Job overview
This is a great opportunity to build your strategic leadership skills while supporting safe, effective community services that make a real difference to local people.
You’ll work with senior leaders and service teams to make sure operations run smoothly across a varied portfolio. Your decisions will help shape high‑quality care, strengthen partnerships and support colleagues to deliver their best every day.
What you’ll do:
* Lead day‑to‑day operational planning, performance and service delivery across your portfolio
* Provide clear, visible leadership that supports staff wellbeing, development and inclusive practice
* Oversee budgets, contracts and resources to ensure services are sustainable and efficient
* Develop and implement policies, business plans and new models of care
* Build strong relationships with partners, commissioners and system leaders
Main duties of the job
What we’re looking for:
* A Level 7 leadership, managerial or professional qualification, plus ongoing professional development
* Significant senior operational management experience in complex services or teams
* Strong skills in planning, decision‑making and leading change
* Experience working with commissioners, contracts and multi‑agency partners
* The ability to work flexibly and take part in the senior manager on‑call rota
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and value ideas that support fairness, respect and inclusion for colleagues and the communities we serve.
Working for our organisation
At CHCP, we’re passionate about people, we recognise that high quality care is delivered by high quality professionals who are appreciated, respected, and supported, which is why we want to give all our colleagues the chance to shine.
Work with us and you’ll be more than just a number. Our people are our shareholders, and their thoughts and opinions are always heard; at CHCP you have a real voice.
Compassion is at the heart of our business; our colleagues work together to deliver first class healthcare to thousands of people. Local diversity demands diverse roles, that’s why we have vacancies to suit everybody. No matter your role at CHCP, we’ll support you to thrive.
CHCP CIC employees have access to an excellent range of benefits; for further information, please click on the ‘CHCP Perks and Rewards’ link.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Relevant professional/managerial/ leadership qualification – Level 7 or equivalent level of experience
* Evidence of on-going continuing professional development
* Professional Clinical Registration (eg 1st level registered nurse, physiotherapist etc)
Desirable criteria
* Relevant Management Qualification (eg; MBA) or working towards
* Formal Coaching qualification at Level 5 or above
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of the Health and Social care agenda and impact on services
* Evidence of understanding of the role of Assistant Director
* Service specific operational knowledge
* Skills in the management of change and in planning, organising and coordinating
Experience
Essential criteria
* Significant senior operational management experience, including leading and supervising complex teams and services
* Experience of leading complex services and teams
* Experience of workforce change and new roles to support service development
* Developing/leading practitioners to deliver client responsive services
* Experience of initiating and implementing clinical or professional change
* Experience of successful multi-agency working
* Project management
* Experience of working with commissioners
* Experience of contract management responsibilities within a provider organisation
* Lead and develop effective teams
City Health Care Partnership CIC (CHCP CIC)is an independent, co-owned Community Interest Company providing high quality local health and care services at several sites across Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Knowsley and St Helens.
Commissioned by the NHS and local authorities, we are a socially responsible business. Our profits are re-invested into our services, our staff, and the communities we work in. We employ nearly 2,500 people and have over 1.7 million patient contacts each year across more than 50 different services.
Our vision is to lead and inspire through excellence, compassion, and expertise in all that we do, and we are looking for exceptional people to work with us to provide the highest possible care to the people who use our services.
For more information on CHCP and what we have to offer, please visit our website.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. Should you have started the application at this point and require additional time to complete it, please contact us for support.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Further details / informal visits contact
Name
Sarah Herd
Job title
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Email address
sarahherd@nhs.net
Telephone number
07964688511