
Spire Healthcare, Dunedin | Reading |Deputy Nursing Manager | Permanent | Full Time
Spire Dunedin Hospital is looking for a Deputy Nursing Manager to lead our team.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established team, providing both clinical and managerial leadership whilst helping to shape the patient experience and support the development of colleagues.
We're looking for a confident and experienced leader who is passionate about delivering high standards of patient care, strengthening team performance and driving continuous improvement. This role offers a genuine opportunity to make your mark through developing people, enhancing patient experience, maintaining strong clinical governance and influencing the future direction of the Surgical Ward.
As a Deputy Nursing Manager, you will lead the day-to-day operation of the Surgical Ward, ensuring patients receive outstanding care throughout their hospital journey whilst maintaining high standards of quality, safety and operational performance.
Working closely with nursing colleagues, consultants, senior clinical leaders and the wider multidisciplinary team, you'll oversee the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care whilst ensuring the ward runs safely, efficiently and effectively.
You'll be responsible for creating an environment where patient safety, quality and continuous improvement remain at the forefront of everything the team does. Through visible leadership, coaching and support, you'll help colleagues develop, build confidence and deliver exceptional patient care.
You'll also contribute to service development and operational excellence, helping to ensure the Surgical Ward continues to deliver excellent outcomes and experiences for patients.
Spire Dunedin Hospital is a well-established hospital located in the heart of Reading, with two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, oncology services and an endoscopy suite.
As a smaller hospital, you'll have the opportunity to work closely with senior leaders and contribute directly to service development and quality improvement initiatives. You'll build strong working relationships across the organisation and play an important role in shaping patient experience, team development and service delivery.
As a Deputy Nursing Manager, your contribution will be visible. You'll be trusted to influence team development, service improvements, clinical quality and the patient experience, allowing you to see the direct impact of your leadership across the Surgical Ward.
Contract: Permanent
Days/Hours: Full Time | 37.5 hours per week | Monday - Sunday, variable shifts
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, both inside and outside of work. This includes:
We commit to our employees' wellbeing through work-life balance, ongoing development, support and reward.
For further information about this role please contact Alison Roberts on alison.roberts@spirehealthcare.com.
We're reviewing applications as they come in, so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close vacancies once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.
We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

Spire Healthcare is a leading provider of private healthcare, running 38 private hospitals and over 50 clinics, consulting rooms and medical centres in the UK.