Senior Leadership
Introduction to Senior Leadership Roles
Our vision is to realise the great potential of our organisation by empowering our skilled and caring staff to deliver high-quality, financially sustainable services in state-of-the-art facilities. Clinical outcomes will be excellent and with a spirit of openness and candour, we will ensure an outstanding experience for our patients.
In our most recent CQC inspection, our Trust was rated as “Good”, a major benchmark of high quality and effective services. Crucially, the Trust’s approach to caring for patients was rated Outstanding, as was the way our organisation is led. Of the 37 domains inspected on this occasion, which make up the Trust’s overall rating, 31 were either rated as Good or Outstanding.
We are proud of our leaders, working in a wide range of roles and specialties to ensure we deliver outstanding patient care across our Trust. At North Bristol NHS Trust, we value all people as individuals. We are an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We strive to be truly inclusive.
We also work closely with partner organisations across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) as part of the Healthier Together BNSSG Integrated Care Board (ICB) to ensure we realise the opportunities which come from working across the wider health and care system.
What makes North Bristol NHS Trust unique?
What makes North Bristol NHS Trust unique?
×North Bristol NHS Trust is a centre of excellence for healthcare in the Southwest in a number of fields and is also one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK.
We have links to the University of Bristol, the University of Bath, and the University of the West of England. Our annual turnover is £950 million, and we employ over 12,500 staff delivering healthcare across Southmead Hospital Bristol, Cossham Hospital, Bristol Centre for Enablement, and within the local community of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. We treat some of the most difficult medical conditions in an increasingly complex patient population.
NBT Cares. It’s a very simple statement; one which epitomises how everybody across our organisation goes the extra mile to ensure our patients get the best possible care.
Message from Maria Kane – Group Chief Executive
"NBT strives to work in partnership with our local community, health and care partners, the voluntary sector, patients and their representatives, and of course staff in all positions and professions, to put our values at the heart of what we do and how we do it. We respect and value the diversity of our workforce, patient, service users, relatives, carers and visitors and promote equality of opportunity and outcome for everyone"
Maria Kane - Group Chief Executive, Bristol NHS Group.
Current Senior Leadership Opportunities
Director of Improvement
Director of Improvement
×If you are at your best when ambition meets delivery, when culture change is matched by measurable outcomes, then this is a rare opportunity to shape improvement at genuine scale.
Bristol NHS Group is seeking a Director of Improvement to lead Patient First, our strategy for embedding continuous improvement as the way we work: alongside patients, with colleagues, and across our system partners. This is a dual role - strategic leadership and operational delivery - setting direction, culture and ambition for improvement, while ensuring programmes deliver tangible impact in quality, safety, workforce, performance and patient experience.
You will step into a well-established, engaged improvement function, with the mandate to build momentum, strengthen infrastructure, and accelerate outcomes. We are looking for someone who brings creativity, curiosity, and strategic rigour - someone who can challenge convention, champion evidence-informed practice, and bring digital and technology-enabled transformation (including analytics, AI and future systems) into the heart of Patient First.
Fatigue Risk Management Project Manager *Internal only*
Fatigue Risk Management Project Manager *Internal only*
×Please note that this vacancy is currently open for internal staff only
Fatigue among the health and social care sector is seldomly acknowledged as a risk to workforce wellbeing and patient safety, whereas other safety-critical industries have established systematic approaches to fatigue risk management. This pilot seeks to co-create and test a comprehensive organisational approach to fatigue risk management in the absence of a regulatory NHS framework. The Project Manager's role is to build upon an evolving internal programme led by the Head of Human Factors (Patient Safety, UHBW), with direct support from a Project Co-ordinator and multidisciplinary leads at both Trusts, to develop and implement the pilot focused on identifying, assessing and managing the risks associated with occupational fatigue across six sites of the Bristol NHS Group (central Bristol, Southmead and Weston).
This 12-month fixed term post is funded by NHS Charities Together and NHS England. The postholder will be required to work Monday to Friday, which may occasionally include evenings, nights, and weekends.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
×We are currently undergoing an expansion of our Advanced Clinical Practitioner workforce and looking for a driven, enthusiastic, dynamic individual to join the team of expanding ACP within Neurosurgery. We are looking for a motivated ACP to join our Skull base service working alongside Consultant Neurosurgeons, ENT, Endocrinology, Interventional Radiology and Allied health professionals in a well-established and supportive MDT. You will be supporting patients undergoing surgery and surveillance of skull base pathologies such as vestibular schwannomas, meningiomas, pituitary tumours, chondrosarcoma and Neurofibromatosis.
