Head of Community Health and Care

NHS National Services Scotland; Stirling; On-site; GBP 87,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in Scotland is seeking an experienced senior manager for a strategic role focused on delivering integrated health and social care services across local communities. The ideal candidate will lead transformation and continuous improvement initiatives, working closely with elected members and board members. This position requires extensive leadership experience within complex organizations and the ability to manage change effectively.

Benefits

Flexible benefits and working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experienced senior manager with extensive leadership experience in a complex organisation.
• Ability and willingness to work with elected members and/or a Board, with financial and risk management experience.
• Experience ideally within a Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
• Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (or willingness to obtain).

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to deliver the partnership’s vision for people living in local communities.
• Lead a programme of transformation, change and continuous improvement to deliver seamless and integrated health and social care services.
• Manage complex and strategic issues and demonstrate a successful record of accomplishment in leading and managing change.

Job description

Overview

Clackmannanshire Council Salary – £93,964 - £97,253

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NHS Forth Valley – Band 8C - £87,400 - £93,685

Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnerships are looking for a highly motivated leader who is ambitious to help people living across our communities to achieve choice, control and their personal outcomes. This role offers an opportunity to influence positive change and make a difference in our communities. You will have the background and professional knowledge to lead a programme of transformation, change and continuous improvement to provide seamless and integrated health and social care services. If you can deliver this, this role could take your career to the next level.

This new role will be a key post and will work closely with the Chief Officer to deliver the Integration Joint Board’s vision for Clackmannanshire and Stirling. You will be an experienced senior manager with extensive leadership experience in a complex organisation, providing strategic direction and leadership to deliver the partnerships’ vision for people living in local communities, and carers who require support.

Just a 30-minute drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow, Clackmannanshire and Stirling are easily accessible with beautiful environments to promote wellbeing.

We offer flexible benefits and working arrangements, along with a culture which is committed to learning, improving and growing.

If this challenge is something you can deliver on, we would be interested to hear from you.

For informal discussion about this post, please contact Joanna Macdonald: [e-mail]

Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged. By submitting your application, you confirm that all answers are your own work, reflect your personal knowledge, skills and experience, and have not been solely produced or altered by AI or similar technologies. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in your application being withdrawn from the application process.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail, therefore please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders) and your Jobtrain account for updates.

NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to deliver the partnership’s vision for people living in local communities, and carers who require support.
• Lead a programme of transformation, change and continuous improvement to deliver seamless and integrated health and social care services.
• Complement the senior leadership team with a focus on continuous improvement and drive forward new ways of working to deliver high quality services while maintaining efficiency.
• Manage complex and strategic issues and demonstrate a successful record of accomplishment in leading and managing change.
• Work with elected members and/or board members with financial and risk management experience; ideally within a HSCP.
• Travel throughout the area of service delivery is essential.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Experienced senior manager with extensive leadership experience in a complex organisation.
• Ability and willingness to work with elected members and/or a Board, with financial and risk management experience.
• Experience ideally within a Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).
• Membership of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme (or willingness to obtain).

Benefits

• Flexible benefits and working arrangements.