Head of South Yorkshire Urgent Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

Cycle to Work

Career development

Attendance bonus

Staff benefit scheme

Free tea and coffee

Eye care contributions

Job summary

FCMS in South Yorkshire seeks a senior leader to translate strategy into safe, effective delivery across multiple sites, with accountability for clinical governance, quality, and performance.

You will manage the business unit budget, contracts, and workforce planning, lead service transformation, and act as the organisation's senior representative with partners within the South Yorkshire health and care system.

Qualifications

• Degree-level leadership qualification or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• CQC registered Manager registration responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FCMS business unit across South Yorkshire with strategy-to-delivery accountability.
• Ensure quality, safety and effectiveness of clinical services via governance and escalation.
• Own and manage the business unit budget, forecast and recovery actions.
• Meet national standards, contract obligations, KPIs and quality measures.
• Lead workforce planning and organisational development.

Skills

Values-driven leadership

Operational insight

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Commercial awareness

NHS knowledge

Education

Degree-level leadership qualification

CPD evidence

Job description

This is FCMS's senior leader for all its services across South Yorkshire, reporting to the Deputy Chief Operating Officer. The postholder is accountable for operational and clinical delivery, the budget, contracts, workforce and risk. The postholder need not be a registered clinician, working alongside clinical leaders, but carries CQC registered manager duties and senior system partnerships. Senior leadership of complex regulated services and a substantial budget are essential.

What the job involves

• Lead the FCMS business unit across South Yorkshire, translating strategy into safe, effective and sustainable delivery
• Hold overall accountability for the quality, safety and effectiveness of clinical services, through clinical governance and escalation
• Own and manage the business unit budget, including forecasting and timely recovery action
• Ensure services meet national standards, contract obligations, KPIs and agreed quality measures
• Control workforce spend, agency use, establishment, demand and capacity, and escal ate unfunded activity
• Directly lead, manage and develop business unit leaders, including performance and employee relations matters
• Lead workforce planning, succession, talent, engagement and organisational change
• Act as FCMS's senior representative across the South Yorkshire health and care system
• Identify, develop and mobilise viable service and partnership opportunities with robust due diligence
• Lead service transformation and pathway redesign, with benefits defined and tracked
• Maintain governance, assurance and reporting so the Executive Team has an accurate view of risk and performance
• Contribute to FCMS-wide operational leadership and share learning across services

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree-level and/or leadership and management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• CQC registered Manager registration responsibilities

Experience

• Significant senior leadership of complex operational services across multiple sites in healthcare, social care or a comparable regulated environment
• Direct responsibility for a substantial budget, including financial planning, forecasting and recovery action
• Delivery against contracts, KPIs, quality standards, clinical governance and regulatory obligations
• Leadership of workforce planning, organisational development, performance management and change
• Leading service improvement or pathway redesign from concept through to benefits realisation

Skills & knowledge

• Values-driven, compassionate and inclusive leadership, holding others to account
• Interpreting complex operational and financial information into clear priorities and action
• Senior stakeholder management and negotiation, including influencing without direct authority
• Coaching, mentoring, communication and performance management skills
• Commercial awareness in identifying viable service or partnership opportunities
• Knowledge of the NHS landscape, integrated care systems and place-based working in South Yorkshire

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check with three forms of ID, right to work, occupational health check and professional references

Other

• Integrity, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and resilience when working through change

Nice to have

• Experience in urgent, emergency, integrated or community services
• Service mobilisation, tender development or contract negotiation experience
• Experience operating with executive boards, commissioners or senior system forums
• Experience within the South Yorkshire health and care system
• Postgraduate qualification in healthcare management, public health, business or a related field
• Qualification in quality improvement, project, programme or change management
• Evidence of wider professional or system leadership contribution
• Existing senior relationships across South Yorkshire

What’s offered

• NHS Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Career development opportunities
• Attendance bonus
• Staff benefit scheme
• Free tea and coffee
• Eye care contributions