General Manager
General Manager
×The postholder will be a key member of the Divisional Senior Management team. The successful candidate will be an operational manager with responsibility for the neurology, rheumatology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry (Cluster 3) departments within the Division of Neurosciences.
This post will work closely with the clinical staff and managers across Cluster 3’s services to ensure strong leadership and operational management, in order to meet the objectives and performance targets across the specialties. They will provide operational assurance for key critical issues within Cluster 3 specialities.
Pathology IT Manager
Pathology IT Manager
×Are you a confident IT leader ready to make a real impact in a fast-paced pathology environment?
We are looking for a Pathology IT Manager to lead our Pathology IT team in supporting and maintaining our Laboratory Information System, order communications, and automated laboratory services. We are seeking a proactive, confident leader who can make sound decisions under pressure and collaborate effectively with colleagues at all levels. While prior experience with Pathology IT systems is advantageous, a strong background in IT more generally will also provide a solid foundation for success in this role.
Blood Sciences Manager and Deputy Director of Pathology
Blood Sciences Manager and Deputy Director of Pathology
×Are you a confident Biomedical Scientist leader ready to make a real impact in a fast-paced Blood Sciences pathology environment?
We are seeking a Blood Sciences Manager to guide our department by planning, leading, organising, and overseeing laboratory operations in alignment with the clinical direction of Lead Consultants in Haematology, Chemistry, and Immunology. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing the performance, quality, efficiency, and safety of the laboratory through effective management strategies and continuous improvement.
We are looking for a proactive, assured leader who can make sound decisions under pressure and work collaboratively with colleagues at all levels. Although leadership experience within Blood Sciences is highly desirable, a strong background in Biomedical Science will also provide a strong platform for success.
NBT Cares
Caring
Caring
×We're thoughtful and empathetic
We're thoughtful, showing compassion and kindness to others.
- We offer to help our colleagues.
- We don’t wait to be asked.
- We don’t ignore signs of distress in others.
We’re empathetic and recognise that sometimes we just need to listen
- We recognise we can’t always solve every problem.
- We listen to understand.
- We understand that our priorities aren’t always those of others.
- We don’t always jump to solutions when all somebody wants is to be heard.
- We don’t draw conclusions before we understand.
Ambitious
Ambitious
×We're determined, embrace new opportunities and are constantly developing
We’re enthusiastic and determined to succeed
- We persevere even when there are setbacks.
- We don’t give up at the first hurdle.
We’re constantly growing and developing, individually and together
- We value our potential and find the time to develop our skills, individually and collectively.
- We appreciate constructive feedback and seek it out.
- We don’t treat development as an ‘extra’ or ‘nice to have’.
- We don’t see constructive feedback as criticism.
We embrace new opportunities and are always looking for better
- We constantly look to improve how things work.
- We’re not stuck in our ways or afraid of trying new things.
Respectful
Respectful
×We're sincere, listen and speak up
We’re polite and sincere and show humility
- We say thank you and mean it and acknowledge when we’re wrong.
- We’re not rude or arrogant; or afraid to admit mistakes.
We take time to listen and are open minded and curious
- We’re genuinely interested and recognise that we all have something to contribute.
- When spoken to, we very clearly give our full and undivided attention.
- We don’t pretend to listen because we think we already know it all.
- We don’t interrupt or get impatient with others.
We’re honest with one another and speak up
- We talk things through and are honest about any concerns.
- We recognise our responsibility to speak up about issues that affect physical, emotional and psychological safety.
- We don’t let issues fester.
- We don’t keep quiet when safety is compromised.
Supportive
Supportive
×We're open, encourage one another, act as a team, and deliver
We encourage one another, especially when times are tough
- We do and say the little things that can put a spring in the step.
- We give encouragement to show we care about each other.
- We don’t blame one another when things go wrong.
- We don’t appear disinterested or disengaged.
We’re open, sharing problems and information
- We’re generous in what we share, recognising that others can help.
- We seek out opportunities to include and engage.
- We don’t withhold information just to hold control of power.
We act as a team, showing adaptability and flexibility
- We go out of our way to support others, recognising that they would do the same for us.
- We feel good about offering and receiving help.
- We don’t only measure success through individual achievements.
- We don’t view accepting help as a sign of weakness, neither do we offer help to diminish others.
We do what we say we’ll do so that we can all deliver
- We are clear when we commit to something and are realistic about what we can achieve.
- We expect the same from others, relying on their commitment to deliver.
- We don’t over promise and under deliver.
- We don’t duplicate work that others have committed to do.