton
- Cod post
- SO50 5PB
- Major / Minor Region
- Hampshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £150,150 - £178,500 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Chief of Nursing
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (HIOW ICB) is seeking an exceptional and visionary Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to join our Executive Team at a pivotal time for system transformation.
This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of neighbourhood health, drive the ambitions of the 10-Year Plan, and ensure the highest standards of quality, safety, and patient experience across our system.
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Reporting to the ICB Chief Executive and working closely with the ICB Board and Executive Team, the Chief Nursing Officer holds collective responsibility for delivering the transformation required to achieve our strategic objectives and lay the foundations for sustainable neighbourhood health services.
You will provide dynamic, visible, and values-driven leadership, ensuring that clinical insight is central to all ICB decision-making and that our commissioning delivers safe, equitable, and effective services for our population.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
At HIOW ICB, you will play a central role in shaping the future of integrated care across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This is an opportunity to influence system-wide transformation, strengthen neighbourhood health, and make a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of our population. If you are a courageous, forward-thinking clinical leader ready to drive meaningful change at scale, we would welcome your application. To Apply it is important that you please contact Claire OGorman prior to starting your application
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Provide strategic clinical leadership across the ICB, setting the overall clinical direction in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer.
Ensure the ICB meets all statutory and regulatory requirements relating to:
Quality and patient safety
Patient experience
Safeguarding
Infection Prevention and Control
Establish and maintain robust clinical governance and oversight frameworks.
Embed strong quality assurance processes through effective contract management of commissioned services.
Drive significant and sustained improvements in care quality and health outcomes.
Support the Chief Executive in delivering ICB priorities, contributing to the ICB’s role as a strategic commissioner.
Please note the following before applying:
1. We reserve the right to amend the closing date based on the volume of applications received. Vacancies attracting a high volume of applications may therefore close earlier than advertised.
2. In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
3. As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. As an ICB, we value diversity and are committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
4. If you are successful and are joining from a non-NHS background, there will be an expectation that you will be engaged from the bottom of the pay band. If you would like to review the Agenda for Change pay scales in more detail and to view other benefits of working in the NHS, please visit the Agenda for Change website for further details.
5. New employees to the ICB will be subject to a probationary period of six months (some exemptions apply, please refer to the ICBs policy for full details).
We encourage and support our staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as this remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus.
We recognise that some candidates for accessibility reasons may use software to support their application. At our Organisation, our selection process ensures we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We monitor applications and remain alert to misuse that misrepresents abilities including the inappropriate use of AI.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Personal Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Commitment to the Nolan Principles of Public Life, NHS values, the NHS People Plan and the Fit and Proper Persons regime
- Compassionate, people centred leadership style
- ives openness and integrity, creating cultures where these thrive
- Collaborative approach across organisational and sector boundaries
- Personally driven, fostering a culture of continuous improvement
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered nurse
- Significant evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of providing clinical leadership, mentorship, and professional development at a very senior level with demonstrable outcomes
- Senior level experience in healthcare
- Substantial Board level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development programmes in a politically sensitive and complex environment
- Experience of successfully operating in, and delivering in a partnership environment and across organisational boundaries
- Experience of managing highly sensitive situations with internal and external stakeholders
- Proven delivery of strategies that optimise resource use and achieve lasting improvement
- Significant experience of leading the development of strategies, frameworks and commissioning plans with the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders
Knowledge
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance including risk management
- Understanding of the whole health and care economy, of clinical service provision in a range of settings (primary, secondary, mental health, community, social care etc) and an understanding of the wider determinants of health and care
- Deep understanding of healthcare value — the relationship between outcomes achieved and resources consumed
- Knowledge of Quality and Safety responsibilities of an ICB, including Safeguarding
- In depth additional expert knowledge acquired over a significant period in strategy formulation, service improvement and resource management
Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Able to create and shape an innovative strategic vision
- Proven strategic ability; an agent of change with the ability to enthuse, empower, influence and involve colleagues and partners in shaping and delivering a future vision
- Ability to inspire and work creatively on solutions to solve organisational and system challenges
- Horizon scanning and assessing implications of national and regional policy requirements and translate these to support local priorities
- Ability to shape and develop ICB policy and planning within appropriate requirements and frameworks
- Ability to influence and shape the agenda for information design, delivery and management, including information standards
- Ability to think critically and analytically to draw sound conclusions based on complex information
- Strong leadership skills, and proven ability to build, lead, motivate and empower diverse teams delivering multidisciplinary and complex services
- Proven track record in developing strategic and operational plans, managing budgets, and delivering against people, operational and financial resource plans
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Claire OGorman
- Teitl y swydd
- Deputy Chief of Staff
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07770 637074
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